Industrial products
Publication papers
This Kruger business unit produces newsprint, and coated, directory and supercalendered paper.
Kruger Publication Papers comprises four paper mills, three of which are located in Québec: Trois-Rivières, Kruger-Wayagamack, Brompton (Sherbrooke), and the other in Newfoundland and Labrador: Corner Brook Pulp and Paper Limited. All four paper mills are certified under ISO 9001:2000 (Quality Management), PwC ICoCTM (Chain of Custody) and PEFC (Chain of Custody). Each has its own recycling facilities, secondary effluent treatment system, and environmental and energy conservation programs. Two paper mills also have deinking facilities and produce approximately 300,000 tonnes of deinked pulp per year, which is used to manufacture various Kruger Inc. paper and tissue products.
Containerboard and packaging
Kruger owns KRUPACK Packaging. Its plants in LaSalle (Quebec) and Brampton (Ontario) manufacture containers for food, beverages, dairy products, meat, fruit and vegetables, flowers, chemicals, textiles and clothing. They also produce boxes for large electrical appliances, auto parts and other industrial products.
Consumer products
Tissue products
Kruger's Tissue Products business unit includes four mills in Canada: Crabtree, Sherbrooke, Gatineau, New Westminster, and one in the United States: Memphis, Tennessee. Its mills have a combined annual papermaking capacity of approximately 294,000 gross air dried metric tonnes (GADMT), which represents 37% of Canada's total installed tissue manufacturing capacity, making Kruger Inc. Canada’s leading tissue, products manufacturer.
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Kruger Products’ Away-From-Home business leads the Canadian tissue market by providing quality products to market segments such as office buildings, healthcare, food service, manufacturing, and lodging. Designed to meet unique end-user needs, the product line includes bath and facial tissue, towels, wipes, napkins and skin care products.
Brands include Cashmere, Scotties, SpongeTowels, Purex, White Swan, and White Cloud.
Wines and spirits
The Wines and Spirits business unit was created in September 2006, when Kruger Inc. acquired Maison des Futailles, L.P., a Québec company founded in 1922 by SAQ's bottling plant. Maison de Futailles joined with and became Station 22 in March, 2022. Kruger sold the division in 2022.
Kuger Energy
Kruger Energy specializes in renewable energy, such as hydroelectricity, wind energy, biomass cogeneration, and biogas energy.
