Canadian Dairy cooperative Agropur has announced the closure of its processing facility in Drummondville.

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The facility will close on 20 November.


“The decision to cease all dairy processing activities in this plant is strictly based on economic concerns. In order to remain competitive, Agropur must ensure that all of its operations are profitable and efficient,” explained Serge Paquette, president of Agropur Division Natrel.


The company said that it evaluates its plants on an “ongoing basis” with the aim of maintaining operational efficiency.


Agropur said that despite its desire to maintain operations at the plant, “numerous forces beyond its control” have resulted in the decision to close it.

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Significant investments would have been required to enable it to continue operations, the group insisted.


The closure will result in 41 redundancies.

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