Care for Tomorrow

APP’s (Asia Pulp & Paper) corporate vision is to become the 21st century’s number one Pulp and Paper Company with the highest international standards in world, and with the strongest commitment to providing superior value to customers, shareholders, employees and the community. We present here the synopsis of APP Group, its sustainable operations, presence in India and various manufacturing facilities.

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APP

Today, APP is a fully integrated pulp and paper company producing Bleached Hardwood Kraft Pulp (BHK) and a wide range of paper and packaging products, from commodity-grade base paper to value-added art paper, cast coated paper, tissue, speciality papers, carbonless, stationery and office products including cut size photocopy papers.

The company has also developed digital coated and pre-print papers that are gaining fast recognition and are widely accepted in the printing industry.

From a very humble beginning, APP has now evolved into an industry leader with a combined pulp, paper and packaging grades capacity of over 15-16 million MT/annum in Indonesia/China. As APP expands its interests and outreach, the company is continuously building from its base of core competencies. The company has taken steps to reinforce and build on its regional market position through the introduction of higher quality products and enhancements, marketing initiatives, process and productivity improvements as well as investments in new technology.

APP’s future depends on expanding economies worldwide and hence has strengthened its efforts to protect and preserve the environment. Through its exclusive fiber suppliers, the company reforestation programs have to date, seen approximately 440,000 hectares replanted with more than 550 million fast maturing Acacia trees. All the group pulp and paper mills in Indonesia have already started using environmentally friendly manufacturing procedures that are in line with APP’s high internal standards of pollution control and environmental safety.

The company has launched a group-wide performance improvement effort dubbed ‘Reaching the Sky’ which is driven by high performance vision and ‘Olympic’ performance targets set by the management, internally termed ‘Management By Olympic Standards’ (MBOS). These systems set clear measurable targets at various operating subsidiaries for areas such as service and efficiency improvements and cost reductions. These include competitions held at its exclusive fiber supply companies to further improve cost saving and increase quality and quantity yields at both plantation and harvesting operations. The management is committed to increasing long-term value rather than focusing on short-term gains at the expense of future growth. The company will continue to focus on expanding its profitable businesses, improving profit margins and effectively managing its asset base.

Sustainability in all Operations & Action Plan

APP, in line with its commitment to sustainability – is stepping up and further improving the effective and long standing programs it has in environmental protection, conservation, and community relations & development. To achieve this, the company is developing strategic partnerships, improving raw material chain-of-custody and conservation management under the management of Forestry Division.

APP sources its raw material for pulp from sustainable plantations and residues of plantation development in degraded forest / wasteland. APP is committed to be socially, environmentally and economically sustainable in all its operations. For the purposes of implementation, the company utilizes the definition of sustainability, which consists of three pillars – social, environmental and economic. Following improvements to, and expansion of, its programs, the Company has achieved several significant milestones.

APP has since released its Sustainability Action Plan (SAP) which is a stepped, time-bound plan for achieving sustainability in all operations. The key initiatives included creating a contiguous conservation park in Riau Province, Sumatra, and establishing new operating procedures. The SAP also provides a blueprint for the company’s fiber procurement and explains how the company will meet its market commitment to source all wood supplies from plantation-grownforests.

APP’s Fiber Supply

To fulfill APP’s commitment to use plantation-grown fiber, APP established additional renewable sources of fiber supply in 2004. Those new sources, totaling 222,425 ha of plantation forests, will increase the total planted area of APP’s exclusive fiber suppliers (as of December, 2009) to 900,000 ha.

Mr. Rohit Raina, Director, APP India

APP in India

APP in India has been marketing and selling its products since last 15 years and we have seen a tremendous growth in terms of paper consumption and also change in customer mindset. The printing industry is one of the biggest and fastest growing sectors in India, after China and keeping in view this amazing growth in literacy and continuous demand for printing and packaging requirements of a rapidly progressing trade and industry, we have planned opening up of more branches in major metros so as to service the customer and understand the challenging trends in the consumer preferences, as said by Mr. Rohit Raina.

He also mentioned “we need not to compare with products supplied from other international or domestic mills. APP has maintained and expanded aggressive quality assurances programmes to ensure that the product meets the promise, which has made APP grow into “force to reckon with” in the pulp & paper industry. India is moving up the value chain. Price is important but it is not the only thing. As you move up the value chain, cost becomes less important quality determines the edge in competitiveness”.

One of the cornerstones of APP’s Sales and Marketing operations is its product development and customer service. The ability to specialize also includes the ability to produce high quality products. The focus on product development and customer service is giving APP a strong competitive edge in the market. With demand expanding as market conditions improve, the company is well placed to deliver customer needs.

In a free market economy, consumers including both trade as well as end user-the printer have a wider choice, as APP has to offer more in terms of quality, price and more so technical support, which has lead to a fierce competition and demanding market conditions.

Further Mr. Raina added “the India market is becoming increasingly attractive to global producers, given its size and growth rate. Indian paper producers will witness stiff competitions from international paper producers in their efforts to build their share in a growing market, by 2012”.

PT Indah Kiat Pulp & Paper Tbk

PT. Indah Kiat Pulp & Paper Tbk. (Indah Kiat) is one of the largest pulp and paper manufacturers in Asia outside Japan with a very long operating history. The company has three plants located in Tangerang, Serang and Perawang, producing pulp, woodfree writing and printing paper, industrial packaging boards, brown grades, corrugated boxes and speciality.

Indah Kiat – Perawang

All of Indah Kiat’s pulp production capacity is located at its facility in Perawang, Riau Province, Sumatra. The mill commenced pulp production in 1984 with an annual production capacity of approximately 100,000 MT and today has four pulp lines, all capable of producing ECF pulp. Series of de-bottlenecking and expansion projects have increased the annual production capacity to approximately 2 million MT. In line with the group’s commitment to environmental protection, the mill produces Elemental Chlorine Free pulp and is also using plantation fiber. Part of the pulp production is converted into paper at the same facility and the rest is supplied to the group paper mills. Paper production started in 1989 with an annual capacity of approx 254,000 MT and has since grown to approximately 600,000 MT with a capacity to convert approximately 400,000 MT into cut-size photocopy paper. State-of-the-art technology is used for all production processes including the continuous digester for pulp production. Strict measures ensure that the wood fiber entering the log yard are from certified sources with proper chain of custody protocols. Environmental and quality management system certifications have been in place and have become the norm in day to day operations of mill.

Indah Kiat – Serang

Indah Kiat’s container board and folding box board facility is located in Serang, Banten Province. The mill commenced production in 1993 with an annual production capacity of approximately 3,00,000 MT of liner board and approximately 2,80,000 MT of corrugating medium. Additional capacities to produce ivory and duplex boards were added later to bring the capacity to approx 1 million MT. Converting facilities to make corrugated boxes and paper tubes were also added. In the line with its commitment to preserving the environment, waste paper is used extensively in the production of its major grades. The mill has achieved the ISO 9001:2000 and ISO 14001 for quality and environmental management systems respectively.

