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Month : April 2013
ITC: Making its own way
The wood based paper mills in India have been facing the serious challenge with regard to availability of forest-based raw material. The continuous increase in the pulpwood price is making the fire more furious. This situation demanded that the respective companies should try to materialize on the resources available to......
Waraq: Embarking on new journey
With the ongoing expansion taking place at Waraq, team Paper Mart interacted with Mr. Atul Kaul, Director Pulp & Paper, Arab Paper Manufacturing Co Ltd (WARAQ), to know more about the company, its philosophy, product range, key markets, capacity, technological capabilities and future plans. Excerpts The Beginning Saudi Arabia is......
Innovation and Best Practices in Pulp & Paper Manufacturing
In the recently held IPPTA annual seminar in Chennai the theme selected was “Innovation and Best Practices in Pulp & Paper Manufacturing” wherein different people of varied experience put forward their perspectives. Team Paper Mart below presents the excerpts from the thoughts presented during the seminar. Mr. MBS Nair, Director......
“Paper is king and it can really make or break any printer”
During the recently held IPPTA conference in Chennai, Mr. K. Selvakumar, Director, Lovely Offset Printers Pvt Ltd, Sivakasi addressed the paper industry as a consumer. Lovely Offset established in 1961, employs over 600 people having factory in a 30 acre plot with 300,000 sq. ft. built up area and consumes......
“I expect that the share of recycled paper production will increase up to 40% and might rise to 50% even”
Nowadays a lot of paper & paperboard production capacities globally are being setup based on recycled fibre hence it has become the most crucial component for the paper industry. Its availability now and then is an issue in developed countries especially in India. In order to get the glimpse of......
International Paper launches initiative – solar learning aids to help school students
February 15, 2013 International Paper announced that the company would provide solar energy lamps to the students of Zilla Parishad Schools in the districts of East Godavari, Vishakatapatnam, Srikakulam, West Godavari, Prakasham, Krishna and Guntur mainly covering the forest region where electricity shortage is a huge deterrent in the studies......
ITC Bhadrachalam installs gas infrared drying system from Bekaert Solaronics
February 14, 2013 Bekaert Solaronics has recently installed a new gas infrared drying system called GemDryer for coat drying on BM7 at ITC Bhadrachalam Paper. The Bekaert Solaronics GemDryer is equipped with 100% ceramic gas emitters Gem9, which provide high power and excellent lifetime for paper and board drying. The......
Need of the hour – Human Resources
The pulp and paper industry is a major branch of Indian manufacturing that plays a critical role in the growth & development of the country. Yet during the last decade and a half, the industry has been overcome with economic, financial, and organizational dislocations that firms have found difficult to......
Asia Pulp & Papers: Facilitating the value addition
The famous duo of Indian paper Industry Mr. Vijay and Ajay Gupta have always taken extraordinary endeavours to keep up with the current trends in the market. And, they have always gone a step ahead to bring something new for the industry. Now, under the experienced umbrella of Mr. Vijay......