PM Vol20 No 6 Feb-Mar 2020

Vol.20 No. 06

Mr. Jai Prakash Narain

Feb-Mar, 2020

Mr. Sanjay K. Singh

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Mr. Anil Kumar

Paper Boat will Float ......10 Mr. Pavan Khaitan

Mr. Pawan Agarwal

Mr. Ankur Bindal

Mr. Akshay Jain

Replacing Single-Use Plastics with Paper ......20

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SPECIAL FEATURE

Mr. Jai Prakash Narain

Mr. Sanjay K. Singh

Mr. Anil Kumar Mr. Saurabh Bangur Mr. S. N. Venkataraman

Mr. Pavan Khaitan

Mr. SVR Krishnan

Mr. Ved Krishna

Mr. Pawan Agarwal Ms. Ruchica G. Kumar

Mr. Ankur Bindal

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Mr. Akshay Jain

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INTERVIEWS

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Silverton Pulp and Paper: GL&V Is Now Part of Valmet Increasing Its Production Capacity

Nikita Papers: Investing in Technologies for More Efficiency and Better Quality

Servall Engineering Works: Continuing Its Quest for Excellence in Quality, Design and Engineering

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Fabio Perini: Strengthening Line O Matic Graphic Its Presence in India Launches Folio Size Sheeter FSS 165

TECH-TALK

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Dee Tech India: Facilitating Krofta Engineering Ltd.: Membrane Technology for Inspection Capabilities Water Treatment and Reuse

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Pidilite Industries Ltd.: Passion for Innovation, Quality and Customer Intimacy

NEWS Ÿ ITC to Invest INR 2500 Crore in Bhadrachalam Unit by 2025 ..................................36 Ÿ Valmet to Supply a New Evaporation Line to Century Pulp and Paper in India..........40 Ÿ Century Pulp and Paper's Mr. J. P. Narain Awarded with ET Now Business

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The Archroma Way – Safe, Efficient, Enhanced

Amar Elastomers Pvt. Ltd. Optimisation of Runnability and Selection of Suction Roll Shell in Wet End

Leader of the Year..................................................................................................48 Ÿ Sri Andal Paper Mills Places Order for RunEco Vacuum System..............................52 Ÿ The Future Grows in the Forest...............................................................................68 Ÿ Satia Industries Acquires Environmental Clearance to Expand Paper Production Capacity ................................................................................................................69 Ÿ Circularity Is a “No Regret Option” For the European Industrial Transition ................70 Ÿ Sri Andal Paper Mills Orders Key Containerboard Machine Technologies from Valmet...........................................................................................................71 Ÿ ANDRITZ to Supply Complete Recovery Island to TNPL ..........................................71

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h e C O V I D - 1 9 coronavirus pandemic is the greatest challenge humanity has faced since the Second World War. COVID-19 is not just a health

crisis: It has the potential to create unprecedented social, economic and political crises that will leave deep ugly scars.

People are constantly losing jobs and income. The island

nations that heavily depended on tourism have deserted beaches and empty hotels.

According to International L a b o u r O r g a n i z a t i o n , 25 million jobs could be lost.

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he COVID-19 lockdown will give time to paper mills to improve the health of equipment resulting in better efficiency at the time of restarting of operations.

It is expected that the demand for packaged food will improve for health and safety reasons leading to increased demands Mr. Sanjay K. Singh, for packaging board and kraft Divisional Chief Executivepaper. Also, the demand for ITC Limited, PSPD tissue paper will go up. What happened to the use of water bottles a few years ago, will now happen to tissue paper – more and more people will use tissue paper now. n

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Mr. Jai Prakash Narain, CEO, Century Pulp and Paper

he severe spread of virus has halted domestic and trade activities across various economies, which has disrupted routine activities of multiple nations bringing the countries to a halt, thus distorting their economic growth. Several countries across the world have announced travel restrictions and partial or complete lockdown to contain the spread of virus.

The Indian economy is also getting hit by Covid-19. The first case in India was reported on 30th January 2020. After that, the number of cases has been rising with every state in the country facing the threat of virus. Subsequently, various transport facilities including trains and f lights were suspended and several state governments started imposing lockdown across their territories in the third week of March

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Developing nations could lose at least US$220 billion in income, and the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development has called for US$2.5 trillion to support

them. The coronavirus pandemic has had a considerable impact on industries across the world, including the pulp and paper industry. Will the paper boat keep on floating?

onwards till 31st March, 2020. Also, nation-wide lockdown of 21 days was announced 25th March, 2020 onwards, which is expected to hurt domestic operations in India.

With the virus now affecting and disrupting global supply chains and economy for almost three months now, the situation is having a severe impact on the Indian economy as well. This is because India depends on global markets for exports and imports.

The Corona pandemic is expected to adversely affect especially the overall demand side of the pulp and paper industry. The packaging paper, board and tissue segments will witness growth, while the other segments will either grow slowly or remain at the same level of growth. Coated paper prices increased in the beginning of year 2020; and if the outbreak persist further, the demand conditions will limit the upside. Pulp and waste paper prices have already declined. Now pulp prices have started to increase as the global trade has slowed; this in turn is expected to result in paper prices moving up.

To f ind an answer to this question, Paper Mart interviewed several industry players. The responses we received from them indicate that India has not lost the war: We will win! The Paper Boat Will Float.

The higher pulp prices and appreciation of the dollar will limit the import of paper in the country in coming times. The industry players who have their own plantation can source raw material efficiently, but medium-sized companies may face raw material disruption, which would impact their manufacturing ability in the packaging board segments.

Margins in the pulp and paper industry are looking low due to the subdued market condition.

Packaging board will be driven through FMCG, personal care products, e-commerce and pharma packaging requirements. Since the education session has got deferred by three months from the original schedule, the requirement of writing and printing paper will pick up in Q2. Aviation, hotel and tourism industries are experiencing the major impact of the Corona pandemic. Corporates are 'working from home'.

All that will have an adverse impact on the growth of the Copier segment. However, the tissue paper segment will grow, as hygiene products may witness good demand growth in future. n

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he recent pandemic has hit the entire world. This is a Black Swan event which is unpredictable in terms of its spread and period. India is no exception.

The Indian government has been very proactive in its response, and a countrywide Mr. Anil Kumar, lockdown has been imposed.

CEO & Executive Director, Co n s e q u e n t l y, t h e e n t i re Shreyans Industries Ltd. industry, including the paper industry, has been shut down.

These are very trying circumstances, as we don't know how long this will continue and what the graded reopening thereafter would be.

Having said that, I feel that once things start settling down, the paper industry will bounce back as cut in demand, if any, will be matched by cut in production as well.

We may have many expectations from the government, and rightly so, but I am sure that once this pandemic tapers off, the government will be extremely willing to support the industry, of course within the limitations of its own resources. The other fiscal and regulatory policies will remain supportive. These may include additional funding at a lower interest, which is already indicated, curbing low cost imports and other policies.

The industry on its part will have to reinvent itself to be more cost- and resource-effective. Also, this period will leave many learnings like the importance of maintaining liquidity and flexibility and building manpower teams who could become mainstays of companies.

Also, especially for the printing writing sector, the issue of all educational sectors, which to my mind will have a longer shutdown, is another area of concern.

I look forward with hope despite the desperate times prevailing now. n

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our lives take a toll on each one of us. Every member of our community is encouraged to continue to safeguard their physical and mental well-being, to engage with the resources that is available at hand. This period of a forced lockdown that we as a country are experiencing is like the calm before a storm. The reopening is bound to bring in tumult and chaos. We need to brace ourselves and prepare handsomely to bear and endure. Foremost in our minds should be the welfare of our people, our workers without whose hard labor nothing would move, our daily wagers who have put all their and their family's’ hopes on us. Taking care of their well-being is undeniably going to lead us all to good fruition. This dark time too shall pass.