Indah Kiat – Tangerang

The production facility at Indah Kiat Tangerang started commercial production in 1979 producing photocopy paper and a wide range of coloured speciality papers. The Tanerang Mill has also achieved the ISO 14001, BS7720 and the Swiss Certification from SGS International Certification, becoming the first paper mill in the world to be awarded such certifications at the same time. These awards certify the mill’s commitment to comply with the highest standards of environmental management systems and user guidance.

PT Pabrik Kertas Tjiwi Kimia Tbk

PT. Pabrik Kertas Tjiwi Kimia Tbk. (Tjiwi Kimia) manufacturing facilities are located in Sidoarjo, near Surabaya in East Java, Indonesia. The mill started with a caustic soda plant and now boasts many state-of-the-art paper and converting machines making it the world’s largest stationery manufacturer, under one roof. The annual paper and board production capacity is approximately 1 million MT with an additional stationery converting capacity of approximately 2,50,000 MT.

The product range includes value-added products such as coated art paper, cast coated paper, carbonless and a wide range of school and office stationery. Exercise books, pads, spirals, hard back books, drawing books, shopping bags, fancy stationery, envelops, continuous forms, file folders and others make up the range of converting stationery products.

PT Pindo Deli Pulp & Paper Mills

PT. Pindo Deli Pulp & Paper Mills (Pindo Deli) is situated at two locations in Karawang, West Java, Indonesia. The combined annual capacity of the two facilities is approx 8,50,000 MT of uncoated woodfree, coated art paper and board, carbonless paper, tissue paper and other specialty grades including embossed boards.

Pindo Deli’s products are very well accepted in the printing and packaging industry for their superior and consistent quality. The converted tissue product range of facial, toilet, handkerchief, kitchen towel, napkin etc. enjoy very good acceptance by the end consumers, domestically and in the overseas market.

PT Lontar Papyrus Pulp & Paper Industry

The PT. Lontar Papyrus Pulp & Paper Industry (Lontar Papyrus) mill in Jambi is located in South Sumatra and was built with modern equipment manufactured by Scandinavian, North American and Taiwanese equipment suppliers. The mill has a continuous production output, lowers energy requirements and reduces production costs.

The mill commenced commercial production in 1994 with an annual production capacity of 4,10,000 MT. Additional dryers were installed to increase the production capacity to 6,80,000 MT of Elemental Chlorine Pulp. Lontar’s paper mill in Aceh Province, North Sumatra, commenced production in 1977 and currently has an annual production capacity of approx 7,500 MT of uncoated freesheet. Lontar has since added tissue production at its facility with an annual production capacity of 60,000 MT.

Gold East Paper

• Gold East Paper is a Greenfield Mill and currently the single largest-scale Art-Paper-Mill in the world.

• Located on a 5.33km2 site in Dagang, Zhenjiang city, Jiangsu province. Gold East Paper is at the vicinity of modern Shanghai at the east and the ancient capital city Nanjing at the west.

• Incorporated on May 18, 1997, the total investment is USD 2.123 billion, and the annual production capacity is over 2 million MT.

• It has three coated woodfree paper production lines from Voith and Metso.

• Possess power station, GCC (Ground Calcium Carbonate) plant, PCC (Precipitated Calcium Carbonate) plant as well as dock, which can handle two 20,000DWT vessels at the same time.

• Major product ranges cover C1S Art Paper, C2S Art Paper/Gloss, C2S Art Paper/Matt, C2S Art Paper (HSWO Heat Set Web Offset).

• Brand: NEVIA/Art Tech

Ningbo Zhonghua Paper

Ningbo Zhonghua Paper Co. Ltd. and Ningbo Asia Pulp and Paper Co. Ltd are located in the Ningbo city which is near the Beilun port. Beilun is one of the largest ports in China. The total production capacity of these two mills is more than 1.25 million tons.

Ningbo Zhonghua Paper Co. Ltd.

Established in July 1992, it is located at Haishu Industrial Zone, Ningbo, Zhejiang Province, covering a land area of 0.63 square kilometers. With more than 1300 employees, it has total assets of USD 700 million and annual output of a variety of high quality coated white board amounting to 500,000 tons. Ningbo Zhonghua Paper invested over USD 21 million for environmental protection. It became the first paper making enterprise to achieve the 14001 environment Management System Certification by SGS International certification Institute in March, 1999. It was awarded honors such as Top 10 Environmental Protection Enterprise of Ningbo, Environmental Protection Model Enterprise, Garden Enterprise, Enterprise of Quality and Contribution and Green Enterprise of Zhejiang Province, etc.

Brands such as NB Star (Art board), Nevia (Art board), and Zenith (GC1 Hi bulk Ivory baord) are produced in this mill.

Ningbo Asia Pulp and Paper

Ningbo Asia Pulp & Paper Co., Ltd. is located in Qingzhi industrial Park of Beilun District Ningbo, Zhejiang. The company is an extension of Ningbo Zhonghua Paper with over 1,000 employees and total investment of USD 1.5 billion, wherein about USD 800 million was invested on the completed phase-I project. This mill was started building in Oct, 2002 and commence production in Dec, 2004. The company occupies an area of 1.7 square kilometers and produces top-grade coated white board with an annual capacity of 750,000 tons. Ningbo Asia Pulp & Paper Co., Ltd has adopted cutting-edge technology and equipment together with the most advanced QCS and DCS quality control systems internationally where the breath of paper-making machines is 8.1 meters and the designed machine speed is 900m/minute. This machine has made a world record of producing 2823 MT/day.

While developing its production capabilities, the company placed emphasis on environment protection. Ningbo Asia Pulp & Paper Co., Ltd. has designed and built a waste water treatment plant with a daily capacity of 40,000 tons and introduced the deep-sea discharging approach of 10 meters below sea level to ensure that the discharge of treated waste water reach the national grade A standard. The company has invested USD 5.5 million to put up a circular coal stock that provides closed-up operation of coal barging and transportation so as to avoid negative influence on the environment. In addition, the company set up a power plant equipped with 2 sets of 300T/H CFB boilers and two 62.4 MW i.e. total of 125 MW steamer generators to provide steam and power needed by the mill. The cutting-edge dust proof and desulfurization technologies of its CFB cycling sulfur boiler have resulted in discharged gas of containing sulfur and nitrogen oxides that are much lower than the national standard.

Brands like as Chieftain Green art board, Ningbo Fold Ivory board also know as Chieftain Ivory board and Blue centered playing card board are produced in this mill.

Gold HuaSheng Paper Co.

Gold HuaSheng Paper Co. (Suzhou Industrial Park) established in May 1996 is a USD 1.4 billion investment by Asia Pulp and Paper, making it one of the largest paper mill in China, occupying 260 hectares of China and Singapore’s joint venture industrial park. GHS is blessed with a beautiful landscape convenient traffic, and more than 3000 people strong workforce. GHS is located in China’s most bustling triangle area of Jiangsu-Zhejiang-Shanghai. Further enhanced by the many water channels and well constructed roads to service the industrial area.

