Paper Industry in India

Paper industry in India is the 15th largest paper industry in the world. It provides employment to nearly 1.5 million people and contributes Rs 25 billion to the government’s kitty. The government regards the paper industry as one of the 35 high priority industries of the country.

Paper industry is primarily dependent upon forest-based raw materials. The first paper mill in India was set up at Sreerampur, West Bengal, in the year 1812. It was based on grasses and jute as raw material. Large scale mechanized technology of papermaking was introduced in India in early 1905. Since then the raw material for the paper industry underwent a number of changes and over a period of time, besides wood and bamboo, other non-conventional raw materials have been developed for use in the papermaking. The Indian pulp and paper industry at present is very well developed and established. Now, the paper industry is categorized as forest-based, agro-based and others (waste paper, secondary fibre, bast fibers and market pulp).

Reference - Pulp and Paper Industry in India

Paper and Pulp Companies In India, Pulp and Paper Industries, Pulp and Paper Mills

1. ITC Bhadrachalam: Mill is located at Sarapaka, Andhra Pradesh
2. JK Paper: Mill is located at Jaykaypur, Rayagada, Orissa.
3. Sirpur: mill is located at Kaghaznagar, town in the Adilabad district of Andhra Pradesh
4. Star Paper: The company’s manufacturing facility at Saharanpur, Uttar Pradesh
5. Ballarpur Industries Limited (BILT)
6. Pudumjee Pulp & Paper Mills Ltd.: pudumjee.com Plant is at Pune (Maharashtra, India)
7. Sri Krishna Paper Mills and Industries Limited: skpmil.com  Bahadurgarh, near Delhi
8. Tamil Nadu Newsprint and Papers Limited: tnpl.co.in The factory is situated at Kagithapuram in Karur District Kagithapuram 639 136
9. The West Coast Paper Mills Ltd.: westcoastpaper.com Dandeli­ 581325, Uttar Kannada (Karnataka)The Andhra Pradesh Paper Mills Ltd.:  www.andhrapaper.com, plant is located at Rajahmundry, Andhra Pradesh.
10. Titagarh Paper Mills Company Ltd.:  titagarhindustries.com plant is located at Titagarh and Kakinara
11. Vikarabad Pulp and Paper Mills Pvt. Ltd.:  vikarabadmills.com, plant is located at Vikarabad, Rangareddy, Andhra Pradesh.

Growth of pulp and paper industry in India is limited because of the high cost of production caused by limited supply and high cost of raw materials, electric power cost and concentration of mills in a specific area. Government has been taking several measures to remove the bottlenecks and infrastructure development.

Measures for making Indian Pulp and Paper Industry Strong

1. Duty free imports of new used machinery equipment should be allowed.
2. Import duty on waste paper needs to be reduced.
3. Improvements of sea ports roads and railways and communication facilities.
4. Revision of forest policy is required for wood based paper industry so that plantation can be raised by industry cooperatives of farmers and state government. Degraded forest land should be made available to the industry for raising plantations.

Pulp And Paper Industries

Cellulose derivatives, pulp, paper and boards.

Sugar And Starch Industries

Raw and refined sugar, by products of sugar industries, Starch and starch derivatives.

Oils, Fats, Soaps And Detergent Industries

Vegetable oils and animal fats, their nature, analysis and extraction methods, hydrogenation of oils, fatty acids and alcohols, waxes, soaps, synthetic detergents.

Petroleum And Petrochemical Industries

Petroleum refining, physical and chemical conversion products, lubricating oils, petrochemical precursors, methane, olefines, acetylenes and aromatics and products obtained from them by various unit processes.

Polymers

Monomer Materials, Thermo plastic and Thermosetting materials (such as polythylene, polypropylene, polyvinyl chloride, polytetra fluro ethane) and PF resins; Epoxy and polyesters – Natural rubber; Synthetic rubber such as SBR, NBR, CR – Fundamental methods of processing of synthetic Rubbers.

Synthetic Fibre And Film Industries

Viscose rayon, cuprammonium and cellulose acetate, nylons, polyesters, acrylics.

Food Preservation

Food Addition – Food Processing – Food preservation

Chemical Process Industries Text Books

1. Austin, G.T., ” Shreve’s Chemical Process Industries “, Fifth Edition, McGraw-Hill International Book Co, Singapore, 1984.

2. Dryden, C.E., ” Outlines of Chemical Technology “, Edited and Revised by Gopala Rao. M. and M.Sittig, Second edition, Affiliated East-West press, 1993.

Chemical Process Industries References

1. Kent, J.A.(ed), ” Riggel’s Hand Book of Industrial Chemistry “, Van Nostrant Reinhold, 1974.

2. CHEMTECH 1-4, ” Chemical Engineering Education Development Centre “, I.I.T., Madras 1975-78.