Mr. Pavan Khaitan, Managing Director, Kuantum Papers Ltd.

t's a cloudy day in Chandigarh, and it makes me long even m o re f o r t h e e n e rg y a n d liveliness that is missed with everyone working remotely. It reinforces the importance of keeping our community connected, even though we are away from each other, carrying out our activities and daily chores.

With Covid-19 having impacted the world uniformly, unilaterally and unalterably, it is incumbent on us to fight this off as one. As the toll continues to rise across the world and in India, it is likely that some of you and your family and friends may have been affected. My thoughts and prayers are with all of you, especially knowing that we have not yet reached the peak. We are all in this together and every one of us needs to and probably is making significant sacrifices to help control this global pandemic.

These are ongoing challenges and the resulting changes in

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I recall these words: God is with us, always.

Sometimes we just need to stop in the midst of it all. Take a moment, take a breath and be grateful; for no matter what's going on in our life, we're still here, we're still breathing and we still get another chance to get it right.

Acknowledge your blessings. God is with us, always. He has opened doors for us, created paths for us, has always supported us, helped and encouraged us. So, thank you God. Stay blessed forever! n

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Mr. Pawan Agarwal, Managing Director, Naini Papers Ltd.

he situation is highly critical, as there are currently depressing sentiments everywhere across the globe. Today, governments are hardly getting any time to think rationally for industries and their problems. In fact, they are more occupied with the imminent danger to the lives of millions of people globally.

India, which has a very high population density, is at a larger risk of suffering badly from this pandemic.

It is for sure that the paper industry in general will have a very tough time in the present year 2020-21. However, packaging paper mills can see some spurt in demand once the corona threat subsides.

needs from the GoI is some fillip by way of export promotion measures. The paper industry in India is situated mainly in the hinterland of the country, rather than near the ports. So, the GoI should consider the goods delivered at ICDs as being delivered at sea ports. It means that the transportation from ICDs to sea ports should be 100 percent subsidized by the GoI. This can immediately provide a big boost to the paper industry.

One of the problems that we face today is that of liquidity.

Banks will have to be more liberal in their approach while financing working capital needs.

Further, capital investment in the ongoing year will take a major hit. The GoI and RBI together can devise a strategy to provide long-term loans, i.e. for 7-8 years, at competitive rates to the paper industry to incentivize new investment.

The biggest advantage that the paper industry has is that it has a huge potential for employment generation, both direct and indirect. So, the GoI should make a strategy for new capacity building in the industry by policy intervention.

One such policy intervention could be to allow movement of bamboo from the northeastern region by racks on priority basis and with 50 percent transport subsidy. This will simultaneously give boost to the economy of the northeastern region in an unprecedented way.

The survival and growth of the Indian paper industry will largely depend upon the government's initiative to take measures to protect it from cheaper imports in the present and coming years. The industry is already reeling under the enormously increased imports from ASEAN countries and China. I suggest to raise the import duty by 10 percent (in absolute terms), i.e. the 0 percent duty should become 10 percent and 5 percent should become 15 percent and so on.

Needless to say, the paper industry will have to improve the overall operational and cost efficiency to remain competitive and profitable.

The Indian paper industry has a great potential to generate foreign exchange by increased exports. What the industry

Let us hope that the Indian economy in general and the paper industry in particular will flourish in the post Corona world. n

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he COVID-19 lockdown will most directly impact the packaging demand. There is a r i s e i n t h e d e m a n d fo r packaging as the essential commodities will be packed in paper cartons for supply. Also, the lockdown will affect the new production and the stock levels would reduce at the corrugator and dealer end.

Mr. Ankur Bindal, Managing Director, Bindal Papers Mills Limited The demand for writing and

printing paper will take a fall as schools and colleges will still be closed for an extended period. The loss can be managed through increased demand in the newsprint segment as the print medium is still active in the lockdown. However, newsprint manufacturing is not up to the mark. This will lead to low stock levels of newsprint at both the ends. It is expected that the mill that are into dual

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production of both the grades will remain manufacturing newsprint for some time.

We are assuming that the depreciate rupee will provide a favorable market for writing and printing and copier as well due to restricted imports in this segment. Sea freight has also increased drastically which will further restrict imports.

Also, a rise in export in this segment is expected from African countries which are less effected due to COVID-19.

The Government of India has taken drastic measures to boost the economy. The Reserve Bank of India has reduced the CRR, and other interest rates have also been brought down. All these measures will certainly help in stabilizing the impact of lockdown and mobilize liquidity and improve cash flow on the market. The steps taken by the government will for sure help the Indian paper industry as well.

The entire human race is passing through a tough phase, but I am sure that soon the world will come out of this and the paper boat will float for sure. n

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s India rallies to contain the COVID-19 pandemic, the potential impact on the pulp and paper industry is vast and varied. The unavailability and shortage of raw materials would lead to increased cost of production. However, with higher waste paper prices, the price of the paper is also expected to rise, which will facilitate in managing the financials of paper mills.

Taking into the account the demand for essential goods during the lockdown period, the packaging grades will sustain up to a level, as varied number of products require packaging. But the unavailability of raw materials will compel the mills manufacturing kraft paper and duplex board to run on their 50-60 percent capacity only.

Mr. Akshay Jain, Director, Silverton Pulp and Papers Private Limited

Presumably, due to the temporary shutdown of schools, colleges and other educational institutions, the demand for writing and printing paper, newsprint and specialty grades is expected to take a fall.

More or less, concerns over the COVID-19 lockdown will affect business in the coming months but the industry needs to adopt the formula of survival of the fittest to tide over this crisis. n

Valmet to Supply Hard Nip Sizer to Asia Paper Manufacturing in Republic of Korea Valmet's delivery will include an OptiSizer Hard sizer with hard nip and spray application, a TurnFloat web turning device, surface size preparation and supply systems, Valmet DNA machine control, and Valmet IQ quality control systems.

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he order is included in Valmet's orders received of the first quarter 2020. The value of the order has not been disclosed. The total value of an order of this type is typically around EUR 5-10 million.

“Valmet was able to offer technical advantages to produce high-quality gypsum and testliner board grades with low raw material cost. We were able to get proof for those targets as we run pilot trials at Valmet's Paper Technology Center in Finland.

We also visited a reference mill, which has an OptiSizer Hard sizer. It is important to have a supplier who we can trust and who has a good reputation,” says Kyoung-Taek Lee, Vice Mill Manager of Asia Paper.

Valmet's OptiSizer Hard comes with a pair of hard covered nip rolls.

increases the density of fibers. This leads into better strength properties.

“We came up with a solution where the customer is able to reduce basic weight without sacrificing strength properties.

Asia Paper was very interested in a non-contact starch application method for recycled board because it reduces the wear of consumables, and thus improves time efficiency of the machine. There is no competing technology at the moment,” says Kwon Tae-Yeon, Sales Manager, Valmet.

“Asia Paper is expecting a lot of product quality improvement based on Valmet's new technology and wishes to continue good cooperation with Valmet for further development,” says Dong-Kyu Kim, Production Manager of Asia Paper.

Compared to conventional sizer, OptiSizer Hard has a pair of hard covered nip rolls. Starch is sprayed on the nip rolls. In addition to increased surface strength, OptiSizer Hard improves also the internal strength values of produced board.