GHS also boasts a privately owned coal power plant, making the mill self sufficient and also a private harbor area for raw materials transportation. As of current, GHS’ production capacity is 550,000 MT, and plans area already underway to bring, this number to 1.1 million MT by 2011. GHS’s products which include carbonless paper, office paper, uncoated and coated woodfree have achieved international standards relying on excellent personnel and most advanced research and development.

Jinhai Pulp & Paper Co. Ltd.

Jinhai Pulp & Paper Co. Ltd. is located in Yangpu Economic Development Zone of Hainan Province, covering an area of 8,000 acres. It is the thirteenth large scale pulp and paper enterprise invested by APP group in mainland China, orientated with the business strategy of forestry-pulp-paper integration. The first phase of the project is to build up a bleached Eucalyptus Kraft pulp production line with an annual capacity of 1 million tons and the total investment was 10.5 billion RMB. The production started on March 28, 2005. The second phase of the project is to install a paper machine, with an annual capacity of 1.6 million tons of fine paper. The total investment was RMB 13.6 billion at phase two. The paper machine operation started in September, 2010.

JHPP pulping process is of super large scale, running single fiber production line only. The core equipment of operation units are all supplied by world-class machine manufacturers, along with most advanced pulping technology.

The 1.6 million ton fine paper project is in line with the national development strategy of forest-pulp-paper integration. The integrated pulp and paper process brings along not only improved overall efficiency for the company but also a striking social effect to the local economy. The launch of this new project creates more than 2000 jobs, also promotes the development of other industries such as paper converting, printing, transportation, and service industry as well.

All the fiber materials used for pulp production, self forested or purchased, are from plantations or commodity forestry. We commit to “Green Production with Environment Friendly Practice”. Ever since the beginning of the project, the company has invested accumulatively RMB 2.7 billion for environmental management to achieve the goals of cleaning production, energy conservation and pollution control. All the discharge levels reach as low as or even lower than government regulatory limits.

The no. 2 machine of JHPP is fabricated by VOITH, Germany. The paper machine with online coaters is of 428.18 meters long. The width of web on reel is 10.96 meters. The operation speed is 1800m/min with the designed speed up to 2000m/min. The second phase of JHPP project, makes coated grades including coated matte, the basis weight ranging from 150 gsm to 250 gsm, depending on customer’s satisfactions.

Lighting of lamp

Federation of Paper Trade Association (FPTA) organized its 50th AGM in Bangalore from Sep 17 to 19, 2011 with the theme “Paper- Going Green”. The AGM was attended by over 700 dignitaries from the paper industry across India, including representatives from paper traders, paper mills. Leading paper manufacturers were present during the event such as Ballarpur Paper Industries, The West Coast Paper Mills, ITC, Seshasayee Paper & Boards Ltd, The Andhra Pradesh Paper Mills, The Mysore Paper Mills and many more. The agenda was to explore and discuss various issues related to the paper industry. The dignitaries reviewed the existing status of the industry, discussed future challenges and shared inputs on the emerging business scenario for the next decade.

L to R : Mr. Satyapal Gupta, Mr. Tejraj Jain, Mr. Shekhar Chandak

Mr. Shekhar Chandak, the outgoing president of FPTA said “Paper trade is growing in leaps and bounds with the export and import business also growing at an exponential rate. The growing Indian economy also indicates a further increase in paper trade. The main drivers would be the growing printing and publishing industry, literacy, changing demographics, growing consumerism, mall culture and so on”.

Mr. Tejraj Jain, President of FPTA said: “The theme of this conference “Paper Going Green” was chosen deliberately because the FPTA want to let everyone know that paper is an eco-friendly product. The major manufacturers have their own captive plantations. The saplings grown in 3 to 5 years are used as the raw materials and then re-grown contrary to the views that paper mills destroy forests. The paper industry replenishes more than it takes and ensures the sustainability of our forests by planting more than 1.7 million trees every single day. The Indian paper manufactures are undertaking backward integration through social farm forestry and setting up captive pulping capacities”.

Mr. Yogesh Agarwal CEO, Ballarpur Industries Ltd.

During the program Mr. Yogesh Agarwal, CEO, Ballarpur Industries Ltd. gave a synopsis of the Indian paper industry, “We have reached to a tipping point where the growth of 7 to 9% is substantially good to suggest the structural changes in manufacturing, trading and industry as a whole. Our global footprint is just 2.5% i.e. 10 million tons out of 390 million tons globally while we have 16.5% of the global population. The next decade would mark the growth trajectory for the Indian pulp & paper industry where we will contribute in excess of 10% to the global paper consumption as compared to current share of 2.5% only. It’s natural for the country like India where more than 50% of the population is less than 25 years old, having the per capita consumption of 9 kg against the global average of 58 kg to start contributing in the meaningful way.

Further he added: “Earlier most of the installations taking place were second hand but in the last 5 years or so the industry has gone for new and latest technology justifying the growth of 7 to 9%. In the recent years our customers i.e. printing industry have invested well and have grown more than the CAGR of paper industry. This has given us more headroom to expand. The market is becoming more and more demand driven as the supply constraint is being removed. Nowadays supply being opened up and is creating its own demand”.

“Today one word that defines the Indian pulp & paper industry is the Transition with regard to raw material, technology, capital employed, distribution etc. The another important factor is that India is recognized by the world and is being seen as the potential destination in manufacturing, merchandising etc. so we can see some healthy collaborations in future. Smart companies identify the market dynamics and convert them into opportunities and BILT being committed to the industry has identified the same and has grown organically and through acquisitions”.

A view of unified solutions for pulp and paper for improving operability, efficiency and productivity

The first Automation and Power World (APW) held in India from 19-21, September, 2011 ended with overwhelmingly positive feedback from customers, partners and ABB staff from across the globe. With over 2500 customers and more than 1000 employees participating in the event over three days, APW turned out to be one of the biggest exhibition cum conference of its kind.

The exhibition had the widest range of ABB products, technologies and solutions on display. The three days of APW were packed with knowledge-sharing and networking opportunities allowing the delegates to connect, learn and succeed in achieving the common goal of building a low carbon economy.

Mr. Bazmi Husain, Country Manager, ABB India

Mr. Bazmi Husain, Country Manager, ABB India said: “This is an event where we connect with our customers with full range of offerings that ABB has from power to automation. Our message to our customers in this event is that ABB plays a key in role in helping transform Indian economy to a low carbon economy because energy efficiency is the crucial element in this transition and ABB’s entire offering actually does this.”

On paper sector he added, “We are committed to pulp & paper industry and with the major order from JK Paper Ltd we foresee a bright future ahead.”

Both 8-pocket lines will provide the highest efficient production and quality of A4 copy papers. Each line will include six unwind stands with automatic roll change and generator brakes, dual slitter from E.C.H. Will as well as a high-speed packaging line from Pemco.

