CORNER BROOK, N.L. — Corner Brook Pulp and Paper Ltd. will continue to operate during the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Corner Brook producer of newsprint is one of three operations that fall under parent company Kruger’s newsprint, specialty and publication papers in Canada that will remain operational.
The other two are located in Quebec – Brompton Mill in Sherbrooke and Kruger Wayagamack in Trois Rivières.
In a press release issued Tuesday, Kruger said as a provider of goods and services that consumers and businesses rely on for their everyday needs that it will be maintaining all of its operations that have been declared essential by Canadian and U.S. authorities or COVID-19 government guidelines.
That includes the manufacture of tissue products, food packaging and containerboard, newsprint, publication and specialty papers, as well as recycling services, the bottling of beverages and the production of electricity.
Kruger said it is working closely with suppliers, contractors, shippers and customers to maintain these activities and ensure its products continue to meet the essential needs of North Americans.
The company has also implemented rigorous safety and hygiene protocols to ensure that employees identified as part of its essential workforce remain safe and contribute to preventing the spread of the coronavirus.
Other Kruger plants that will remain operational
Tissue products
Canada
Quebec
Crabtree Plant
Gatineau Complex (Richelieu and Laurier Plants)
Sherbrooke (Lennoxville) Plant
Joliette Distribution Center
Ontario
Scarborough Plant
Trenton Converting Plant
British Columbia
New Westminster Plant
New Westminster Distribution Center
United States
Tennessee
Memphis Plant
Containerboard and packaging
Canada
Quebec
Place Turcot Containerboard Mill (Montréal)
LaSalle Packaging Plant (Montréal)
Trois-Rivières Mill
Ontario
Brampton Packaging Plant
Recycling services
Quebec
Notre-Dame West Recovery Center
Henri-Bourassa East Recovery Center
Ovide Rouillard Inc. (Sherbrooke)
CN Garneau yard – Railroad ties operations (Shawinigan)
Kruger Recycling Warehouse facilities in Trois Rivières, Sherbrooke and Beauharnois
Bottling
Quebec
Montreal Bottling Plant
Kruger Energy
Canada
Quebec
Montérégie Wind Farm (100 MW)
Hydro Bromptonville (9.9 MW)
Ontario
Port Alma Wind Farm (101.2 MW)
Chatham Wind Farm (99.4 MW)
British Columbia
Zeballos Hydro Plant (22 MW)
United States
Maine
15 hydro plants (11.45 MW)
New York
7 hydro plants (15 MW)
Rhode Island
1 hydro plant (2 MW)
Virginia
4 hydro plants (7.25 MW)