Starch is dosed in the roll nip with higher nip pressure, which

The 5,900-mm-wide (wire) PM 1 produces testliner and gypsum board grades with a basis weight range of 80–300 g/m2. The design speed of the new parts will be 850 m/min. The daily design capacity will be approximately 1,100 tonnes depending on the produced grade. n

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ust about every piece of the plastic that was produced in the 1950s is still here! It's either sitting in landfills or floating in the ocean. Or still in use. According to a study conducted recently, while uncollected plastic waste poses a huge threat to species on land and in water, single-use plastic bags and styrofoam containers can take up to 1,000 years to decompose. Over the past 70 years, more than 8.3 billion metric tons of plastic has been produced and 8 million tons have been dumped in the ocean annually.

Plastic is all around us: It's in the water we drink; it is in much of the food we eat; it is even in the air we breathe.

According to Global Citizen, the amount of plastic in the world's oceans could increase by a factor of ten in the next decade.

India generated 26,000 tonnes per day of plastic waste during 2017-18. Only 60 per cent of that volume was recycled, and the rest ended up as litter on roads, in landfills or in streams. The single -use plastic industry is currently close to Rs 80,000 crore and growing.

The Need of the Hour One way to reduce the amount of plastic pollution we create is to stop using single-use plastics. The European Union member states are now bidding goodbye to plastic straws, cutlery, cups, drink stirrers, and sticks for balloons. The EU states are required to implement incentives like deposit refund schemes with the goal of getting a 90 percent return rate on plastic bottles by 2025. In addition, companies that produce single-use food containers, wrappers, cups, balloons, wet wipes, flimsy plastic bags and “tobacco

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S•P•E•C•I•A•L F•E•A•T•U•R•E products with filters” like cigarette butts will also be required to pay for their cleanup. According to a European Commission press release, “ The industry will also be given incentives to develop less polluting alternatives for these products.”

India is also taking bold steps to reduce its plastic pollution by banning six different types of single-use plastics: plastic bags, cups, plates, small bottles, straws, and certain types of sachets.

The ban is expected to reduce the country's annual plastic consumption,

an estimated 14 million tonnes, by about 5 percent.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi wants India to eliminate single-use plastics by 2022, following on the footsteps of major nations around the world who are striving hard to eliminate the use of single-use plastics. Chips and confectionery packets account for the largest share of plastic waste in India – 12 per cent of total plastic waste is bottle caps and lids, 19 per cent are chips and confectionery packets, 10 per cent are pet bottles, 8 per cent garbage bags and

8 per cent is packaging. The Indian government has drawn up legislation against single-use plastics.

Paper: A Sustainable Alternative for Plastic Packaging accounts for a third of India's plastic consumption, and 70 per cent of plastic packaging is turned into waste in a short span. According to a new study, paper offers a sustainable alternative for plastic and can capture a fourth of the Rs 80,000 crore single-use plastics market by 2025, if its use is

“As most of the inputs or raw materials used for making these products [new alternatives] are indigenous, these products are affordable for Indian consumers.”

– Mr. Saurabh Bangur, Vice Chairman, West Coast Paper Mills Limited

Mr. Saurabh Bangur

“West Coast Paper Mills Limited has launched the following products as alternative to plastics: Wesco Dura Print for Paper Bag, Wesco Straw Base and Straw Fold for Paper Straw and Wesco Prime Super Green coated cup stock paper as a substitute for PE- coated paper cups. These products are made from cellulosic fiber. Hence, they are 100 p e r c e n t r e c yc l a b l e , r e u s a b l e , plastic-free, biodegradable and environment friendly. Dura Print is developed for paper bag so it has better bursting strength and stretch

parameters to hold the things. Its good surface f inish provides a multicolor print feature for promotion and branding purposes.

Wesco Straw Base and Straw Fold have distinguishing features like tough size, better wet strength and strength in general. Wesco Prime Super Green is the right solution for replacing PE-coated paper cups. It is re-pulpable, food-grade and plastic-free. Wesco Prime Super Green does not contain any plastic and has been certified by CIPET Laboratory. These products are the result of our innovative ideas.

“Our R&D team has played a major role in designing and developing these products. It has focused on areas such as making paper straw on crude machines of crackers to understand the product capability in the initial phase, planning and execution of trials at the plant and consumers ends, upgradation of product recipes based on trials and end user inputs and freezing of product specification. These products were developed in our plant at Dandeli. As most of the inputs or raw materials used for making these products are indigenous, these products are affordable for Indian consumers.”

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S•P•E•C•I•A•L F•E•A•T•U•R•E banned by the government. Unlike plastics, paper is eco-friendly and biodegradable.

plastic. Surely, 55-60 per cent energy can be saved if paper is used in place of plastic.

More importantly, the average cost of recycling of paper is Rs 32 per kg – Rs 20 for the cost of collecting paper trash and Rs 12 is conversion cost. In comparison, the cost of the collection of plastic waste is Rs 30 to 36 per kg and recycling is Rs 22 to Rs 35 per kg; transporting 1 tonne of paper costs Rs 4.5 per kilometer as compared to Rs 6.2 in case of plastic. Energy consumption for paper production is 0.59 to 1.19 tonne of oil equivalent per tonne as opposed to 1.48 to 2.58 a tonne in

The paper industry is going through the transformation phase and now uses less power and water due to technological changes. The cost of production of recycled paper is at least 30 to 40 per cent cheaper, depending upon the location, than recycled plastic.

The ban on plastics offers the paper industry a tremendous opportunity; however, the real opportunity in this area can be seized only if the industry comes up with solutions that are not only cost-effective but also as function-

ally effective as plastics. Is the Indian paper industry in a position to seize this opportunity?

Creative Alternatives Many countries and companies see the ban on plastics as an opportunity to develop creative alternatives. A number of companies across the globe are trying innovative ideas to replace plastic bags and straws. For example, Nestlé Japan recently released new packaging for its miniature KitKat chocolate bars, which will now be wrapped in paper instead of plastic.

The packaging comes with instructions on how to turn the paper into origami

“The big opportunity for replacing single-use plastics is in flexible paper packaging as in bags and pouches and in the food disposables segment.”

– Mr. S. N. Venkataraman, Divisional Head-Marketing, ITC-PSPD Paper Mart: What alternatives to plastics does your company offer?

S. N. Venkataraman: We have a long history of developing innovative products, services and business models – liquid packaging boards, virgin fiber-based boards, antifungal coated boards, barrier treated boards for food service and packaging applications and downstream into extrusion coating.

The big opportunity for replacing single-use plastics (SUP) is in flexible paper packaging as in bags and pouches and in the food disposables segment. Our approach to providing solutions depends on the application and can involve developing the right packaging paper/board, imparting some barrier properties as in grease, moisture and water resistance and in ensuring appropriate end-of-life disposal characteristics.

Mr. S. N. Venkataraman

The basepaper/board for all the grades is made from sustainably grown virgin fibers. We started with boards extrusion coated with a thin layer of LDPE as replacement to plastic cups and bowls followed by bio-based barrier coated boards which will biodegrade in a composting atmosphere to our latest offering based on emulsion coated boards that can be recycled in conventional recycling mechanisms.

The key grades and their properties are as follows: Ÿ Indobev/Indobowl/Indobarr: Typical applications – disposable

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S•P•E•C•I•A•L F•E•A•T•U•R•E cranes, which are regarded as a symbol of happiness. According to Nestlé, the new packaging will save around 380 tonnes of plastic waste a year. Nestlé wants 100 percent of its packaging to be recyclable or reusable by 2025. In Europe, Coca-Cola is replacing its plastic wrapping with a new paper b o a r d t e c h n o l o g y. B e e r b r a n d Carlsberg has launched the world's first “paper” beer bottle made from wood fiber.