JK Paper has chosen sheeting and packaging technology guaranteeing the highest cut, slit, ream and case quality. “As well-known market leader and trendsetter in India with regard to high-quality paper and board products, we have a special interest in the reliable fulfillment of these quality standards,” said Ashish De, Chief Executive (New Projects) at JK Paper.

With this, JK Paper continues to build on their already strong relationship with E.C.H. Will and Pemco. “We look forward to continue our partnership with JK Paper through this project, having yet installed three machines earlier at their unit,” said Klaus Aarestrup, Chairman of the Management Board of E.C.H. Will.

Siemens Drive Technologies Division hosted a media and industry analyst’s summit with senior management, representatives from Siemens AG and management team from Siemens India. The summit highlighted Siemens AG and Siemens India portfolio. The focus of the summit was Drive Technologies and its products, solutions and services. The session also emphasized that Drive Technologies division increases productivity in operations by linkage of sustainable technologies from a single source that can help customers achieve higher productivity, efficiency and reliability.

Dr. Armin Bruck - MD, Siemens Ltd.

Economical and ecological requirements are on the increase throughout every field of industry and technology, exerting a major impact on production processes and the machinery required to run them. As an integrated technology company, Siemens offers more than just a wide portfolio of products and solutions, explained Dr. Armin Bruck, Managing Director, Siemens Ltd. in his presentation as he gave an overview of the Siemens India portfolio. He also underlined the importance of the Drive Technologies Division saying “We support our customers and markets firstly by providing durable, specifically tailored products and solutions to meet the needs of diverse markets with cutting-edge technologies that are innovative and sustainable.”

Siemens’ strategy involves a three-pronged integration approach: creating a seamless drive train, integrating it into the Siemens automation world and incorporating it into the corresponding customer applications. This allows Siemens to provide its customers with a range of unique benefits in terms of energy efficiency, reliability, and productivity.

ABB’s delivery for the mill will help to improve its overall production efficiency and capacity. While maximizing energy efficiency and ensuring a reliable source of power, it will provide further impetus to the company’s resource conservation efforts in energy and water.

“Our ability to deliver a complete mill solution, with leading edge automation and power technology and industry standard equipment, and related pulp and paper industry expertise will help this project to be implemented and operated successfully from design to start-up,” said Veli-Matti Reinikkala, head of ABB’s Process Automation division.

ABB will deliver energy efficient drive systems for the new paper machine, standalone drives and motors, and intelligent motor control centers (MCCs). The scope of supply also includes electrical infrastructure equipment such as transformers, transmission lines, other power equipment, and power management system for the pulp mill & paper machine. ABB’s flagship automation System 800xA will control the new pulp mill and provide a common control and visualization platform for all mill systems to optimize energy efficiency, the use of production resources and overall mill maintenance. ABB will also provide design, engineering, commissioning and related on-site services. Project commissioning is scheduled for the early fourth quarter of 2012.

Mr. Amb KV Rajan, Former Secretary, Ministry of External Affairs, Govt of India & Chairman, International Trade and Exhibitions India Pvt Ltd said: “Paperex 2011 will be the 10th edition of this prestigious international show, and easily the best, biggest, the most diversified and most meaningful in terms of trade, technology interactions and new investments. The event will take place against the back-drop of exciting trends in growth of the Indian economy in general and the Indian paper industry in particular”.

Major Highlights :

• 500 leading exhibitors from Austria, Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, Czech Republic, Finland, France, Germany, India, Italy, Japan, New Zealand, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Switzerland, Sweden, The Netherlands, Taiwan, UK, USA
• 30,000 trade visitors from 50 countries.
• 13 exhibition halls spread over more than 20,000 sq mts of exhibition area.
• Supported by all major trade associations of paper & allied industries like IARPMA, IPPTA, CPPRI, FPTA, ABCTP, APPITA, PI, WASME, ZELLCHEMING, TAPPI, etc.
• Group Participation from China and France
• Focus Country – Finland
• Special Handmade Paper Pavilion
• Specially invited trade delegation from SAARC and South East Asian countries.
• A high level technical conference on ‘The future of Paper Industry’ – to serve as a forum for industry experts for sharing knowledge and experience in the paper industry.

SYMOP brings French Companies to PAPEREX

The French Team during the Last SYMOP technical seminar organized in Turkey

SYMOP is the French association of manufacturing technologies where you can find a global offer of machinery and equipment for the paper and board Industry. One of the missions of the association is to promote the member companies worldwide with: international conferences, professional trade shows, seminars and the reception of International delegations.

One example of its action is the participation of several member companies to the PAPEREX exhibition. Some companies will be on their agent’s booth like ALLIMAND (Hall 7, Stand 7135), KADANT (Hall 6, Stand 638) or SOLARONICS (Hall 6, Stand 638) and 6 other companies on a common booth (Hall 6, Stand 652 : ABK MACHINERY, CLEXTRAL, DELTA NEU, METRASUR, THERMOPAP, TECHPAP)

French companies that you can meet during PAPEREX:

ABK Machinery belongs to ABK GROUP, a major manufacturer of complete machines and specialised equipment for the paper, board and tissue industry. Thanks to 60 years of experience and great workshop capacities in France and in Verona, Italy (acquisition in 2011 of OVER MECCANICA), ABK GROUP can manage all kinds of projects (new & revamping) for the production of various grades of paper (from tissue to specialty papers).

Visit of a Vietnamese Paper Mill by the French industrials

ALLIMAND designs and manufactures machinery for the paper making industry (stock preparation equipment, paper machines, board machines, winders, vacuum pumps), complete paper machines or rebuilds of existing paper & board machines, which meet the requirements of various customers (more than 80 complete PM already installed since 1950).

CLEXTRAL designs and manufactures BIVIS machines for pulp processing, metering pumps and complete pulping lines for high yield pulps and special grades.

DELTA NEU is the specialist of industrial ventilation (product cooling, heat extraction & cooling, temperature control for working conditions); dust control, centralised vacuum cleaning; pneumatic handling of production waste: packaging, paper, cardboard, plastic, can, aluminium, filtration of fume and oil mist.

KADANT designs and manufactures specific solutions and equipment for the paper industry, mainly for the stock preparation (fine screening, pulping and decontamination, de-inking, water treatment and fibre recovery, stock washing etc)

METRASUR INDUSTRIE proposes on site grinding dryers, coating on rewinder rolls, special coatings (Carburflon®) on dryers, guide rolls, rebuilding and machining journals, dryers, bores on frames, design and rebuilding of spreader rolls, balancing etc.

SOLARONICS BEKAERT offers a complete product range of gas and electrical non-contact drying systems based on infrared and/or air flotation technologies for paper and board industries.

TECHPAP, is a subsidiary of the CTP (Centre Technique du Papier), specialized in the commercialization of on-line sensors and various laboratory equipments.

THERMOPAP is specialized in steam system and air system for paper machines.

