The rise and rise of paper

(From left) Gautam Thapar of Avantha Group and Harsh Pati Singhania of JK Paper inaugurated Paperex 2015 on 1 November 2015

JK Paper, which is among the top two players in coated paper and high-end packaging boards, recently invested about Rs 1,775 crore in expanding and modernising the JK Paper Mills in Rayagada, Odisha

Part of the BK Birla Group of Companies, Century Pulp and Paper specialises in industry and specialty grade paper, board, tissue, as well as Rayan grade pulp. Century is a ISO 9001 & ISO 14001, OHSAS 18001, FSCTM, certified company

Paperex 2015 offered visitors, from industry insiders to distributors, vendors to print firm owners and print buyers an opportunity to explore the possibilities of paper and paperboard, among others

Part of the Senthil Group of companies in Coimbatore, Senthil Paper and Boards manufactures coated board, among other products

Quality control is an important aspect of not just in the manufacturing of papers, but also how we use it. There are technologies to help us in this, like these machines on display at Paperex 2015, which check the bursting strength of the paper

Established in 1981, Ruchira Papers, with its plant in Himachal Pradesh, manufactures range of papers for writing, high-volume printing and packaging. The company uses locally-sourced agri-waste, such as sugarcane bagasse, wheat straw, and wild grass for fibre

With its plant in Bijnor, Uttar Pradesh, Rama Paper Mills has an overall output capacity of 61,000 tpa, and manufactures duplex board, newsprint, writing and printing paper, as well as tissue paper, mainly from recycled waste paper

Rajinder Gupta, chairman, Trident Group, a first generation entrepreneur, interacted with the visitors at the Trident stall during Paperex 2015

Not just papers, the exhibition also showcased the various components that go into the manufacturing of quality paper, like these equipment from Parason Machinery India, which has been engaged in manufacturing machinery for paper industry since 1980

Orient Paper and Industries manufactures tissue paper and uncoated wood-free papers. For raw material, the company uses 100% virgin fibre, a mix of bamboo and tropical hard wood

Gautam Thapar of Bilt interacted with visitors and industry leaders during Paperex 2015. At the exhibition, the company, one of the largest paper manufacturers in India, introduced a new 40-gsm paper for the pharma and Bible printing

Established in 1964, Pudumjee Pulp and Paper Mills, known for its premium specialty grade paper, has a production capacity of 60,000 tpa, the highest from one location in the country. The mill can produce paper from the range of 12 gsm to 150 gsm. The papers are FSC certified

Established in 1980, Kuantum Papers has a fully integrated pulp and paper facility in Chandigarh and manufactures writing and printing paper, copier paper, colour paper, parchment paper and ledger paper

Established in 1981, by KK Jhunjhunwala, Faizabad, Uttar Pradesh-based Yash Papers started by producing low grammage Kraft paper. Beginning with one paper-making machine, the company successfully doubled the capacity on that machine, went on to add a second one in 1991 to produce more than triple of its paper-making capacity. This has helped the company establish its hold over the low grammage Kraft market

The West Coast Paper Mills has a pedigree of standing over the past 50 years. The company operates six versatile machines with an installed capacity of 3,20,000 tpa. The company has recently installed a state-of-the-art Voith paper machine

Bindals Papers Mills has a greenfield integrated plant with 350 tonnes per day production capacity of pulp and paper. The company manufactures writing and printing and copier paper from sugarcane bagasse and wheat straw

APRIL Group is one of the largest, most technologically advanced and efficient makers of pulp and paper products. APRIL mainly produces bleached hardwood Kraft pulp and uncoated, wood-free paper, including its PaperOne brand of office papers

Established in 1980, Sangal Papers specialises in manufacturing wide range of colour papers both in machine finished and machine glazed category. The company is also known for its range of ribbed Kraft papers and other paper grades

Delhi-based Narsingh Dass and Co deals with a wide variety of paper and allied products, all of which were on display at its stall at Paperex 2015

Shreyans Industries manufactures high grade writing and printing paper, ranging from 54 gsm to 175 gsm, using agro-based, eco-friendly raw material, with an annual capacity of 1,15,000 mt

Paper lamps usher in the Diwali festival at one of the stalls at the special pavilion on handmade paper, which had nine stalls from across the country displaying the power of the indigenous paper-making technology

Established in 1978 in New Delhi, NPT Papers is an importer and indenter of all kind of paper, paperboard, and newsprint

The machine on display at the Handmade Paper Pavilion, under the Directorate of Handmade Paper and Fibre Industry, can manufacture up to 250 kg of handmade paper per day

(From left) Prashant Mandewal and Pankaj Kumar Jha of Mitsubishi Chemical promoted their brand Yupo at Paperex 2015

Hyderabad-based International Paper APPM launched a mobile application for its end-customers, IP India App, on the opening day of Paperex 2015 on 1 November

Tamil Nadu Newsprint and Paper Limited, a government of Tamil Nadu enterprise, produces a wide portfolio of high quality surface and non-surface sized paper. The mills has the capacity to produce four lakh tonnes paper annually

One of the oldest paper mills in India, Star Paper Mills has four paper machines with an installed capacity of 75,000 tpa to produce a diversified range of paper. The company produces around 250 tonnes of paper every day

Coimbatore-based Sripathi Papers and Boards specialises in high quality multilayer Kraft paper, ribbed Kraft, coated duplex board, writing and printing paper, MG poster varieties and newsprint

Asia Pulp and Paper (APP), based in Jakarta, Indonesia, is one of the largest pulp and paper companies in the world. With 14 major companies in Indonesia and China, APP has a current annual combined pulp, paper and packaging grade capacity of more than 19 million tpa

The Gujarat-based machines manufacturer, Line O Matic, manufactures exercise book machines, exercise book binding machines, automatic reel to sheet ruling/flexo printing machines, binding machines and cut size sheeter

The 12th edition of Paperex, the biennial international exhibition and conference on pulp and paper industry, was organised by the International Trade and Exhibition India, in association with 12 other trade bodies, including the Indian Agro and Recycled Paper Mills Association (IARPMA), the Indian Pulp and Paper Technical Association, India (IPPTA), the Central Pulp and Paper Research Institute, India (CPPRI), and Paper Engineers Association, Finland (PI), among others. In the four days, total 23,878 people visited the show