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Valmet to rebuild cooking, fiberline and evaporation plant for Andhra Paper Limited in India

Valmet has been selected to rebuild the cooking, fiberline and evaporation plant of Andhra Paper’s Rajahmundry unit in India. The delivery is scheduled to take place in December 2023, and the start-up is planned for the first quarter 2024. The order is included in Valmet’s order received of the fourth quarter 2022. The value of […]

Value of paper and paper products exported from India in financial year 2022, by type

In financial year 2022, India’s exports of paper and paper board products were valued at approximately 3.25 billion U.S. dollars. On the other hand, pulp and waste paper had the lowest export value that year, at only 1.06 million U.S. dollars.

Toscotec to supply first tissue line to Indian Paper and Board manufacturer Gayatrishakti

Toscotec will supply a complete AHEAD 1.8 tissue machine to Gayatrishakti Tissue to be installed at their paper mill in Vapi, Gujarat. The Indian manufacturer is entering the tissue market with this new line slated for start-up in 2024. The AHEAD 1.8 tissue machine has sheet trim width of 2,850 mm, an operating speed of 1,800 m/min, […]

APP Sinar Mas to build giant paper mill in India

A feasibility study is currently being conducted for a 1.2 million tpy printing paper, tissue, and cartonboard mill in the Indian state of Maharashtra, according to Asia Pulp & Paper. Asia Pulp & Paper (APP) is part of Indonesia’s Sinar Mas group. The India project is of strategic importance for its operations in Indonesia since […]

India may consider supplies of raw materials for the needs of Russian paper industry

India may consider the increase the supplies of raw materials for the needs of Russian paper and consumer packaging industries, as Russia experiences a serious shortage of such products due to Western sanctions. According to some Russian and foreign media reports, representatives of Russian authorities have called the Indian government to begin the supplies of […]

Andritz to install predictive maintenance system at Welspun Advanced Material, Telangana, India

Andritz has received an order from Welspun Advanced Materials, India, to supply a Metris predictive maintenance system for its spunlace production line at the Telangana plant. This will be the first Metris solutions system to be installed in a spunlace line in India. The integrated Metris platform developed by ANDRITZ uses smart sensors as an […]

Cellwood Machinery to supply dispersing units to Maruti Paper and Padmavati Paper

Cellwood Machinery will supply dispersing units for upgrading projects to Maruti Paper and Padmavati Paper in India. The dispersing units will help our customers to improve the quality of Kraft Paper production. The start-up of the new units is scheduled for the beginning of 2023. About the customer Maruti Paper: Maruti Papers Limited commenced production in […]

Valmet to supply automation technology to Lemit Papers in Morbi, India

Valmet will supply a mill wide Valmet DNA Automation System with the new Valmet DNA User Interface and consistency measurements package to Lemit Papers in Morbi, India. The target of the investment is to ensure a smooth start-up, to optimize the equipment efficiency and to achieve premium board quality. The order was included in Valmet’s […]

ITC in Chandrahati, India, to rebuild specialty paper machine PM1

India’s largest paper manufacturer ITC Limited PSPD has commissioned Voith to rebuild PM 1, including stock preparation, at its Chandrahati site, about 60 kilometers north of Kolkata. With the rebuilt décor paper machine, the company will increase its production capacity for high-quality décor paper with basis weights of 40 – 90 gsm and thus further […]

Value of paper and paper products exported from India in financial year 2021, by type

Within the market of paper and its products, India exported paper and paper board products at the highest value in fiscal year 2021. This amounted to almost two billion U.S. dollars. On the other hand, newsprint ranked lowest among other commodities within the sector that year.