Indian Paper Industry: Sustainability & Growth
Sustainability is based on a simple principle; everything that we need for our survival and wellbeing depends, either directly or indirectly, on our natural environment. Sustainability creates and maintains the conditions under which humans and nature can exist in productive harmony, that permit fulfilling the social, economic and other requirements......
Man with a Mission
To write down about the experience of more than 4 decades is quite an easy task but to live those moments with the same feeling is a tedious task. This time team Paper Mart tried to live the moments in the remarkable career of Mr. R.L. Lakhotia, presently he is......
Google removes “anti-paper” environmental claims!
April 10, 2013 In the Dec-Jan, 13 issue of Paper Mart, we published Two Sides open letter sent to Google Chairman urging him and Google to re-consider their participation in the Paperless2013 initiative, and especially to consider removing or changing the negative environmental claims being made related to paper. By......
Headbox reconditioning yields 30% better dry weight profiles at ITC Bhadrachalam
Small things really do make a big difference. For example, the right headbox adjustments and careful cleaning alone can significantly improve the overall performance of a production line. ITC, Bhadrachalam learned this lesson firsthand after the headbox of its BM 1 was thoroughly tested and reconditioned. Bhadrachalam Unit, part of......
ASRS: The ultimate storage solution
Many small and medium paper mills continue to manage the paper storage systems with traditional floor storage methods. Initially all mills were comfortable with manual storage system. However, when mills expanded to increase production capacities with greater product mix, most mills fail to re-look at the godown storage and dispatch......
“We have selected India as our base for manufacturing select components of our product portfolio”
Black Clawson Ltd has a proud history of designing and building exceptional equipment for the recycled paper, board and converting industries. Now they intend to bring that expertise into the Indian market. On the recent visit to India, team Paper Mart had an interaction with Mr. David Stone, International Sales......
OptiConcept M: Setting new standards for Paper and Board making
///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// Marika Mattila, Metso Economy of total investment, personnel safety, easy machine usability and reduction of environmental load – these were the key targets guiding the development work of a wide group of experts responsible for Metso’s novel full-scope paper and board making concept, OptiConcept M. OptiConcept M represents a new......
Shreyans Industries to Upgrade its Paper Machine
May 29, 2013 Shreyans Industries Ltd. have signed a contract with PMPoland for supply of a new Head Box for their paper mill at Ahmedgarh in Punjab. This has been done as part of machine upgradation with target to run the machine at 750 mpm speed and to produce better......
RBI to introduce Rs. 10 polymer notes on trial basis
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) will execute a union government’s mandate to introduce plastic/polymer currency note of Rs. 10 on a field trial basis in five cities in India. Depending on the success of the move and how these notes work, the RBI will then decide on the next......