Europe shows global leadership in recycling

adminSeptember 30, 2010July 1, 2021

September 30, 2010July 1, 2021

The latest Monitoring report of the European Recovered Paper Council (ERPC) shows that Europe has achieved a world record level of paper recycling in 2009. The rate reached 72.2% which is again higher than the target set in its Commitment for 2010 of 66%. The total amount recycled in paper mills came to 58 million tonnes in 2009. “The economic...

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PAPER BOOK – ebook

adminSeptember 30, 2010July 1, 2021

September 30, 2010July 1, 2021

A tale of two media - electronic and print is always a debatable topic since last so many years. You must have remember when the outburst of computers came to the economy and everyone was singing the song of “PAPERLESS OFFICE” but the effect was opposite, rather it has increased the consumption of paper. Now, that same song is back...

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The GCC Paper Industry Synopsis

adminSeptember 30, 2010July 1, 2021

September 30, 2010July 1, 2021

Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) is a political and economic union involving the six Arab states of the Persian Gulf with many economic and social objectives. Created on May 25, 1981, the 630 million acre (2,500,000 km2) council comprises the Persian Gulf states of Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and......

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The Aces of Paper Industry in the India's Rich List 2010

adminJuly 30, 2010February 17, 2021

July 30, 2010February 17, 2021

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European Pulp & Paper Industry Statistics

adminJuly 30, 2010

July 30, 2010

Recently CEPI (Confederation of European Paper Industries) released the key statistics of European Pulp & Paper Industry covering data for 2009. It contained the key statistics necessary to give a picture of the performance of the Paper Industry in Europe. CEPI represents 95% of the European pulp and paper industry in terms of production. Members companies of CEPI in 2009...

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Planned Education Budget to be Reduced by 40,000 crores

adminJuly 28, 2010

July 28, 2010

The Planning Commission, which conducted a review of the 11th Five Year Plan (2007-2012), is likely to slash budgetary allocations for higher and technical education by nearly half the original amount....

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WOW – Wealth Out of Waste

adminJuly 28, 2010

July 28, 2010

Indian paper industry is growing at 10% on an average across segments and expected to touch 28 million MT per annum by 2025 from current level of 10 Million MT. This poses a big question of meeting the raw material needs of rapidly growing industry. With close to 200% growth in just 15 years, where is the raw material to...

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China's paper industry provides unfair global advantage

adminJuly 28, 2010

July 28, 2010

Massive Chinese government subsidies have given China's paper industry an unfair competitive advantage that has helped fuel the industry's rapid growth in recent years according to a new study from the Economic Policy Institute (EPI)....

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U.S. paper, paperboard & pulp capacity

adminMay 31, 2010July 2, 2021

May 31, 2010July 2, 2021

Against the backdrop of an exceptionally weak economy, U.S. paper and paperboard capacity declined 2.5% in 2009 to 93.9 million tonnes, according to the American Forest & Paper Association's 50th Annual Survey of Paper, Paperboard and Pulp Capacity....

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Few Highest Paid Executives in the Indian Paper Industry

adminMarch 30, 2010June 22, 2021

March 30, 2010June 22, 2021

Excerpts from Economic Survey 2009-10 related to Paper Product group like paper, leather, food and jute textiles did not evince any visible recovery. Paper and paper products 9.25 Paper & paper products grew by only 2.1 per cent during April-November 2009, as per the IIP data. This followed indifferent growth......