A Promising Start It is a promising start, but companies need to ensure that these alternatives

are not of poor quality. For example, paper straws, like other alternative single-use substitutes, have been severely criticized for being cheap, poorly designed and flimsy. A well designed and built paper straw that can hold up for 2 hours is more likely to be widely adopted by consumers than a straw that can barely hold up for half an hour. Companies, especially paper companies, have to focus on quality.

Consumer preferences also need to change. This change can be brought about through education. Consumers might acknowledge that plastics harm the environment, but are unlikely to

change behaviors. Companies offering alternative products can increase awareness and improve revenue by looking to education as a form of marketing.

Also, paper companies must not pass the additional cost incurred in “going green” entirely onto consumers. They should keep in mind that the new alternatives need to be affordable for consumers in India, who are so very price-sensitive. World corporations and governments must share the “going green” responsibility with the consumers, but they should accept a greater responsibility.

cups, bowls and deep freeze packaging. These grades have a thin coating of LDPE and on disposal can be recycled with special recycling equipment. Ÿ Omegabev / Omegbowl / Omegabarr: Typical Applications – disposable cups, bowls and deep freeze packaging. The barrier in these grades is bio-based and on disposal in a composting atmosphere, the paperboard with the barrier coating will biodegrade completely. The omega series also has a CIPET certification for biodegradability. Ÿ FiloServe (8 kit & 11 kit) / FiloPack (14kit) and Filobev: The Filo series – our latest addition to our range of plastic substitution grades is made up of an emulsion coated barrier that imparts resistance to oil and grease. The higher the “kit“number, the greater is the resistance to highly oily and greasy foods. These grades on disposal can be recycled in existing recycling mechanisms. Ÿ Wrapwell (5 kit & 7 kit)/ Wrapwell Premium: Typical Applications – disposable cups, bowls and deep freeze packaging. Virgin fiber-based wrapping papers with a special coating imparting oil and grease resistance and slip easy properties.

PM: What are the distinguishing features of these products?

SNV: All these products have been designed to meet specific customer requirements conforming to food contact and hygiene standards, enabling safe consumption. These grades also offer the brand and consumer the convenience of easy dispensing and disposal. Let's take a

look at the main features. They can easily replace single-use plastics, offering similar protection levels and higher convenience. They conform to all the important food contact regulations and are recyclable or compostable. The smooth white print side of these paper boards offers the best space for branding and identity – a feature that is not served well by plastics.

PM: Can we regard these products as innovative products?

SNV: Yes, as there are challenges associated with adding functional barriers to a porous material like paper or board.

The innovations are not only in the material structure but also in designing them for specific end-use applications.

For example, IndoBowl is the ideal replacement for plastic bowls and can also be quickly filled and sealed with a lidding material. It is also convenient for holding, pouring or eating small portions.

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PM: What has been the role of R&D in developing these products?

PM: Are these products affordable for Indian consumers?

SNV: The demand for these grades did emerge from our customers, but it was our product development team that gave shape and substance to these grades. Focused trials were conducted by the team before arriving at the right barrier and a suitable base paper/board was also chosen.

For developing new forms and structures, the product development team consists of specialists in polymer chemistry, printing technologists, application specialists and many times vendors, who are deeply involved in the process.

SNV: Any new technology product goes through multiple stages viz. introduction, market trials, adoption and growth.

The cost-competitiveness of the product also undergoes a change over a period of time, and our focus is on making these grades affordable for the market. In this process, it has been our experience that the eco-responsible consumer/brand is willing to reward/invest newer packaging formats which reduce the environmental burden. Given this fact, the price of these grades may start at a small premium but get normalized over as adoption increases and technologies mature.

“The paper and board industry in India is considering this transition phase as a great opportunity coupled with the challenge of providing affordable alternatives. Paper mills are conducting various trials to make paper and paperboard for the intended use, like carrying, wrapping, protecting, packing and holding as a container.”

– Mr. SVR Krishnan, Executive Director (Operations), Tamil Nadu Newsprint and Papers Limited “This topic is quite fascinating. However, in the real sense, paper cannot replace plastic both functionally and economically, as plastic has wide applications in our dayto-day life. We have to admit that plastics have revolutionized the whole world.

“No doubt plastics have created a nightmare in the society, disturbing the ecological balance and fully throwing the environment out of gear. But if you look at the cause of this disaster, you will find that the true cause is the 'irresponsible use of plastics and the discarding mechanism.'Plastics are rampantly used for anything and everything and disposed of in the open, without any segregation at source.

This is mainly due to the lack of understanding of the biodegradability of plastics and other various packaging materials.

Mr. SVR Krishnan

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“The government has banned the use of single-use plastics. Though the resolve is good, the result is not as expected. This is because of the lack of time spent on the

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very objective, various grades of plastics in use and their discarding patterns, SOP for handling plastics and the non-availability of alternate materials, be it carry bags, protective wraps and primary/secondary packaging. We should have done extensive studies on the use of single-use plastics in various segments and then looked for affordable substitutes. Alternate materials are available today, but the cost is prohibitive.

“The paper and board industry in India is considering this transition phase as a great opportunity coupled with the challenge of providing affordable alternatives.

Paper mills are conducting various trials to make paper and paperboard for the intended use, like carrying, wrapping, protecting, packing and holding as a container.

“For carrying, the substrate is to have sufficient strength to hold the content for a specific duration, without tearing or snapping. Strength development with locally available fibers is a big challenge, because climatic conditions do not suitthe typical highstrength wood species.

“For wrapping or protecting, the substrate is to have good strength along with the required barriers. For example, to wrap burgers, pastries, cakes and oily eatables or snacks, the paper must have oil resistance properties or the paper has to be oleophobic (oil resistant). This is achieved by giving surface coating toone side or both sides of the paper, depending on the end use or application.

“For packing, the base paper or board must have good strength along with water and oil barrier properties; that means the product has to be hydrophobic and oleophobic in nature. This has been achieved only with LDPE poly extrusion on one side or both sides of the paper or paperboard. Now mills are conducting trials with PLA coating (on the extruder itself ) and some emulsion coatings on the surface to impart water and oil barrier to the substrate. This segment is growing fast, especially in the food industry for Ready to Cook (RTC) and Ready to Eat (RTE) product packaging.

“For cups and containers, the substrate must have good strength and should be hydrophobic (water

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resistant). Beverage cups were made with paperboard coated or extruded with LDPE on one side or both sides as per the end application. Now that the total LDPE coating is banned, though it forms only 6-7 percent of the total weight, mills are now trying with various emulsion surface coatings to impart water or sometimes water and oil barrier together. Still these coatings are in the trial phase, as the functionality is yet to be proven for all applications; the cost is also higher than LDPE coating.

“At TNPL, we are looking at the options of PLA coating and surface emulsion coating to seize the opportunity to contribute towards creating aplastic-free State – Plastic Free Tamil Nadu (PFTN). Though right now the products are not offered, as they are in the nascent stage of development, TNPL will soon be coming out with hydrophobic and oleophobic paper and paperboard for all the aforementioned applications.

“These new barrier products will have superior features like good water and oil resistance for a longer period and good sealing of the seams/flaps making leak-free cups and packages. The product can be used for various purposes: wraps for vegetable markets, super markets, bakeries, the FMCG sector for primary and secondary packaging and hot and cold beverage cups.

“Globally these grades are made effectively on off-line coaters for superior functional results with higher cost of conversion. Here, we have been looking at various R&D recipe trials to make them on-line economically with all the functional properties met as per industry requirement.

“The mill's technical and production team has been working overtime to make this product successful and to be one of its kind on the market. Vendors are also partnering with us for this holistic development with the spirit of co-creation.

“Our barrier paper and paperboard are to be first made functionally successful, facing the technical challenge; and then we will work on cost optimization. Though, in the longer run, cost will be optimized, the same cannot be cheaper than LDPE extrusion. After all, there is a cost for 'protecting the environment' and we call it 'Earth Saving Cost'.”