Paper’s Group of SYMOP gathers also companies like 01db METRAVIB, ABB, BA SYSTEMES, CHLEQ FROTÉ INGÉNIERIE (CFI), COATEX, CTP, DEUBLIN, IBC, NEYRTEC ENVIRONNEMENT, NOVIPROFIBRE, PALL CORPORATION, SIEMENS, STEINER, TECHNIPAP etc.

Stand No.: 652

Andrtiz Pulp & Paper

Stand No: 631

Andrtiz Pulp & Paper is a leading global supplier of turnkey systems and services for the production of all types of pulp, paper, tissue paper, board, fiberboard (MDF), nonwovens, and biaxially oriented plastic films, as well as of biomass boilers and gasifiers for energy production. The technologies available are employed for the processing of logs and annual fibers, the production of chemical and mechanical pulps as well as recycled paper fibers, recovery and reuse of chemicals, generation of energy from biomass, preparation of paper machine furnish from virgin or recycled fibers, production of paper, tissue paper and board, calendering and coating of paper, and the handling of reject materials and sludges. Services include complete mill maintenance, equipment upgrades and rebuilds, engineered wear products, and spare parts.

Plans for Paperex, 2011: Andritz will be present at the fair to show our strength, commitment and credibility in the Indian market. Besides we will highlight our technological excellence in various fields of pulp & paper.

We shall be having experts from various divisions viz Wood yard, Cooking, Fiberline, Recovery Island, Tissue & Board Machines, Recycled Fiber Preparation & DIP, Pumps & Agitators, and Engineered Services etc.

Arjun Chemicals Private Ltd.

Stand No: 638

Arjun Chemicals Private Limited promoted in the year 1989, for the manufacture of chemicals for the pulp and paper industry rewrites the equation in paper sizing with full range of one-of-its kind, new generation world class paper sizing products. With its manufacturing facilities at Ranipet, Tamil Nadu and Samba, Jammu and technical collaboration with Eka Chemicals AB, Sweden, (a part of the AKZO NOBEL group).

Product Offered

Pulp mill chemicals, wet end chemicals, size press additives, coating chemicals, deinking chemicals, water treatment chemicals, tissue chemicals, adhesives for corrugating industry.

Arjun Technologies (India) Private Ltd.

Stand No: 638

Arjun Technologies (India) Private Limited, is the leading engineering & equipment supplier for Pulp & Paper, Chemical & Process industry based in India having global presence and manufacture quality products with technical assistance from European manufacturers. With one of the best in class modern manufacturing facility at Sriperumpudur, Tamilnadu the company has emerged as the leading turnkey system supplier in the Indian Paper Industry providing value added engineering services from concept through commissioning.

Product Offered:

• Complete pulping systems – Deinking plants, OCC and brown grades in association with Kadant Lamort of France.

• Poly Disc Filters: for both thickening & fiber recovery applications.

• Hot dispersion system

• Paper Machine with technical inputs from M/s Freiria, Italy:-

– Head Boxes: Rectifier Roll & Hydraulic Type

– Wire section: Single wire & Multi wire design

– Top Vacuum Former

– Press Section: Suction, Bi-nip & Jumbo Press

– Complete Dryer Section

– Size press & Size Kitchen

– Calendaring

– Pope section

– Rewinder

– Engineering & Rebuilds

– Spare Items: Rolls, Suction Rolls etc.

Plans for Paperex, 2011

• Participate and exhibit with all our principles & show case our strengths & capabilities to serve the paper industry with value added & technologically superior products.

• Broad cast our Chairman’s message to the industry on the plans of Arjun Group activities to get still closer with the industry with other products to serve their requirement.

• Interact with other domestic & world leaders on the emerging scenario of the industry.

• To understand the world technological trends to cater to the ever growing green concerns & the industry & waste management.

Expectations from Paperex, 2011

Paperex being the world renowned Business promotion event for paper, pulp and allied industries and we being the regular exhibitor and participant of this event we expect the event to:-

• Be one step above the earlier events.

• Be more informative and useful for the exhibitors, participants and visitors. In other words offer a good take back from the event.

• Facilitate business networking which in turn would provide an opportunity to open up new businesses and new markets.

• Aid in Branding and better market reach.

• Bring to light the potential and expertise of current players in the market.

• Aid exchange of ideas on current and upcoming trends of paper industry.

Connell Bros. Co.

Stand No: 630

Connell Bros. Co., India (CBC), through an exclusive arrangement with Hercules’ Paper Technologies and Ventures division (now called Ashland Inc), supplies sizing chemicals to the paper and pulp industry through a joint venture production plant. This is in addition to CBC’s exclusively partnered relationship with Hercules Paper Technology & Ventures (now called Ashland Inc) for the full range of Hercules PT&V products and solutions.

Besides, CBC represents the interests of Specialty Minerals Inc (SMI) for supply of Precipitated Calcium Carbonate (PCC) through dedicated satellite plants at customer sites. CBC offers full coverage of all major customers in India, Bangladesh, Pakistan and Nepal through our own techno-commercial team of over 100 people of which more than 30 are qualified and experienced paper makers.

Products Offered

Specialty process, functional & tissue chemicals and application technology covering entire spectrum of pulp and paper chemicals.

Plans for the Paperex, 2011

• Advance pulp mill performance enhancing programs, ‘contemporary and world class MB technology’ and latest wet and dry strength solutions.

• Liberty 4969 fluidized polymer suspension (FPS) is a low viscosity and high-solids suspension of a special grade of Carboxy Methyl Cellulose.

• PCC satellite plant.

Expectations form Paperex, 2011

• For Paper Manufacturers: To introduce world’s finest chemical solution provider / PCC satellite plant leader, with best technical support to Indian paper industries.

• For Connell: To network with our customers and reinforce our position as the best ‘Solution Provider’ team in India.

Forbes Marshall

Stand No: 122

Established in 1925, Forbes Marshall has provided the global Pulp and Paper industry with products and services that have enabled these mills to save substantial energy and optimize their processes.

Products Offered

Starting from design and detailed engineering for new projects as well as rebuild projects Forbes Marshall has the capability to supply packages, products and services:-

• Paper machine steam and condensate systems that contain control valves, instrumentation, rotary joints and siphons (all types), spoiler bars, sight glasses, steam traps.

• Paper machine completely closed hoods with controls, PV systems and heat recovery units and fan sets.

• Paper machine quality control systems for basis wt, moisture, caliper, ash and CD controls.

• Instrumentation like pressure / level / DP transmitters, magnetic flow meters, tank level systems, DCS systems, single and multi loop controllers, steam, water and Air Vortex flow meters.

• Services like paper mill and paper machine audits that can help improve energy efficiency and optimize production with specific implementation accountability.

Plans for Paperex, 2011

Our emphasis would be on making customers aware to look at energy management starting from boiler houses and taking it through the paper machines, pulp mill, recovery boilers and back to condensate recovery and flash steam recovery. Reduction in specific fuel consumption and corresponding specific steam consumption would be the main performance metric.

Expectations from Paperex, 2011

We hope that customers do spend quality time understanding the opportunities in energy conservation and use this event to trigger renewed interest in saving energy at their own plants. We surely would expect Paperex help us spread the message of saving energy in pulp and paper mills.

