April 10, 2015 Témiscouata-sur-le-Lac, QC Natural Resources Canada
Jacques Gourde, Parliamentary Secretary to the Prime Minister, for Official Languages and for the Economic Development Agency of Canada for the Regions of Quebec and Member of Parliament for Lotbinière–Chutes-de-la-Chaudière, on behalf of the Honourable Greg Rickford, Canada’s Minister of Natural Resources, today announced an investment of $10 million in an innovative project with Cascades Inc.’s Norampac-Cabano mill in the Lower St. Lawrence region.
Funded under Natural Resources Canada’s (NRCan) Investments in Forest Industry Transformation (IFIT) program, the project will enable the mill to commercialize a first-in-Canada technology to extract hemicellulose from hardwood chips. Hemicelluloses are used in a variety of applications, including biofuel.
Fostering innovation and expanding markets are a key part of an economically viable forest sector. As a result of this investment, as well as a $4.4-million investment from the Government of Quebec, the mill will diversify its product line and become more resilient to changes in the marketplace, while protecting jobs. Norampac will continue to manufacture container board at the facility, as it has done since 1976.
Jacques Gourde, Parliamentary Secretary to the Prime Minister, for Official Languages and for the Economic Development Agency of Canada for the Regions of Quebec and Member of Parliament for Lotbinière–Chute-de-la-Chaudière
Greg Rickford, Canada’s Minister of Natural Resources and Minister for the Federal Economic Development Initiative for Northern Ontario
Mario Plourde,
President and CEO,
Cascades Canada
Laurent Lessard,
Minister of Forests, Wildlife and Parks, Government of Quebec
Chris McCluskey
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