The three-day exhibition cum conference was inaugurated by Pramod Agarwal, president of Indian Agro and Recycled Paper Mills(IARPMA). The inauguration was presided over by eminent corporate leaders like Anil Kumar, vice president, Indian Agro and Recycled Paper Mills Association, R Krishna Swamy, president of South India Kraft Manufacturing Association.

The exhibition also had a simultaneously held conference on “Recycling-The Future of Paper Industry” organised by IARPMA on 7 November 2014 and a World Paper Congress on “Globalising the Indian Paper Industry: Looking Beyond 2020” by “World Paper Forum” on the 8 and 9 November, 2014.  A Special Session on “Paper is green and environment friendly” by the Federation of Paper Traders Association was also held on 9 November.

"I am delighted to inaugurate the third edition of Paper+ 2014 exhibition. This is a great platform for the exhibitors from across the Globe and companies to connect with the paper and allied industries to interact with each other and build this segment. There is a huge potential in the Southern Market and this exhibition will pave way for MNCs in the paper industry to focus” said Agarwal.

"The motive of this exhibition is to reach out to the many small and medium size paper mills in South India who are looking to upgrade their technology but are unable to identify the suitable technology” said Gagan Sahni, exhibitions director of International Trade and Exhibitions India (ITEI).

"The earlier editions of Paper+ was held in Coimbatore and this is the first time we are bringing it to Chennai with the hope of appealing to the whole of South India,” said Sahni.

The World Paper Forum and ITEI have collaborated with “Grow-trees.com” and initiated the first of its kind ‘Plantation Programme’ for Paper Manufacturers in India.  World Paper Forum will plant one tree on behalf of each VIP Visitor from paper manufacturing company.