Kruger Packaging

THE KRUGER ORGANIZATION
Kruger is a major pulp and paper company engaged in the manufacturing and sale of newsprint, specialty grades, lightweight coated paper, directory paper, tissue, recycled linerboard, corrugated containers, lumber and other wood products, including DRIcore, the most recently patented unique engineered sub-flooring system. Kruger Energy Inc. Is a producer of green and renewable energy. Kruger Products, a member of the Kruger Company, is the leading tissue manufacturer in Canada. Scott Paper serves the Canadian consumer market with well-known brands including Cashmere, Purex, SpongeTowels, Scotties, White Swan, White Cloud, as well as away from home products for industrial and commercial use across Canada.
The Kruger company has operations in Quebec, Ontario, Alberta, British Columbia and Newfoundland and Labrador, the United States, United Kingdom and employs over 10, 000 people.
In one hundred years of existence, the Company has made important investments allowing it to become a leader in technology and establish a presence in international markets.
THREE GENERATIONS OF THE KRUGER FAMILY
Joseph Kruger founded the Company in 1904 by establishing a fine paper business in Montreal. Gene H. Kruger, son of the founder, became President in 1928 at the age of 25 and expanded the company into manufacturing newsprint, paperboard and tissue.
A dynamic entrepreneur, Gene H. Kruger made Kruger what it is today: an innovative organization focused on quality, technology and productivity.
As Chairman of the Board and C. E. O. For the last 20 years, Joseph Kruger II, Gene's son, has overseen the modernization of the company and its continual expansion into forest and wood products, specialty publication papers, North American Tissue manufacturing, recycling and energy including hydroelectric plants, wind farms and biomass cogeneration , with special emphasis on the environment. The Company recently continued its expansion in the retail sector with the acquisition of the a leading winemaker, bottler and marketer of wines and spirits.
The Company operates seven business units:
Publication Papers
Tissue
Containerboard
Forest and Wood Products
Energy
Recycling

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