| 1904 |
Montréal,
QC
Joseph Kruger establishes a wholesale
fine paper company
|
| 1950 |
Brompton,
QC
Acquisition of first newsprint
mill |
| 1952 |
Sherbrooke,
QC
Opening of first corrugated packaging
plant |
| 1956 |
Brompton
(Sherbrooke), QC
Start-up of No. 3 paper machine
- total papermaking capacity 100,000 MT |
| 1956 |
Venezuela
Acquisition of Papeles Venezolanos
by the Kruger Family interests |
| 1960 |
Colombia
Fondation de Papeles Nacionales |
| 1960 |
Place
Turcot, Montréal, QC
Opening of recycled linerboard
mill |
| 1960 |
LaSalle,
QC
Relocation of Sherbrooke corrugated
plant to LaSalle |
| 1964 |
Toronto,
ON
Opening of corrugated packaging
plant |
| 1972 |
Brompton
(Sherbrooke), QC
Installation of world's first
Papriformer |
| 1973 |
Trois-Rivières,
QC
Acquisition of pulp and paper
manufacturing facility; papermaking capacity now at 200,000
MT |
| 1978 |
Corporate
Total annual papermaking capacity
surpasses 500,000 MT |
| 1979 |
Montréal,
QC
Opening of Turcal paper recovery
and sorting facility |
| 1984 |
Corner
Brook, NL
Acquisition of newsprint mill
and hydroelectric plant (Deer Lake) |
| 1985-2001 |
Corner Brook, NL
Total modernization investment
on No. 7 paper machine $ 87 million |
| 1987 |
Mauricie,
QC
Acquisition of an interest in
Gérard Crête & Fils
|
| 1988 |
Brompton (Sherbrooke),
QC
Total conversion of production
to thermomechanical pulp (TMP) |
| 1988 |
LaSalle,
QC
Start-up of state-of-the-art
packaging plant |
| 1988 |
England
Acquisition of Disley Paper Company |
| 1989 |
Venezuela
Acquisition of bleached TMP mill
|
| 1989 |
Colombia
Start-up of deinking plant |
| 1990 |
Trois-Rivières,
QC
Start-up of No. 10 PM and auxiliary
equipment; installation of 100% TMP |
| 1991 |
Michigan
Acquisition of Manistique Papers,
Inc. |
| 1991 |
Albany,
NY
Construction of paper sorting
and recovery facility |
| 1991 |
Parent,
QC
Acquisition of Scierie Parent |
| 1992 |
Brompton
(Sherbrooke), QC
Construction and inauguration
of deinking plant |
| 1993 |
England
Acquisition of Kent Paper Products |
| 1994-
1998 |
ISO
9002 Certification:
Corner Brook, Trois-Rivières,
Bromptonville, Rexdale
ISO 9001 Certification:
LaSalle and Place Turcot |
| 1995 |
Trois-Rivières,
QC
Brompton (Sherbrooke), QC
Construction of secondary effluent
treatment systems |
| 1995 |
Corner
Brook, NL
Installation of new solid residue
boiler |
| 1995 |
North
Shore, QC
Full-ownership acquisition of
Scierie Jacques Beaulieu in Longue-Rive and Scierie HCN
in Forestville, QC |
| 1996 |
Longlac, ON
Acquisition of Longlac Wood Industries |
| 1996 |
Abitibi,
QC
Acquisition of interests in Scierie
Landrienne, Scierie Gallichan, and Scierie Amos, QC
|
| 1996 |
Maine
Acquisition
of interests in Moose River Company |
| 1996 |
Publication Papers: Brompton Mill
Construction of 9.9 MW hydroelectric
power plant |
| 1996 |
Krupack Packaging
Modernization of the Place Turcot
Paperboard mill |
| 1996 |
Publication Papers: Corner Brook Mill
Construction of a secondary effluent
treatment system |
| 1996 |
Recycling
Creation of a strategic alliance
between Kruger and Canada Fibers Ltd. in Toronto, Canada,
to become a major supplier of recovered paper and board
to all Kruger mills |
| 1996 |
Tissue: United Kingdom
Consolidation of Kruger Tissue
operations |
| 1997 |
Corporate
Acquisition of Scott Paper mills
in Canada |
| 1997 |
Forest and Wood Products: Ragueneau,
QC
Construction and start-up of
Scierie Manic on Québec's North Shore |
| 1998 |
Forest and Wood Products
Consolidation of Québec
Sawmills and Woodlands operations under Kruger, Forest
and Wood Products Division |
| 1998 |
Krupack Packaging: Rexdale
ISO 14 001 certification of Rexdale Plant |
| 1998 |
Manistique,
MI
ISO 9002 certification |
| 1999 |
Scott Paper (Now Kruger Products)
Opening of a new
converting facility in Sherbrooke (Quebec) |
| 2000 |
Scott Paper (Now Kruger Products)
Opening of new
converting facility in Calgary (Alberta) |
| 2000 |
Marathon,
ON
Marathon Pulp Inc., Tembec/Kruger
partnership |
| 2001 |
Manistique,
MI
ISO 14 001 certification of environmental
management system |
| 2001 |
Krupack Packaging
ISO 9001 and ISO 14 001 certifications |
| 2001 |
