Cascades Closing Box Lines

Company continues to cut its operations at it attempts to improve its bottom line.

Cascades Boxboard announced it is closing one of its production lines at its Montreal boxboard operation.

 

Eric Laflamme, president and COO, North America for Cascades’ Boxboard Group, said: "We will essentially be closing one of our two production lines and maximizing output on the remaining one, which will be equipped with state-of-the-art technology to ensure improved efficiencies. As a result of these upgrades, we expect the plant to remain profitable in 2006, despite a possible reduction in demand."