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Area Development - Site Selection, Facility Planning and Workforce Development

Cascade Tissue Invests $30 Million To Expand Its St. Helens, Oregon, Operations Center

04/01/2014
Cascade Tissue in St. Helens, Oregon, will expand and retool its operations and manufacturing center, adding an estimated 29 jobs. The $30 million expansion, which is expected to be completed by the end of the year, will more than double its capacity and improve the facility’s efficiency.

The firm currently manufactures tissue paper for multiple customers on a single paper tissue machine in the former Boise Cascade Paper Mill in St. Helens. Cascade Tissue Group Oregon's operations were previously integrated and co-located with Boise Cascade's papermaking operations at the St. Helens site until December 2012, when Boise Cascade ceased its operations there.

Cascade Tissue Group is the fourth largest manufacturer of tissue paper in North America. Founded in 1964, Cascade produces, converts and markets packaging and tissue products that are composed of mainly recycled fiber. The company employs more than 12,000 workers at more than 100 plants in North America and Europe.

"We are pleased with Cascade Tissue's decision to reinvest in Oregon and expand its operations here in St. Helens," said Business Oregon Director Tim McCabe. "By choosing to not only remain, but expand this former mill site, Cascade has shown its commitment to the community of St. Helens and to providing high-paying jobs to Oregonians."

As an incentive, Business Oregon provided the company with a $60,000 forgivable loan from the Governor's Strategic Reserve Fund to help fund training of the company's expanded workforce on the plant's new equipment. The company currently employs 66 full-time employees at the plant. Under the terms of the forgivable loan, the company must maintain both the existing and new employees for a two-year period or else pay back a portion of the funds.

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