Forest and Wood Products: Longlac
ISO 14 001 certification of Longlac facilities in Ontario. |
| 2001 |
Forest and Wood Products
Acquisition of the Gallichan Sawmill in Launay (Quebec) |
| 2001 |
Publication Papers: Trois-Rivières,
QC
Acquisition of the Wayagamack
mill and creation of Kruger Wayagamack Inc. in partnership
with the Société générale
de financement du Québec (Rexfor) |
| 2001 |
Publication Papers: Corner
Brook, NL
Woodlands ISO 14 001 certification |
| 2001 |
Forest and Wood Products: Parent,
QC
ISO 14 001 Certification for the
Parent Sawmill |
| 2002 |
Forest and Wood Products: Ragueneau,
QC
ISO 14 001 certification of Scierie
Manic's forest operations |
| 2002 |
Krupack Packaging: Place
Turcot, Montréal, QC
ISO 14 001 certification of Place
Turcot mill |
| 2002 |
Corporate
Total annual papermaking capacity
reaches 2.2 million MT |
| 2002 |
Krupack Packaging: Rexdale, ON
Amalgamation of Kruger packaging
plant and Craftwell Containers and Packaging Limited;
HACCP (Food Contact) and
OHSAS 18 001 (Occupational Health and Safety) certifications |
| 2002 |
Subfloor Systems
Opening of DRIcore® mill in Mississauga, ON |
| 2002 |
Corporate
Creation of five business units:
- Publication Papers
- Containerboard
- Tissue
- Forest and Wood Products
- Recycling
|
| 2002 |
Forest and Wood Products: Quebec North Shore
$5 million investment in two voluntary
environmental programs |
| 2002 |
Publication Papers: Trois-Rivières, QC
Kruger Wayagamack Inc. Construction
of Ultralightweight Coated Paper machine (PM 4) |
| 2002 |
Tissue Products: Memphis, TN
Acquisition of KTG
(USA) tissue mill |
| 2002 |
Scott Paper (now Kruger Products)
$12 million investment in Scott
Paper's Calgary converting facility |
| 2003 |
Scott Paper (now Kruger Products)
Installation of a
new paper machine and converting equipment at the Crabtree Mill |
| 2003 |
Forest and Wood Products: Quebec North Shore
ISO 14 001 certification of all
forest activities on the North Shore |
| 2003 |
Publication Papers: Corner Brook, NL
Start-up of cogeneration plant |
| 2003 |
Forest and Wood Products: Parent, QC
CAN/CSA-Z-809-02 registration of
forest located on common area 043-20 |
| 2003 |
Forest and Wood Products: Quebec North Shore
$11 million investment in Longue-Rive
drying and planing mill and consolidation of Kruger sawmilling
activities on the North Shore |
| 2003 |
United Kingdom
Merger of Kruger Tissue (Industrial)
and Charles Turner Company |
| 2004 |
Krupack Packaging: Montreal, QC
Place Turcot mill obtains OHSAS
18 001 Occupational Health and Safety certification |
| 2004 |
Krupack Packaging: LaSalle, QC
The LaSalle Packaging plant obtains
ICI ON RECYCLE attestation from the Québec Ministry
of the Environment |
| 2004 |
Publication Papers: Trois-Rivières, QC
Inauguration of new Ultralightweight
Coated Paper machine at Kruger Wayagamack Mill |
| 2004 |
Publication Papers: Corporate
6th Dow Jones Supplier of the Year Gold Award |
| 2004 |
Corporate
Creation of a 6th business
unit,
Kruger Energy |
| 2004 |
Scott Paper (now Kruger Products)
Transition from Cottonelle to Cashmere |
| 2004 |
Publication Papers: Corner Brook, NL
Defined forest area certification
to CAN/CSA-Z-809-02 |
| 2005 |
Scott
Paper (now Kruger Products)
Transition from ScotTowels to SpongeTowels |
| 2005 |
Scott Paper (now Kruger Products): Memphis, TN
US $30 million investments by Scott
Paper in two expansion projects at
KTG USA (LP) Mill |
| 2005 |
Publication Papers: Brompton
(Sherbrooke), QC
Start-up of biomass cogeneration
plant - $85 million project |
| 2005 |
Forest and Wood Products: Quebec North Shore
Certification of Kruger activities
on North Shore to CAN/CSA-Z-809-02 |
| 2005 |
Publication Papers: Corporate
7th Dow Jones Supplier of the Year Gold Award
and Mill of the Year Award (2004) |
| 2005 |
Forest and Wood Products: North Shore/Mauricie,
QC
Renewal of certifications to ISO
14 001 (2004) and CAN/CSA-Z-809-02 of Kruger Inc.'s environmental
management and sustainable forest management systems |
| 2005 |
Corporate
Inauguration of the Gene H. Kruger
Pavilion at Laval University |
| 2005 |
Kruger Energy: Wind Sector
Ontario selects Kruger Energy to
