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KP Tissue Inc. Description

KP Tissue Inc is a Canada-based company, created to acquire, and its business is limited to holding, a limited partnership interest in Kruger Products L.P. (KPLP). KPLP is a tissue products supplier, which produces, distributes, markets and sells bathroom and facial tissue, paper towels and napkins, for both the Consumer and the Away-From-Home (AFH) markets. KPLP operates through three segments: consumer products sold through traditional retail channels, such as grocery stores, mass merchandisers, club stores, drug stores and convenience stores (Consumer); AFH, and Other. The Consumer segment consists of brands, such as Cashmere, Purex, Scotties, White Cloud and White Swan. AFH sells commercial tissue products through distributors to businesses involved in property management, healthcare, food service, manufacturing and lodging, and to other public facilities. The Other segment includes sale of parent rolls to tissue manufacturing companies, as well as the sale of recycled fiber.

Sector: Consumer Defensive
Industry: Household & Personal Products
Keywords: Retail Health Manufacturing Healthcare Food Partnership Drug Paper Limited Partnership Tradition Consumer Products Property Management Food Service Cott Grocery Store Convenience Store Tissue Products Kruger Inc. Lodging Retail Channel Retail Channels Towel