“We are Tough People”
At the sidelines of a recent IPPTA conference, Paper Mart interacted with Anil Kumar, Exectuve-Director and CEO, Shreyans Industries Ltd, and discussed the changing paper industry scenario. Excerpts....
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Shifting State of Affairs in Notebook Industry
The notebook industry is the real indication of a country’s industriousness. More notebooks sold means more people are reading, writing and learning. Ironically, India’s notebook industry, though pressing forward in a tide of education, lacks order within its own ranks. Government’s thrust on education is giving push to the growth in the notebook industry. A demographic of small and regional...
Bottleneck Analysis – A way to look around the corner
Continuously increasing demands are forcing mills to push their board machines to their maximum limits. This makes it hard to keep a balance between high productivity, good quality and running into breaks that cause unnecessary downtime....
High End Solutions: The Allimand Way
In an interaction with Mr. Franck Rettmeyer, Chairman & CEO, Allimand, Mr. S.K. Sikka, Chairman, Link Engineers and Mr. Siddharth Sikka, Managing Director, Link Engineers, we discussed Allimand's operations in India, as well as future plans. These are the excerpts of the interaction....
An Unexpected Discovery Pushes ABC into a High Capability Orbit
In their search, ABC Paper chanced upon a machine which they had not initially planned to study. With this addition, the company is entering a turf of increased capabilities....
Stora Enso launches new board packaging
In today's economic situation, combined with the universal concern about climate change, the development of food packages is driven by cost-efficiency and eco-efficiency demands. Stora Enso is addressing these demands with its new Trayforma Performance board, which improves material efficiency and reduces the total weight of packages....
BILT amongst top 10 in CSR Ratings of 1000 largest companies in India
Ballarpur Industries Limited (BILT), India's largest paper company and part of the US$ 3 bn Avantha Group, has received the highest rating in the Karamayog Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Ratings of the of the 1000 largest companies in India - 2008, for enabling CSR as a core part of its business operations....
Two outlooks on the safeguard duty
The domestic paper producers may have cause for cheer, whereas the printers, publishers and paper buyers are at distress. The Government intends to impose safeguard duty of 20% on paper in order to protect domestic manufacturers from a surge in paper imports....
Pulp Mill waste could be turned into fuel
The inventor of a chemical process that could turn pulp mill waste into fuel for cars or even run the mills themselves says the technology could reap millions of dollars....
AbitibiBowater Files for Bankruptcy
AbitibiBowater Inc. announced that it and certain of its U.S. and Canadian subsidiaries have filed voluntary petitions in the United States under Chapter 11 of the United States Bankruptcy Code. As well, AbitibiBowater and certain of its Canadian subsidiaries will seek creditor protection under the Companies' Creditors Arrangement Act ("CCAA") in Canada. AbitibiBowater's subsidiaries located outside the United States and...