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The eighties:
A decade of uninterrupted growth |
| 1983 was an important milestone in the history of Cascades when its shares began trading on the Montreal Stock Exchange. That same year, its entry into the United States began with the start-up of Cascades Industries Inc. in Rockingham, North Carolina. In Québec, Cascades began producing kraft paper in East Angus and acquired a boxboard plant in Jonquière the following year.
In 1985, the company made its entry into Europe with the acquisition of a boxboard plant in La Rochette, France. This new expansion really took shape in 1986 with the creation of Cascades S.A. and the acquisition of another French boxboard mill in Blendecques. From 1987 to 1989, other mills located in France, Sweden and Belgium became part of the Cascades Group as well.
The 80’s decade played out in a spirit of innovation with the creation of a Research and Development Center in 1985 in Kingsey Falls. This facility would become the largest private Canadian Research and Development Center in the pulp and paper industry.
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