EXTRUDER OF THE MONTH
Cascades Head office:
CEO: Founded: Ownership:
Turnover (2023): Employees: Profile:
Kingsley Falls, Quebec, Canada Mario Plourde 1964
Public (traded on Toronto Stock Exchange) C$4.6 billion (around US$3.4bn) Around 10,000
Cascades, founded in 1964, is a specialist in plastic and paper packaging, as well as hygiene products such as tissues. Its plastic products include a variety of film and thermoformed trays in materials including polystyrene, PET and PE. The company celebrated its 60th anniversary this year.
Product lines:
The company offers a wide range of film products and thermoformed trays, with a particular focus on food packaging. It offers a variety of customised containers ranging from sealed containers for modified atmosphere packaging (MAP) to ventilated solutions. It also offers many food-grade flexible films for packaging different products. The films are tailor-made for strength and tear, as well as other properties such as stretch, stiffness and sealing. Examples include milk pouches and bags, frozen food bags and ice bags.
Factory locations:
The company has more than 70 production facilities in North America – though many of these do not make plastic products. Some locations that are relevant to plastic packaging include a plant in Tacoma, Washington (Cascades Sonoco) as well as several factories in the Montreal area. These form part of the company’s ‘Specialty Products’ division.
To be considered for ‘Extruder of the Month’, contact the editor on
lou.reade@
amiplastics.com
FORTHCOMING FEATURES
The next issues of Film and Sheet Extrusion magazine will have special reports on the following topics:
May 2024
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Editorial submissions should be sent to Lou Reade:
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amiplastics.com For information on advertising in these issues, please contact: Claire Bishop:
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