build a 101,2 MW wind farm in Chatham-Kent (Port Alma), on the shores of Lake Erie. |
| 2006 |
Publication Papers: Brompton (Sherbrooke), QC
Biomass cogeneration project completed
at Brompton Mill |
| 2006 |
Publication Papers: Corporate
Kruger Inc. receives three newsprint
supplier of the year awards for 2005: the Dow Jones Gold
Award for the 8th consecutive year, Knight-Ridder’s
Award for Excellence, and Best Supplier of the Year from
Gannet Supply (for the 16th time in the award’s
25 year history) |
| 2006 |
Corporate
Acquisition of the Maison des
Futailles and creation of Kruger’s 7th
business unit: Kruger Wines and Spirits |
2006 |
Forest and Wood Products: Mauricie, QC
Kruger Inc. acquires
the total shares of Gérard Crête & Fils |
2006 |
Scott Paper (Now Kruger Products)
Scott Tournament of Hearts Changes its name to Scotties®’ Tournament of HeartsTM |
2006 |
Krupack Packaging
Krupack Packaging Ontario builds Brampton Plant |
2007 |
Scotte Paper (Now Kruger Products)
Scott Paper Limited changes its name to Kruger Products |
2007 |
Corporate
Kruger obtains PricewaterhouseCoopers chain of custody certification for the sourcing of fibre. |
2008 |
Kruger Energy: Wind Sector
Kruger Energy is selected by Hydro-Québec for the construction of two wind farms in Quebec. |
2008 |
Corporate
Kruger Inc. initiates the process to become FSC certified. |
2008 |
Krupack Packaging
The Company launches the HIDE-Pack smart box featuring an embedded RFID microchip. |
2008 |
Krupack Packaging
The exclusive design of HIDE-Pack earn its creators the 2008 Innovator of the Year Award from the Association of Independent Corrugated Converters. |
2008 |
Publication Papers: Corporate
Kruger earns the Dow Jones Supplier of the Year Gold Award for the 10th year in a row. |
2008 |
Kruger Energy: Wind Sector
Inauguration of the Kruger Energy Port Alma Wind Farm, in Chatham-Kent, Ontario, on November 13, 2008. |
2008 |
Publication Papers
Certification under PEFC Annex 4: Chain of Custody for the sourcing of fibre at the Trois-Rivières, Wayagamack, Brompton and Corner Brook paper mills, and for the sale of certified products at the Montreal Head Office. |
2009 |
Kruger Energy: Wind Sector
The government of Ontario selects Kruger Energy for the construction of a second 101.2-MW wind farm in Chatham-Kent. |
2009 |
Corporate
Kruger Inc. announces the creation of two main divisions: Kruger Industrial Products, which includes Publication Papers, Forest Products and Containerboard and Packaging; Kruger Consumer Products, which includes Tissue Products, Subfloor Systems and Wines and Spirits. |
2009 |
Industrial Products Division: Containerboard and Packaging
The Montreal containerboard mill obtains SFI environmental certification. |
2009 |
Industrial Products Division: Containerboard and Packaging
GreenWhite linerboard wins Sustainable Packaging Award from the Packaging Association of Canada. |
2009 |
Kruger Energy: Hydro Sector
Acquisition by a subsidiary in the US of Ridgewood Hydro's 23 hydroelectric facilities located in Maine, New York, Rhode Island, Virginia and California. |
2009 |
Consumer Products Division: Tissue Products
Commissioning of a biomass gasification system at the New Westminster Mill in B.C. |
2010 |
Kruger Energy: Wind Sector
Construction of the Kruger Energy Chatham Wind Farm begins. |
2010 |
Industrial Products Division: Forest Products
FSC certification of 4 Forest Management Units (FMUs) in the Mauricie region. |
2011 |
Consumer Products Division: Tissue Products
FSC® CoC Certification for commercial and consumer tissue products, a first in Canada. |
2011 |
Industrial Products Division: Forest Products
Partnership with Industries Perron Inc. to create a new commercial entity: Parent Industries Inc. |
2011 |
Industrial Products Division
FSC® CoC certification of several mills. |
2011 |
Kruger Energy: Wind Sector
Official opening of the Kruger Energy Chatham Wind Farm, in Ontario. |
2011 |
Kruger Energy: Wind Sector
Beginning of the construction of a Wind Farm in Montérégie. |
2011 |
Industrial Products Division: Containerboard and Packaging
FSC® Chain of Custody certification of Kruger's paperboard mill in Montréal. |
