$1.1-M expansion for flax fibre processing plant
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WINNIPEG — The federal and provincial government are contributing to an expansion of the Schweitzer-Mauduit Canada’s flax-processing operations in Carman and Winkler.
Already one of the largest processors of flax fibre in the world, the Canadian operations of the Georgia-based company is spending $1.1 million on new equipment that will allow the company to develop value-added products generated from the processing.
Schweitzer-Mauduit Canada produces fibre used in the production of very fine grade paper.
A federal/provincial program called the Growing Forward Initiative is contributing $385,000 to the project and the province is coming up with another $100,000 through the Technology Commercialization Program.
The National Research Council is on board for $150,000 and Schweitzer-Mauduit Canada has invested $485,000 of its own in the project.