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Month : July 2017
Make in India Vs Make Paper in India, a Balancing Act?
With incessant and nagging challenges of raw material availability, adherence to environmental norms, and competing with swiftly increasing cheaper imports, the Indian pulp and paper industry has the arduous target of creating 10,00,000 tonnes of integrated capacities in pulp, paper, and paperboard to meet the consumption demands, of course a......
Yash Papers Limited : CHUK – A Range of Compostable Tableware, Set to Redefine Eco-Friendliness
Yash Papers’ brand – CHUK, is soon going to enter the market with its compostable tableware range made of bagasse. With commercial production slated to commence anytime soon, CHUK is to become the largest facility of its kind in India, committed to reduce white pollution through its novel and eco-sustainable......
Emami Paper Mills Ltd.: Another Big Capacity in Offing After Success of First Packaging Board Unit
Buoyed up by the performance of its first packaging unit at Balasore, touching almost 180,000 TPA mark, Emami is now planning to put in place a similar plant. The company’s estimated turnover is to cross Rs. 2500 Cr after this expansion, which will result in doubling of its present capacity......
India Witnesses Steady Increase in Paper and Board Imports in Recent Years
In the last six years, imports have risen at a CAGR of 15.8 percent in value terms and 17.6 percent in volume terms, which is a serious concern for paper makers. Imports of paper and paperboard, excluding newsprint, into India have been steadily increasing. In the last six years, imports......
Boom in New Paper Machine Projects in China – Is Another Investment Cycle Coming?
— By Xia Min, Senior Consultant, Fisher International During the last 20 years, Chinese companies were competing with each other investing in huge increases in paper and paperboard capacities as large PMs bring economies of scale and thus enhance the competitiveness of the company. There was no doubt that this......
CEPI: The Paper and Forest Fiber Industry in 2050 via CEPI Roadmap
The European paper industry recently launched the reviewed version of its 2050 Roadmap detailing the pathways and investment needed to cut its carbon emissions by 80 percent while creating 50 percent more added-value. The Roadmap projects the need for EUR 44 billion more investment – a 40 percent increase on......
Paques Sustainable Wastewater Management, Biotechnological Way
In an increasingly water scarce world, water and wastewater management is a sine qua non for sustainable industrial practices, more so for the water intensive industry like pulp and paper. Paques recently, at a technical session, expounded how its range of biotechnological innovation may help the paper industry meet its......
Pasaban to Upgrade One of ITC's Sheeting Machines
Pasaban provided ITC with the upgrades service and upgrade of the machine was completed in just three weeks. June 22, 2017 Spain’s Pasaban was recently contacted to upgrade a sheeting machine, a 1992 KDD 1900 paper and cardboard sheeter owned by ITC Limited (India). Because of it being a highly......
International Council of Forest and Paper Associations Appoints PAMSA´s Jane Molony as President
Over the last two years, the company has finalized the sale of its corrugated packaging business in China and Southeast Asia, along with the sale of its interest in a coated board joint venture business in China. June 25, 2017 The International Council of Forest and Paper Associations (ICFPA) announced......