Lupel-Amiante (SNA, Papiers Cascades, Domco Industries) plant at Cap-de-la-Madeleine, Quebec

In June 1979, Asbestos, the industry's trade journal, reported that Lupel-Amiante, "a new asbestos papermaking plant, was officially opened May 4, 1979," at Cap-de-la-Madeleine, near Trois Rivieres, Quebec, by the province's Minister of Natural Resources.¹ The journal called the factory a division of the provincial agency Societe Nationale de l'Amiante (SNA), and also "a three-way partnership between SNA; Papiers Cascades, Kingsey Falls; and Domco Industries Ltd."; Papiers Cascades converted a papermaking machine "formerly operated at the site by Consolidated-Bathurst Ltd."¹ The plant's first product was "12-foot-wide asbestos flooring felt," a backing for vinyl floor coverings, with asbestos roofing paper "planned at a later date."¹ In full production, the journal said, it would have the capacity to make "40,000 tons of material, containing 85% asbestos" a year.¹

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Every statement about this plant in the documents, in each document's own words.

Asbestos Magazine, 1979, June 1979

• Products made: “12-foot-wide asbestos flooring felt ... asbestos roofing paper planned; 40,000 tons of material, containing 85% asbestos” (Lupel-Amiante), said by Asbestos (magazine), as recorded by Asbestos (magazine), p. 20¹
• Owned or run by: “a three-way partnership between SNA; Papiers Cascades, Kingsey Falls; and Domco Industries Ltd.” (Societe Nationale de l'Amiante; Papiers Cascades; Domco Industries Ltd.), said by Asbestos (magazine), as recorded by Asbestos (magazine), p. 20¹
• Opened: “Lupel-Amiante, a new asbestos papermaking plant, was officially opened May 4, 1979” (Lupel-Amiante (division of Societe Nationale de l'Amiante)), said by Asbestos (magazine), as recorded by Asbestos (magazine), p. 20¹

References

1. Asbestos Magazine, 1979, June 1979 (June 1, 1979), p. 20.