Honest Iron & Engineering Works

Stand No: 7614

Honest Iron & Engineering Works established in 1965 offering its services and catering needs of paper industry untiringly for last 45 years. Honest offers a complete manufacturing program in their fully equipped workshop with all facilities under single roof backed by experienced designers & technocrats, where high speed quality paper machines are built up.

Recently Honest has supplied one 100 TPD Twin Liner Kraft Paper Machine to Sri Andal Paper Mills Unit – II Pvt. Ltd., Sathyamangalam, Dist. Erode, Tamilnadu and another 120 TPD Twin Liner Kraft Paper Machine to Genus Paper Products Ltd., Moradabad (U.P). Honest’s paper machines are also exported to Nepal, Bangladesh, Ethiopia, Nigeria and Iran.

Products Offered

• Stock Preparation Equipments.

• Single & Multi Layer Fourdrinier Wire Machines.

• Yankee & Newsprint, Writing / Printing Paper Machines.

• Four Wire Duplex Machine upto 350 Tons.

• Bi-Nip, Tri-Nip & Wide Nip Presses and Jumbo Presses.

• M.S. Drying Cylinders and Uni-run.

• Two Tier & Three Tier Dryer Framings.

• Calendar Machine.

• Pope Reeler.

• Slitter Rewinders.

Plans for Paperex, 2011

• Branding of our product in proper perspective with its edge above features although far more economical in comparison.

• Knowledge sharing with foreign and Indian delegates from pulp, paper & allied industries.

• Vendor Development.

Expectations from Paperex, 2011

• Exposure in global market.

• Domestic Business Growth.

• Exchange of technological ideas.

• Association with good vendors.

Imerys

Imerys is the world leader in industrial minerals. We, at Imerys, mine rare resources and turn them into specialities that improve the products and processes of our customers in diverse industrial applications. The pigments for paper and packaging business group comprise the group’s activities in kaolin and calcium carbonates (natural and precipitated) to serve the major international paper-makers: more than 350 paper mills are served: 43% in Europe, 24% in North America, and 33% in the rest of the world, mainly Asia-Pacific, the region driving growth in the paper industry.

Our business group’s presence in India, which dates back to 2004, is now marked by three WGCC (Wet Ground Calcium Carbonate) plants at Bhigwan, Amritsar and Silvassa and one slurry PCC plant at Bhadrachalam, from where we cater to the carbonates (filler and coating) requirement of the Indian paper industry.

Products Offered

• WGCC and slurry PCC for filler and coating applications.

• Kaolin clays.

• Speciality clay for barrier coating applications.

• Customised product solutions for the paper industry.

Plans for the Paperex, 2011

Our global technical and marketing experts for board and packaging are present during Paperex 2011 and would look forward to meet our present and potential customers to explore and strengthen business opportunities in India.

Expectations form Paperex, 2011

We expect Paperex 2011 to provide us a platform for reaching a wider audience in the Indian paper industry and help us re-affirm our market leadership position in providing multi-pigment solutions to the paper and board industry for various applications.

Ivax Paper Chemicals

Stand No: 7247

Ivax Paper Chemicals was the first company to manufacture specialty sizing chemicals in India for paper application and now is an ISO 9001-2008 certified company. It started first production unit in 1988 at, Andhra Pradesh. The production was started with the modified rosin derivatives with the technology from UK, as a substitute for the Gum Rosin. Ivax started the first AKD EMULSION manufacturing unit in India in 1993. This has made a historic change in the Indian paper making and by early 2000 almost all white grade mills converted their machines to Alkaline sizing, eliminating or reducing significantly the use of ALUM. Ivax started its manufacturing Alknyl Succinic Anhydride (ASA) in its plant at Andhra Pradesh. Ivax is one among the a few manufacturers of ASA in Asia and one amongst only five manufacturers in the world today. The production facilities commissioned were Ivax Kathua unit, in Jammu and Kashmir, India; Ivax Prachinburi Unit, in Thailand; & Ivax Kovai unit, in Tamilnadu, India to meet the growing demand of our customers.

Products Offered

Entire range of sizing chemicals (internal & surface sizing), retention program, biocide program, defoamers, wet & dry strength resins, enzymes, deinking & digester additives and wire & felt cleaning.

Plans for the Paperex, 2011

Value based platform for sharing technical knowledge and exploring together with customers to meet the future challenges of paper industry.

Expectations form Paperex, 2011

Launching newer concepts and approaches to improve quality and optimize the chemical cost per ton of paper.

Jasch Industries Ltd.

Stand No: 7337

Jasch Industries Ltd., is an ISO 9001:2000 company & specializes in quality control scanner systems for paper & tissue industry. Our scanner QCS units are widely used for online measurement & control of basic quality parameters such as basis weight, moisture, ash & caliper contents. With an installation base of more than 150 QCS units all across the globe & after sales service support network covering all the 5 continents, today,

JASCH enjoys trust from leading paper mills & machine manufacturer’s.

Product offered

Quality control scanner units for online control of basis weight, moisture, ash & caliper.

Plans for the Paperex, 2011

We shall be displaying our Quality Control Scanner unit.

Expectations form Paperex, 2011

Eying the fact that Paperex is major show now in ASIA, we expect good customer turnout especially from Middle East countries and also from Vietnam & Philippines in the Far East.

Jaykay Enterprise

Stand No: 657

Our mission since last 3 decades has been to add value to the Indian paper industry, supporting our overseas associates at the highest level of technical experience and support. Today we are at the doorsteps of a huge joint venture with GapCon, Germany to manufacture for the first time soft calenders in India apart from related services and grinding on a fully automatic machine, with nearly 40 crore investment.

Product offerings

• GapCon - complete paper machine and auxiliaries from headbox to rewinder.

• VIB - Online CD moisture profile control system, web cleaning system, spray system.

• Lanex - Threading system and carrier rope.

• Corbellini - Korindon ceramic covers for drainage elements.

• Bonetti + Levcon Jaykay - Doctor blades, coater blades, doctoring systems.

• Irle - Thermal calendar roll, chilled cast iron calendar roll.

• E+L - Auto guiding + tensioning, sheet break detector.

• MWN - Press rolls, granite/stonite roll, suction roll, perforated drier press roll shells etc.

• Vecoplan - High capacity drum chippers & rechippers.

• Neyrtec - Tasster dewatering of waste paper plant sludge.

Plans for the Paperex, 2011

Focus on improving machine efficiency and grade quality with minimum investments. Apart from this, we would like to share our experience on the largest VECOPLAN drum chippers working in Indian mills.

Expectations form Paperex, 2011

Convincing the medium sector, towards secured and cost effective investments.

Metso

Stand No: 507

Metso is a global supplier of sustainable technology and services for mining, construction, power generation, automation, recycling and the pulp and paper industries. We have about 29,000 employees in more than 50 countries.

Products offered

Global supplier of technology and services for the mining, construction, power generation, oil and gas, recycling, and pulp and paper industries.

