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Month : May 2015
SCA: To India, With Heritage of Hygiene and Sustainability
As Europe’s largest private forest owner having considerable experience in sustainable forest management and the manufacture of hygiene products, SCA brings that history and heritage to India in the form of this fantastic factory. SCA inaugurated its first factory in India at Pune, Maharashtra on March 4, 2015. SCA, founded......
MAKE IN INDIA: A Supplier’s Take
India’s manufacturing activity is poised for significant growth under ‘Make in India’. Would the paper industry and associated enterprises fall inside the catchment area of this national program? Make in India is a major new national program envisaged by the Govt. of India to build a self-reliant manufacturing base in......
Sustainability: Setting the Bar Higher
IPPTA annual seminar with the theme ‘Sustainability of Paper Industry – Sustainability is Responsibility’ was held on March 12-13, 2015 in Hyderabad, concluding as the final event of the Golden Jubilee year of the association. The occasion seemed opportune to raise the issue of sustainability on a broader platform to......
Sustainability of Agro-based Raw Material
There may be major constraints in way of achieving the projected growth rate by the paper industry if agro based paper production keeps dwindling due to lack of agro fibre. With depleting forest raw material, agricultural residues like bagasse, wheat straw, rice straw, jute, grass etc. should have played an......
A Pool of Sustainable Talent: An Urgency
Indian pulp and paper industry has been long concerned about effective management of its human resource, more so when the industry is poised for a big leap in its growth trajectory. Human resource management used to be considered as other conventional administrative jobs. But over a period of time, it......
Paques: Water, an Eternal Resource
Due to stricter rules and regulations with regard to fresh water intake and wastewater discharge, efficient water management has become essential to the industry. Paques develops anaerobic water treating systems to help industries and civic bodies reduce their water and carbon footprints. The pulp and paper industry, as is known,......
NEPA to Get Complete Deinking Line From ANDRITZ
With the plant Nepa is to produce consistent paper quality with higher brightness March 30, 2015 ANDRITZ has received an order from the Indian newsprint producer Nepa Ltd. to supply a complete deinking line. Start-up of the new line in Madhya Pradesh is scheduled for mid-2016. Nepa is one of......
Centre Earmarks Rs. 489 Cr. for Tuli Paper Mill Revival
Another Rs. 190 crore to be allocated to take up works in two phases February 11, 2015 The much-awaited revival of the defunct Nagaland Pulp and Paper Corporation Ltd (NPPCL), better known as Tuli Paper Mill, seems to be on card as the Centre has allocated Rs. 489 crore for......
Kedaara Capital Purchases Stake Worth Rs. 200 crore in Parksons Packaging
India’s packaging industry is growing at 12 per cent per annum March 18, 2015 Local private equity fund Kedaara Capital invested Rs. 200 crore to purchase a significant minority stake in unlisted cartons and paper packaging company Parksons Packaging Ltd through a mix of existing stake from rival PE fund......