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“We have created a strong presence in the domain with our brand CHUK and work on both design and qualitative aspects to distinguish the products. These are innovative products.”

– Mr. Ved Krishna, Strategy Head, YashPakka Limited “The whole purpose of our company is to provide compostable solutions. We currently provide paper for bags and molded products for food services. We work on creating strong bag grades with water and oil resistance from sugarcane residue bagasse. Our molded products replace styrofoam and plastics from food services. We have created a strong presence in the domain with our brand CHUK and work on both design and qualitative aspects to distinguish the products. These are innovative products. These products are affordable for Indian consumers. We ensure that the overall cost of packaging for the consumer is not increased. The products we provide have been evolved over time with a deep understanding of market needs. We have a strong R&D and innovation team. Also, we collaborate with various agencies across the world for learning and development.”

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“The paper industry is quite capable of fighting the plastic menace. It can protect the environment and save the earth with a little help from the government, big corporations and the public's change of habits.”

– Ms. Ruchica G. Kumar, VP-Marketing, Ruchira Papers Limited “There was a time when it was most annoying and almost tiring to hear people say Save Paper, Save Earth. But now, finally, it seems that paper is entering a new golden age. The world is now seeking an alternative to plastics, and although we are far from seeing paper being as cost-effective as plastic or having a similar functionality, every day new technology is being adopted to position paper as an evolving material with similar features of lightness, strength and ease of storage. Perhaps the biggest change has been in the mindset of the crusaders of Green Earth. Paper is no longer considered destructive and wasteful but, very rightfully, as an asset. The practice of using paper instead of plastic is in its nascent stage, but I believe, it is just the beginning.

“At Ruchira Papers, we are working on R&D for products that could replace their plastic equivalent. Some of these might Ms. Ruchica G. Kumar

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involve moderate changes to the machinery, but there are others that can be achieved by effecting a variety of biodegradable coating on our Multani as well as Kora range of papers. For example, previously, we were not concentrating on the paper bag segment, but seeing the increased demand of environmentally friendly packing bags, we started catering to this segment with high tensile strength Maati and Multani paper. The end use for this in 25 to 28 BF is in Pinch bottom and Square bottom grocery bags. Besides these, the two-color and four-color printing on our golden Kraft has given us excellent results.

very conveniently dropped in the lap of the consumer.

However, this 'plastic pandemic', if I may call it so, was started by some prominent departmental stores all over the world. So why can't the same world corporations and governments shoulder the 'going green' responsibility along with the consumers? People would make eco-conscious choices, if good and affordable eco-conscious choices are given to them – something that our company has always tried to do.

“Plastic-coated visiting cards became a rage just a few years ago. Frankly, they contain more plastic than paper and can be used only once. Kraft paper should be used for eco-friendly business cards. Kraft envelopes and stationery for replacing plastic folders are the other environment-friendly products.

The low lignin in kraft paper makes it more hard-wearing and durable than any other material. Incidentally, Kraft is the German word for force and strength. We are also in the process of developing a few more new products.

“Ruchira Papers is a modern paper farm in the heart of Himachal. Since our launch in 1981, we have endeavored to be one of the greenest paper makers in the industry. We take great pride in making a range of quality agro-enriched papers for writing, high volume print and packaging. We are actively involved in integrating earth-friendly practices at every stage of our production cycle. Our materials come from the earth.

Locally-sourced agriculture waste – sugarcane bagasse, wheat straw and wild grass – create the fiber for our paper.

Our plant has modern power and water conserving facilities that keep the consumption of natural resources to a minimum.

“As far as the affordability of these products for Indian consumers is concerned, let me tell you about an interesting article I read last year. It read, can you afford to be green, when you are not rich? It was fascinating how the author explained that the onus of changing to the earth friendly practices is

“To sum up, the good news is that the paper industry is quite capable of fighting the plastic menace. It can protect the environment and save the earth with a little help from the government, big corporations and the public's change of habits.”

Aryan Paper Group: Innovative Corrugated Board-based Emergency Hospital Bed conceptualized a unique and highly innovative emergency hospital bed that has been made from high-quality Kraft paper based corrugated board using high strength paper.

This Made-in-India bed is uniquely designed for: Ÿ Ease of assembly and usage: Requires no tools or screws/glue Ÿ Flat-stacked in transit and light weight: 10 kg, easy to

transport & move around Ÿ Solution can be rapidly scaled: Ability to make 10,000 beds

per week Ÿ High strength & sturdiness: Can easily take over 200 kg of

High-Quality Kraft Paper Based Corrugated Board Hospital Bed

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load Ÿ 100% re-pulpable& environment friendly\

s per various scientific studies available, COVID-19 virus can survive for 12 hours on paper, whereas up to 72 hours on plastic and metal.

Ÿ Length = 6.5 ft., width = 3 ft., height = 3 ft.

In light of the COVID-19 crisis, Aryan Paper Group has come up with an idea to contribute to the nation in the fight against the novel coronavirus pandemic. The Gujarat-based paper mill has

Aryan Group would be contributing the first 1000 beds for the betterment of the nation. The company is located at GIDC, Vapi in the state of Gujarat. n

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Silverton Pulp and Paper:

Increasing Its Production Capacity Silverton is planning to scale up its production capacity to 500 TPD by 2024.

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n an exclusive interview given to Paper Mart, Mr. Akshay Jain, Director, Silverton Pulp and Paper Private Limited, talks about his newly started 250 TPD writing and printing machine and the company's plan to produce high brightness and lower grammage papers.

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Paper Mart: Could you tell us a little bit about your recent project?

Akshay Jain: Silverton has recently started a 250 TPD writing and printing machine. We are working towards a target of increasing our production capacity to 500 TPD by 2024. The

machine we have installed is the latest in terms of technologies and functionalities. It has technologies and functionalities like hydraulic head box, automatic slice control, top formers, tri-nip press with nipco rolls, film sizer and soft nip calender or calcoil for caliper variation, etc.

Virgin pulp and recycled paper are the raw materials we use. We can make virgin pulp-based paper, recycledbased paper and paper based on both virgin pulp and recycled paper.

Our pulp mill is controlled by the DCS system. Even a single chemical is dozed automatically. Manual interference does not figure in the pulping process, which gives us a consistent quality output. The deinked pulp (DIP) that we use at our mill has been giving us good results. As for most of pulp and paper mills, so also for us, selection of the right raw material poses a tough challenge. However, our ability to select the right raw material has surely helped us in making our business much more profitable.

PM: What grades of paper are you currently manufacturing? What significant developments do you think will take place in your company in the near future?

AJ: We currently manufacture two grades of paper – maplitho and copier.

We produce maplitho with 80-95 percent brightness. The grade with 80 percent brightness is made from recycled paper and the grade with 95 percent brightness is made from virgin pulp. The remaining grades of paper are produced using a combination of virgin pulp and recycled paper – and the percentage depends on the desired quality. At present, we are focusing on 80, 85, 90 and 95 grades in maplitho.

Mr. Akshay Jain, Director, Silverton Pulp and Paper Private Limited

Currently, we produce two ranges of copier, namely Indigo and Eco. Our Indigo range is produced at 89 percent brightness level and is based on a combination of virgin pulp and

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recycled paper. The Eco range is based on recycled paper and is directed towards price-sensitive customers. The demand for our Eco grade has risen considerably. We currently produce 6500 TPM of paper at our unit. Of this volume, 2500 tonnes is copier and the remaining is writing and printing paper. Our products are among the best-selling items on the market. I am delighted to tell you that the orders we keep in hand are more than 45 days.