Plans for Paperex, 2011

We are planning to show our new Opti Concept M. This is Metso’s new modular based concept for paper and board making. The new concept stands for economy of total investment, personal safety and machine usability as well as reduction of environmental load.

Expectations form Paperex, 2011

We will present our papers on OptiConcept M at the Exhibition on 10th Dec, 2011 where people from different mills will participate. This will enhance the knowledge about our new machine and hopefully we will cater some good orders for this machine.

MLM India Ltd.

Mr. Vinay Jain, Managing Director of MLM India Ltd

Started by Late Mr. Mitthan Lal Jain, MLM India Limited established in 1948, is a prominent importer and indentor of paper, paperboard, pulp and newsprint in India. Initially, they started catering the domestic market then in 1997, they went into imports. There vast level of experience since 1948 has made them a reliable & trusted partner for their customers. A one stop shop which provide a total paper solution to all its customer’s requirements. In a brief chat with Mr. Vinay Jain, Managing Director of MLM India Ltd, he enlightened us about the different spheres of his business, plans ahead and his views on trading.

Throwing light on their mission he told “our main aim is that in the next 10-15 years we should operate in the entire 7 continents having offices in respective continent. Till date there is no Indian paper trader who went global and we wish to be global. Presently, we deal in all the specialty and commodity grades covering approximately 70 to 80 grades. We are pretty strong in technical grades and possess fairly good knowledge and carry connections worldwide which keeps us ahead in the race.”

Talking about their service he said “we have logistically well-appointed service departments to ensure an effective, efficient and reliable service. Our strategy and financial strength allows us to focus on long term partnerships. Our experience has taught us that if we serve clients well, the success will follow. We constantly strive to anticipate the rapidly changing needs of our clients and develop new services to meet those needs.”

Our main strengths are knowledge, risk taking abilities and the financial ability. In this time of inflation we are looking for the opportunities to grow. The important thing is that we want to learn. Further adding on marketing strategy, “we have chosen to go fast rather than slow and learn from our mistakes. We are importing mainly from Europe and America and now have entered into Asian market. In India everyone is looking for the alternate supply source and that is what we are encashing on. To cater the various need of the customers we participate in most of the exhibitions whether India or abroad.”

On plans ahead “my next generation is going to be global. We are planning to expand our global footprint. Our focus is more on BRIC countries as they are the developing economies. In the last 2 years we have established ourselves in the Middle East and now we are targeting African markets, South America and then Russia.”

Expressing the importance of imports of stock lot papers, he added “If there have been no imports of stock lot paper in India then there could have been scarcity of paper and perhaps there could have been mismatch in the prices.”

Nalco Water India Limited

Stand No: 7806

Nalco is the world’s leading water treatment and process improvement company, delivering significant environmental, social and economic performance benefits. Nalco helps customers reduce energy, water and other natural resource consumption, enhance air quality, minimize environmental releases and improve productivity and end products while boosting the bottom line. From the new main headquarters in Pune, Nalco also manages district offices in Mumbai, Baroda, Kolkata, Delhi, and Chennai. Manufacturing plants in Konnagar, West Bengal and Pune, Maharashtra produce a full range of blended formulations.

Products Offered

Nalco solutions are specially designed to deliver cost improvement in raw materials, water & energy, chemicals and efficiency, while reducing environmental impact.

1. Fiber Savings:-
• Filler loading
• Basis weight reduction
• Lower cost fiber sources
• Long fiber reduction
• Pulp yield

2. Water & Energy Savings:-

Water usage
• System closure
• Shower optimization
• Additive dilution
• Water treatment

Energy savings
• Felt performance
• Press dewatering
• Boiler efficiency
• Lime mud dryness

3. Chemical Savings:-

Program optimization
• Sizing aids
• Dry strength aids
• Retention aids
• Microbial control
• Pulping aids
• Yankee coating
• Cleaning chemicals
• Water treatment

Process optimization
• Bleaching chemicals
• Wet strength resin
• Fabric life
• Optical brightener

4. Machine Efficiency:-

Operational efficiency
• Machine breaks
• Sheet holes and defects
• Boilout frequency
• Pressing efficiency
• Wet web strength
• Yankee operation

Quality
• First grade production
• Fewer rejects

5. Air Management:-
• Improving air quality
• Providing fuel flexibility
• Reducing CO2, NOx and SOx emissions, mercury and particulate matter

Plans for Paperex, 2011

• Presentation on FillerTEK technology by Anuchate Saenkhot.

• Case histories and literatures on paper sustainability, ParetoTM, Scale Guard Technology, RDF, Wash aid, LMDA etc. by Nalco experts.

Expectations from Paperex, 2011

To provide us with a platform where the intellectuals will share their knowledge and experience so that we get enriched with the information regarding new technologies and advancement of existing technologies related to the paper industry.

Parason Machinery (I) Pvt. Ltd.

Stand No: 655

Parason Machinery (I) Pvt. Ltd. situated at Aurangabad (Maharashtra) India & engaged in the manufacture of a wide range of machinery & spares for paper industry was established in 1991 under the leadership of its Chairman Dr. Champalal Desarda, who is doctorate in metallurgical engineering with over 36 years of experience. Due to continuous research & development with the aid of latest imported equipment, the unit went on adding new product range. The unit manufactures complete equipment of different sizes for pulping section including refiners, pulpers, screen & deinking plant.

Parason is already a known name outside the Indian geographical borders. We have customers spread in more than 45 countries across the globe now. Parason is pursuing an addition of new entity “Parason Latin America” in its stride to serve the upcoming South American Pulp and Paper Industry and North America too.

Products Offered

1. Machine Division: The division has commissioned around 3000 Tri-disc Refiners,1000 Pressure screens, 200 Pulpers, 10 Hot Disperser systems and 5 De-inking Cell, in India and abroad during the last 20 years, which are running successfully.

• Hi-consistency pulper
• Low Consistency Pulper
• Ragger
• Trommel Screen
• Hi-consistency cleaner – motorized
• Medium consistency cleaners – Non motorized.
• Turbo Separator (TS-450 TO TS-1200)
• Medium Consistency screen – vertical/horizontal
• Low Consistency screen – vertical
• Reject Screen with washing cycle
• Low Density Cleaners (550 lpm to 1000 lpm)
• Deinking Cell
• Disc Thickeners
• Folded Thickeners
• Hot Disperser System (25 tpd to 250 tpd)
• Centriflow Refiners Model No. CR-25, CR-35 & CR-45, CR-60
• Agitators
• Tri-disc Refiners (from 13” to 34”)
• Screen Baskets of all types (400 to 15000 mm)

2. Foundry division: This division consists of two foundry units, viz. Pratishthan Alloy Castings and Pratishthan Alloys Pvt.Ltd. This division is engaged in manufacture of spares for different paper mills. The product range of the division includes:

• Refining discs various sizes 12” to 59”
• Disperser disc for dispersion
• Deflaker Disc
• Conflow tackle/conical tackle JC-00, 01, 02, 03 & 04 in segments as well as in Single Cone
• Pulper Impellers/Rotors
• Bed plate and Impellers
• Sleeves

Plans for Paperex, 2011

Parason is planning to exhibit their lot of equipments and machineries under stock preparation and the attraction will be the modern compact MC cleaner to replace the conventional centricleaning system. The other new equipment and machinery which are planned to be displayed at the event are new 34″ double disk refiner and CR-75 confiner new sturdy conical refiner for higher capacity mills.

