New equipment means Memphis plant can make 40M boxes of facial tissue yearly
Kruger Products employee Jeff Childress prepares a parent paper roll to be cut down to facial tissue size on Tuesday, Feb. 23, 2021. Kruger Products plans to expand its facial tissue manufacturing plant, which is the city's largest manufacturing facility. Kruger Products will more than double its capacity to make facial tissues, to more than 40 million boxes a year. (Mark Weber/The Daily Memphian)
Kruger Products will be able to produce 40 million boxes of facial tissue annually about a year from now. (Mark Weber/The Daily Memphian)
Kruger Products employee Lorie Painter prepares a parent roll of paper that will be merged with another roll to make two-ply paper on Tuesday, Feb. 23, 2021. (Mark Weber/The Daily Memphian)
Kruger Products employee Brandon Bishop prepares facial tissue for packing on Tuesday, Feb. 23, 2021. (Mark Weber/The Daily Memphian)
The mammoth K.T.G. (USA) plant in North Memphis has room to add a new equipment line. The $20 million investment also means the hiring of another 27 employees who will be paid more than $20 an hour.
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Kruger Products K.T.G. (USA) Manufacturing EmploymentTom Bailey
Tom Bailey retired in January as a business reporter at The Daily Memphian, and after 40 years in journalism. A Tupelo, Mississippi, native, he graduated from Mississippi State University. He has lived in Midtown for 36 years.
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