PM: Silverton intends to scale up its production capacity from 250 TPD to 500 TPD by 2021. What kind of investments will you make to meet this target?

AJ: The lower and middle-income groups in India have always been pricesensitive. When it comes to buying notebooks for educational purposes, they look for the cheapest notebooks. It should be noted that a low-priced notebook can be made only with lower GSM paper. This is the area where our business can grab market share. We will manufacture lighter papers using quality material and rule them using the ruling machine. We will install 1012 ruling machines in our mill so that we could provide ruled paper to those small notebook manufacturers who cannot afford a ruling machine. So, we would target this segment.

AJ: As the project is under review, I am not in a position to comment on it now.

But let me take this opportunity to tell you that we are also aiming at producing lower grammage grades. In addition, we will supply ruled papers to notebook manufacturers. So, out of this additional volume of 250 TPD, we would supply 100 TPD of ruled paper, while 150 TPD would be supplied in the reel or sheet form. As this type of ruled paper is not supplied by any other mill, we expect to capture a good share of the market.

The ruled papers currently available on the market are in the range of 70 to 75 brightness level. If notebook manufacturers require ruled paper with higher brightness, they will have to purchase it from other sources – and that would result in high manufacturing cost and expensive notebooks. We will provide ruled papers in the range of 95 brightness level directly to notebook manufacturers, and that would certainly help them save on production cost and enable them to provide quality notebooks to price-sensitive consumers.

PM: How do you intend to create a demand for your 100 TPD of ruled paper?

PM: Could you tell us about the challenges and opportunities in the industry?

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AJ: Pollution poses one of the biggest challenges for the industry. It is a big challenge for paper mills to go for production in an eco-friendly and sustainable manner. Silverton has been constantly working alongside the industry to reduce the environmental impact of paper production and turn the industry into a pollution-free sector. The Government of India has also been helping the industry to attain this goal.

As we know, the paper industry is highly capital-intensive; setting up a paper mill requires a heavy investment.

Unlike other countries, the rate of interest on borrowed capital is higher in India. With high interest rates, the domestic paper industry operates under extremely challenging conditions. Capital or funds at lesser interest rates would definitely push the growth of the industry.

Talking about the opportunities, the paper industry is one of the most sustainable sectors. It has played a m a j o r ro l e i n m a i n t a i n i n g t h e ecological balance in the country.

Ironically, it is the paper industry which has been turning waste into fine products. Come to think of it, if waste paper were not recycled in India, there would be mountains of landfills all across the country. Also, if we stop using agricultural residues,

I•N•T•E•R•V•I•E•W we would be fully dependent on coal as a fuel. Bagasse is also used as a fuel and as a raw material for paper production. If we do not use bagasse, we would be required to use or import some other raw material.

PM: Does Silverton place importance on product development?

AJ: The paper industry attaches a lot of importance to product development.

We go for product development only after considering the benefits that the new product would bring to the customers. A paper mill will have returning customers only when they find the product beneficial. For example, we introduced a standard 88 brightness grade in copier, but this product could not provide much utility for the customers. We later manufactured eco grade copier with lesser brightness. The new eco grade copier ran smoothly on the machine. With a price reduction, the same paper found its utility on the market; and customers were able to save money. The development of eco grade copier did push our sales!

Consider another example. There was a time when customers demanded Bgrade 88 brightness agro-based papers.

That prompted us to develop 85 brightness recycled f iber-based

maplitho grade paper called Aster.

Apart from a reduced brightness of 2 degree, the new paper had properties similar to those of B-grade paper.

PM: How do you make your manufacturing process efficient?

AJ: Our manufacturing process has been streamlined into five divisions.

Each division has been turned into a profit center. For example, the waste paper yard is one of our profit centers, and so are the pulp section, machine setup, copier section and finishing hall.

We have created five profit centers with standard benchmarks to run our operation. We analyze the benchmarks of every profit center and work on reduction of production cost. Let's say, we are purchasing waste paper like sorted office paper (SOP) at USD 200, but there is SOP of similar quality available for USD 180. We immediately replace the previous quantity with the new stock which now costs us USD 20 less. This paves the way for the profit center to gain from affordable stock rather than go for an expensive material. We try to gain from the minutest factors by optimizing our manufacturing process.

PM: What steps have you taken to minimize your environmental

impact and make your mill environmentally friendly?

AJ: Silverton uses modern techniques to minimize its environmental impact and make its mill environmentally friendly. We have set up one of the most efficient boilers and turbines in the mill. We operate our boiler on 85 kg – something unconventional in the paper industry. Earlier, we used our boilers on 65 kg, and prior to that, it was 45 kg. To have a more efficient and advanced setup that could also save us cost on energy, we shifted to an 85 kg setup for our boiler.

We have also set up a new gasifier in our plant. Here, we create plastic briquettes and use them as biomass fuel.

The gasifier smolders the plastic at more than 100 degree temperature.

This leads to change of combustion for CO2, which in turn eliminates pollution when the fuel is used.

We have also started an RO system to recycle the maximum amount of waste water rather than source fresh water.

We are also planning to set up an anaerobic digester for eff icient wastewater treatment. This would also help us in generating gas, which will further save us from using coal fuel. Of course, there will be challenges but I'm sure we will rise to them.

ITC to Invest INR 2500 Crore in Bhadrachalam Unit by 2025 ITC-PSPD will be investing approximately INR 2500 crore in its Bhadrachalam unit to expand its capacity.

February 4, 2020

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iversified multinational conglomerate ITC Ltd. has drawn up plans to invest INR 2500 crore in its PSPD (paperboards & specialty papers division) business as part of plans to hike capacity to 1 million MTPA by 2025.

According to the media reports, a chunk of this investment — INR 2000 crore — will be pumped into its integrated pulp and paper manufacturing facility at Bhadrachalam, Telangana. ITC Bhadrachalam, which is spread over 500 acres and is touted as the largest site for pulp and paper production in India, procures 15 lakh TPA of pulp wood from nearly 8,000 farmers in the two Telugu states and has created over 1,800 direct and 3,000 indirect jobs. n

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Nikita Papers:

Investing in Technologies for More Efficiency and Better Quality Nikita Papers invests INR 182.20 crore to install a new 250 TPD paper machine in its existing plant.

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n an interview given to Paper M a r t , M r. A s h o k B a n s a l , Managing Director, Nikita Papers Limited, talks about his company's expansion plans.

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Paper Mart: Could you tell us a little bit about your company and product portfolio?

Ashok Bansal: Nikita Papers was incorporated in 1992 as a kraft paper manufacturing unit with an installed base of 10 TPA. The company and the associates have been evolving since then, and is now producing 150 TPD currently. We manufacture kraft paper in various shades, bursting factors and grammage ranges to cater to a varied market base.

PM: Could you tell us about the 250 TPD of new capacity that you are planning to add to your existing capacity?

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AB: The existing capacity is 5000 TPM. The additional capacity under installation is 10000 TPM. After expansion, the company will manufacture a complete range of BF from 18+ to 42+ and GSM from 60 to 250. The product would be high RCT and exportoriented. With our focus on export, our operations are concentrated to offer the market the best in quality and timely servicing.

I•N•T•E•R•V•I•E•W Our existing machine PM1 has the deckle size of 2.50 meter and machine speed of 350 MPM. The new machine PM2 comes with the deckle size of 5.0 meter and machine speed of 600 MPM. The machine design is one of its kind and is the first 3-D designed and executed paper mill. The technology and execution have been under the continued guidance of experts and consultants from India as well as China.

Different experts have been assigned the balancing of the process and integral processes to provide efficiency in the system. We have been a zerodischarge plant and aim to further improve upon the environmental front with this capacity addition. The major machinery and design have been sourced from China's best manufacturers as this is a high-speed machine with the latest technology on the market.