Expectations from Paperex, 2011

Parason has been till now serving the industry in the area of stock preparation but now wishes to venture a step ahead into the machine area shortly. The other aim is to have division of industrial suppliers too for any of the industry requirement. We feel that Paperex should be a good platform to ensure a smooth addition with the aim to provide the best to our customer under one roof.

Voith

“First Choice” and “Preferred Supplier” for India’s Paper Industry

Integrated EcoMill-Concept key highlight at Paperex

Stand No: 642

Voith is present in India since long, with the first paper machine supplied in 1926. With more than 140 years of experience, Voith has technology and products for the complete paper manufacturing process of paper, board and tissue. Customer put their trust in the expertise and competence of Voith as a system provider.

India is a fast-growing country with a dynamic pulp and paper market. The challenge is to ensure highest quality and productivity over the entire life cycle of a paper production line. Therefore, papermakers rely on Voith as a professional partner who supports them in all technical needs, over the entire technical age, even over decades.

The goal of Voith was and is to work together with customers long-term. Paper machines have very long service lives – sometimes over 50 years and longer. Accordingly, Voith supports its customer through the entire life cycle of the paper machine. Voith is proud to enjoy the “Preferred Supplier” status in the paper industry and is willing to work intensively with the Indian paper Industry in India as a true “Local Partner”.

With its Integrated EcoMill (IEM), shown at the PaperEx, Voith presents a paper mill concept that relies on complete process integration – both inside and outside the paper mill. The consumption of raw materials, energy and water is thus optimized, which yields tangible economic advantages.

The IEM from Voith scores twice: fewer resources are consumed and at the same time investment and operating costs are lowered. This is facilitated by highly integrated sub-processes. The concept is both ecologically and economically attractive and is a sustainable alternative to conventional paper mills.

A special variant of the IEM is Voith Paper’s Urban Mill – an integrated paper mill in the vicinity of an industrial urban area. Along with low consumption of resources, papermakers additionally benefit from low investment, operating and logistics costs.

Wires & Fabriks (S.A.) Ltd.

Stand No: 414

A group of students & staff from Seshasayee Institute of Technology, Trichy along with W&F staff during an industrial visit to Wires & Fabriks (SA) Ltd.

Since 1965 Wires & Fabriks have been serving the paper industry and today they have become the most successful paper machine clothing manufacturer in the Indian market apart from being an exporter to over 20 countries including Middle East where in many of the mills they have achieved the status of a preferred supplier. They have recently entered into a technical collaboration with Albany International and this will help them to further build their competence in manufacturing, application engineering and technical services for the latest SSB range of forming fabrics which is branded as STL by them. As a consequence they have made huge investments in state-of-art manufacturing machinery in their Jaipur plant in all the processes.

Product Offered

Forming Fabrics, Dryer Screens, Pulp Fabrics, Stainless Steel mesh and Dewatering Press Belts etc. Engineering products from Kingsley would include Oscillating Showers & Nozzles, Manual & Auto Filters, Doctoring Systems & Blades, DAF Systems and Tail Cutters etc.

Plans for Paperex, 2011

They have lately launched STL-Support-Shute Triple Layer Fabrics, which belongs to SSB range of forming fabrics. This sophisticated product design is manufactured in their Jaipur, India plant in technical collaboration with M/s Albany International.

Wolkem India Ltd.

Stand No: 7808

Wolkem is the world’s largest miner and producer of Wollastonite and India’s largest miner and producer of Calcite (GCC) and also Wet Ground Calcium Carbonate (WGCC). Besides, Wolkem is recognized as a dependable reputed miner and processor of Talc and Limestone. It has it mines and plants located in 7states of India where it manufactures over 80 mineral grades, which are sold as fillers & extenders in over 20 industries including Paper, Ceramics etc. Today Wolkem exports to over 20 countries across 4 continents.

Products Offered

Ground Calcium Carbonate (GCC), Wet-Ground Calcium Carbonate (WGCC), Talc & Lime.

Plans for the Paperex, 2011

Exhibiting our Mineral Products used as filler in paper industry.

Middle East’s annual consumption of paper will increase to 29 tons by 2020, from 18 million tons in 2010, according to Asia Pulp and Paper, the second largest paper manufacturer and supplier in the world with operations in more than 65 countries. This was revealed at the conclusion of Paper Arabia, 2011 which concluded with key players agreeing that the digital boom in the Middle East is not largely affecting the printing of paper as seen from the fact that UAE is among the highest consumers of paper in the world despite the increase penetration of electronic pads in the country.

Suresh Kilam, Executive Director, APP said: “With the recent unrest in some countries, the traders have grown more cautious and have adopted a wait and watch approach. They have to buy the paper in cash and they don’t want to take risks. So in countries which are going through rough political climate, the business is on hold but that doesn’t mean that the business isn’t growing in the Middle East and growth in countries like Saudi Arabia and Egypt is tremendous.”

On the side line of Paper Arabia 2011 Team Paper Mart had an interaction with Mr. Satish Khanna, General Manager, Al Fajer discussing about the paper industry in Middle East, development of the show over the years, their diversification plans and commitment to the show. Excerpts

Talking about the paper industry in Middle East he said: “It is very promising and is growing at the exponential rate. It has been on the move and the value of the Middle East printing substrates is forecasted to reach $5.0 billion in 2012. UAE is now on the verge of becoming the printing hub, earlier China did the same thing and their industry became number one. We need the same impetus. Paper converting is already booming in this region but for paper manufacturing I don’t see an immediate future.”

Highlighting the development of the show over the years he said: “People have accepted the show from the 1st year of its inception. Over the years we have only improved the quality of the exhibitors, which gives a very good platform for the visitors. Now, we need to grow in size and for that we have planned out some strategic moves which we will announce pretty soon. Presently, the majority of visitors are from trading community.”

On the diversification plans he said “this year we did the show in Kenya likewise we are planning to organize Paper Africa 2012 in Durban, South Africa. The paper industry has also shown the promising future in this region.”

On the success of Paper Arabia 2011 he told: “it’s the first-of-its-kind industry expo attracted over 6120 trade visitors from more than 85 countries. Big names such as APP, Abu Dhabi National Mill (ADNPM), Orient Links and others participated in full force in Paper Arabia 2011 and they introduced new technologies and products and concepts such as new textured tissue by ADNPM which received lot of attention by visitors. This year many companies offered environmentally friendly products based on agricultural or post consumer wastes.”

Al Fajer is totally dedicated to this industry and would like to see this industry growing he concluded!