Cascades invests $6.9M in recycled boxboard plant

Cascades Inc. has invested $6.9 million in its Kingsey Falls, Quebec, uncoated recycled boxboard manufacturing facility—Papier Kingsey Falls—to increase the site’s production capacity and product quality.

Since September 2025, the company, also based in Kingsey Falls, has installed several new pieces of equipment aimed at improving sheet quality control and says the investment will improve sheet properties to better meet the needs of the food packaging industry, including surface finish and printing requirements.

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"This project will enable us to increase our capacity and remain a valued partner for our customers," Cascades President and CEO Hugues Simon says. "It underscores our unwavering commitment to investing in our assets in Quebec to accelerate our growth. I'd like to thank the employees who helped install this equipment. Their expertise and dedication have made this project a resounding success."

Papier Kingsey Falls was commissioned in 1972 and currently serves the industrial and food packaging markets.

The investment in the facility comes after Cascades made several investments in its tissue operations last year. In July, the company invested about $3.6 million to upgrade a converting line at its tissue plant in Kingsey Falls as well as $5.3 million to increase capacity at its tissue plant in Granby, Quebec.

“This project is an important step in strengthening Cascades' position in this market, driving its growth and ensuring its long-term competitiveness,” the company says of its most recent investment.