The total project cost is 182.20 crore.

The plant is totally based on recycled waste as raw material. The process consumes 50:50 of domestic and imported paper as required by the process. The company is already procuring the same for the existing unit. At present, the company is purchasing the same from traders in India and importing out of India from the suppliers. Adding both sources, domestic and imported, the raw material supply is not a matter of concern for the expansion.

Best practices have been put to use when designing different sections of the process. Every circuit is well balanced and designed to yield above standard efficiencies. The experience of the designers and promoters has come in handy for keeping all timelines and technical parameters up to the mark. The plant erection and installation are under full swing, and the promoters expect to roll out trial production by July 2020.

PM: What markets are you currently serving? Do you have any market expansion plans?

AB: We are currently catering to various industrial consumers based in North India. We also export high- end

products to neighboring countries.

With this upcoming production line, we would be able to cater to a much more varied market in terms of geography and requirements. Our focus will broaden to include countries like China, Vietnam, Thailand, the UAE, Egypt and Iran as well.

PM: Has there been any technical upgradation at Nikita Papers in the last 2-3 years?

AB: Our company has been consistently endeavoring to upscale quality and quantity on an annual basis. We regularly upgrade our sections and systems to match up with the targets.

The company has not just been increasing production levels continuously but also investing in technologies for more efficiency and better quality.

PM: There has been an increasing focus on the environment and minimizing resource consumption in paper mills. What steps have you taken on this front?

AB: Definitely, we are a very proactive and aggressive plant when it comes to the environment. We are one of the few paper plants that are operating successfully on the 'Zero Liquid Discharge' process. We also have implemented a successful model of rain water harvesting around the plant campus and maintain regular monitoring to ensure the efficiency of the same.

We maintain a very healthy working environment in and around the plant for the society and workers as well.

PM: What opportunities and challenges do you see in the paper industry?

AB: Nikita Papers has been in business for the last 28 years. Over these years, we have come across the most persisting challenges and favorable opportunities that have helped us reach where we are today. If we talk about the opportunities, there is a huge growth potential in the market, product demand, scope for socio-economic development, output recyclability, innovative new product creations,

production of wide variety of paper, recyclability of waste paper, restriction on uses of polythene, and so on.

We face certain challenges as well – challenges like increased raw material costs and changing government policies that need to reconsidered.

Also, there is huge competition on both domestic and global markets. There is a myth that the paper industry is degrading the environment and uses gallons of water to produce paper.

These misconceptions need to be corrected. Moreover, entry of substitutes like e-paper, plastic and other products and increasing fuel and transportation costs are some of the other challenges the paper industry faces today.

PM: A lot of investment is being made in packaging kraft and highend packaging. Where do you place yourself in this growth story of the paper industry?

AB: With respect to various paper products, the biggest share in production is at 41 percent (in 1991), followed by kraft paper at 27 percent, paperboard at 17 percent, newsprint at 12 percent and specialty paper at 3 percent. Our installed production capacity increased substantially from 0.77 million tonnes in 1970-71 to 3.95 million tonnes in 1994-95. Production, however, has not increased accordingly. In 1994-95, only 2.51 million tonnes of paper and paperboard were produced. Capacity utilization had decreased from 99 percent in 1970-71 to a low of 60 percent in 1992-93 and slightly increased again to 64 percent in 1994-95.

The growth of the paper industry in India has been constrained due to high cost of production caused by inadequate availability and high cost of raw materials, power cost and concentration of mills in one particular area. The government has taken several policy measures to remove the bottlenecks of availability of raw materials and infrastructure development. India is facing an era of profound economic change. Economic liberalization and

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I•N•T•E•R•V•I•E•W reduced import duties for paper as well as paper products have triggered a significant restructuring in the India pulp and paper industry. The domestic supplier's ability to meet the rapidly growing demand of the printing industry for paper products is limited by the shortage of high-quality fiber and technology gap prevailing in India.

Securing the fiber supply is an important precondition for the growth of the domestic pulp and paper industry. The shift from small scale to medium- and large-scale operations has become important due to the erosion of important tariff barriers and conse-

quent supply pressures from abroad.

The changing market scenario has pushed paper manufacturers to rethink and plan strategies to sustain future markets. The industry has to respond to the challenge of the changing market situation.

The paper industry in India is one of the fast-growing industries in India. The industry is one of the 35 high priority industries having a bearing on the socio-economic development of the country. One of the key social objectives of the Indian Government, namely eradication of illiteracy through compulsory primary educa-

tion, bears a direct relation to the paper industry.

The Indian paper industry requires around 2.5 million ha of land for pulpwood plantation to fully meet its requirement. Government support is therefore, required. In accordance with India's economic growth, the industry is estimated to touch 13.95 million tonnes by 2015-16. It is estimated that there would be an increase in demand to the tune of 1 million tonnes. As per industry estimates, paper production grew at a CAGR of 8.4 percent, while paper consumption grew at a CAGR of 9 percent in 2012-13.

Valmet to Supply a New Evaporation Line to Century Pulp and Paper in India The order was included in Valmet's orders received of the fourth quarter 2019. The value of an order of this size and delivery scope is typically below EUR 10 million.

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almet will supply an evaporation line to Century Pulp and Paper's (CPP) pulp mill in Lalkuan, India. The new evaporation line will meet the future needs of the mill's ongoing pulp production capacity expansion, together with the existing evaporation line. This investment will also improve the overall steam economy of the mill.

“In an Integrated pulp and paper mill, the recovery line is a vital part in securing the mill's operations. In view of this, we decided to go with the latest and most advanced evaporation technology. We evaluated different alternatives and decided to choose Valmet. Our new plant should be commissioned by December 2020,”says P. K. Mittal, Head of Process, Century Pulp and Paper.

“Century has always been in the forefront of implementing efficient technologies across the entire value chain and the Valmet Evaporator is another step in this direction,” says J. P. Narain, CEO, Century Pulp and Paper.

“This is Valmet's first evaporation plant installation in India. We were able to offer clear technical advantages through our customized and detailed design done by our technical team, and the solution was appreciated by the customer. The project execution has started in a very smooth way and both the customer and Valmet's teams work as one team for the successful execution of the project. We are looking forward to creating a good reference with leading technology in India,” says Varun Jain, Director, India Region, Valmet.

Valmet's delivery includes a new 7-effect evaporation plant with a design capacity of 275 tonnes of evaporated water per

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The new evaporation line is planned to start up during the latter part of 2020.

hour, producing heavy liquor of 75 percent dry solids. The plant is designed to handle black liquor based on 60 percent bagasse and 40 percent wood. The delivery covers main evaporator effects, a surface condenser, an integrated foul condensate treatment plant, flash tanks, main supporting structures, and a vacuum system.

The new evaporation line is based on proven tube evaporator design and will feature Valmet's patented vapor recycling technology. The new evaporator line includes a stripper to treat foul condensate and Internal Condensate Treatment (ICT) for producing more clean-quality condensate for recycling in the mill. n

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Amar Elastomers Private Limited

Optimisation of Runnability and Selection of Suction Roll Shell in Wet End

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ver the last 35 years, Amar Elastomers, through diligence and persistence, has built itself a brand and acquired a reputation for service universally benchmarked against the best, by innovating the preferred and required rubber roll solutions for paper machines for the Indian paper mills and for overseas mills also.

Mr. Rajiv Kumar Agarwal, CEO, Amar Elastomers Private Limited

Amar Elastomers has been a one stop destination for engineered rubber roll coverings and complete roll shells. Just to introduce and throw a lime light on the journey since the inception in 1996, A M A R E L A STO M E R S h a s b e e n continuously fighting with the odds of the industry for better sustainability of new and advanced roll coverings. To be precise the company is an integrated rubber roll manufacturing unit, engaged from shell manufacturing in its steel melting shop followed with shell machining and assembly in huge mechanical shops and then rubber coverings of these manufactured shells as per the applications in the rubber division shop. This fleet of equipment is then balanced in the final ultramodern facility for grinding on CNC grinders and then drilling of press rolls on CNC multi spindle drilling machines.

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It should be understood on first priority that suction rolls are subject to various corrosion related mechanisms, which includes intergranular cor rosi ons, pitting and su r face roughening, corrosion fatigue and corrosion due to the erosion on surface of the shell. Failures arising due to corrosion of shell, what we call as Corrosion Fatigue is the main and greatest concern, in the selection of stainless-steel shell nomenclature.

Initiation of crack and growing or expansion of the same under the imposition of cyclic stresses mainly generate corrosion fatigue. Wet end rolls of a paper machine experience a stress reversal cycle during each rotation of roll, as the stresses are developed in the nip of the roll and thus giving the way to corrosion fatigue.

“Amar Elastomer's historical experience and approach in the metallurgical sector has given birth to centrifugally casted suction roll shells for the paper industry for the first time in India.”

Mr. Rajiv Kumar Agarwal, CEO, Amar Elastomers Private Limited.

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A SN-Curve (sometimes written S-N Curve) would be the best way to understand the subject. And S-N Curve is a plot of the magnitude of an alternating stress versus the number of cycles to failure for a given material.

Since these suction rolls experience lot may cycles a in a year, thus the magnitude of cyclic stresses that can be imposed on a suction roll are quite low.

Amar Elastomer's historical experience and approach in the metallurgical sector have given birth to centrifugally casted suction roll shells for the paper industry for the first time in India. Steel manufactured from Virgin Ferro-Alloys in ladle melting and refining system, results to best micro bonded structure. This enables and helps in better refined and uniformly distributed molecular

pattern of the alloying elements.

Often the neglected elements like Nitrogen and Copper has added the strength in our shell steel composition in ultimate binding of the molecular granular structure and had resulted to higher tensile strength of the produce. The fine selection of hardness and Young' Modulus keeps the deflection of the material in the required limits.

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In earlier days, mills generally used shell material to be of bronze and which were gradually replaced by austenitic steel e.g., CF-8M and martensitic steel e.g., CF-15, which provided better strength and corrosion improvements over bronze. These have single phase microstructure consisting grains of either ferritic, austenitic or martensitic stainless steel.

Later, this metallurgy was taken up by Duplex Steel with variant nomenclatures of different shell manufacturers and suppliers. To be precise Duplex Stainless Steel is an Austenitic - ferritic Stainless Steel. They are called “duplex” because they have a twophase microstructure consisting grains of ferritic (body centred cubic lattice) and austenitic (face-centred cubic lattice) stainless steel in roughly equal proportions and which can be more deeply studied from the ironcarbon diagram. They are designed to provide better corrosion resistance, particularly chloride stress corrosion and chloride pitting corrosion.

All these studies and further based on the pitting corrosion resistance (PREN), we had designed a much superior alloy for higher nip loaded rolls and faster speed machine rolls called AMAR NICHRO-SUC ANS-40, which satisfies our PREN≥40 theory (≈Cr% + 3.3Mo% + 16N%).

Often the neglected elements like Nitrogen and Copper has added the strength in our shell steel composition in ultimate binding of the molecular granular structure and had resulted to higher tensile strength of the produce.

The fine selection of hardness and Young' Modulus keeps the deflection of the material in the required limits.

Interestingly, AMAR NICHRO-SUC shell is drilled by gun drilling process on high speed CNC programmed multi-spindle drilling SPM. That's not to say the sophisticated SPM delivers a wide range of drilling patterns, satisfying the paper machine and mills requirements as far as the nip loads and drainage are concerned.

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Amar Elastomer also provides comprehensive services through its network of technicians by closely following the customers and rendering them the latest know-how and technology on suction roll advancements. Regular inspections and scheduled maintenance of manufactured and delivered complete suction rolls with internal vacuum units happen to be a key feature of the company's intensive drive for suction rolls. Talking of scheduled maintenance would mean e m p h a s i z i n g m o re o n p e r i o d i c inspections, grinding and sealing strip changing of the rolls to improve the performance of the rolls.

As far as the overall design parameters are concerned, our design engineers are quite particular in selection of bearing type and size as far as the dynamics of the roll is concerned. Based on the experiences on the machine and the speed and nip load, we design and allocate the most appropriate bearings to the complete roll. Basically, these rolls have now been a complete subject of understanding right from the shell selection to the internal unit manufacturing. Even the position and selection of the showering system (slushing and lubricating) plays a vital role in maintaining the stable health of suction roll during operation.

Also, the use of premium sealing accessories like sealing strips and end deckles adds more to the value to our roll.

We urge the paper mill community to experience our services and products for better economic and technical viability and as a solution for better performance of the rolls in such a competitive world.

– This article has been written by Mr. Rajiv Kumar Agarwal, CEO, Amar Elastomers Private Limited.

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GL&V Is Now Part of Valmet Valmet recently completed the acquisition of GL&V, which is a global provider of technologies and services to the pulp and paper industry.

GL&V's washing, oxygen delignification and bleaching operations with Compact Press®, pumps and mixers technology for chemical pulping as well as the related Product Center in Karlstad, Sweden, were not included in the transaction scope.

Mr. Varun Jain, Director, India Region, Valmet

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n an interview given to Paper Mart, Mr. Varun Jain, Director, India Region, Valmet, talks about the acquisition of GL&V and Valmet's future targets.

Here are a few excerpts from this exclusive interview.

Paper Mart: Could you tell us a little bit about the acquisition of GL&V? Varun Jain: GL&V became part of Valmet on April 1, 2019. This acquisition strengthens Valmet's global services business, complements our technology offering, especially in the areas of chemical pulping, stock preparation, paper making and finishing. Also, it further builds our local presence and capabilities. There were some exclusions in the acquisition on the chemical pulping side.

The acquired businesses key locations are in North America, Europe, Brazil

and India (Pune). This acquisition was a great benefit for Indian operations, because we had been growing quite nicely on the engineering front, the automation front, and the overall sales front but were lacking in manufacturing capability. So, the operations in Pune, which had been an important production site for GL&V, became a part of us. As a result, in India, we are now very competitive and are in an excellent position to offer on the stock preparation and approach flow side, including recycled fiber lines where we did not have local production before.

The Pune site is now one of the global production units for Valmet. In addition, we have a fantastic team in Pune which has further strengthened us. After the acquisition, we have almost 200 references more and a strengthened customer base in India.

So, this acquisition is a great win for us.

And we are looking forward to pushing our growth further.

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VJ: We have appropriate capability on the pulping and recovery sides. We have good local capability in terms of engineering and sub supply network.

With the GL&V acquisition, we will also have good capability on the stock preparation side. Now, we are aiming at enhancing our supply chain for paper machines and board machines.

We are also aiming at making our engineering capability global for Valmet. India is a good resourcebased country, and I believe that we can play a significant role in Valmet's global operations. So, that is another goal. We are also aiming at growing our supply chain for global projects.

For us India is not only a market where we can sell, but also a country where

the resources can be used for global operations. We are quite convinced that in addition to China, India can be the place for engineering capabilities, supply chain capabilities and marketbased sales. So, that is a target. We would also continue to grow our technology base locally for almost all the papermaking segments and operations.

“The key theme for our development is incorporation of more artificial intelligence in our applications and solutions,” says Mr. Jari Almi, Vice President, Valmet Industrial Internet, Valmet Automation Inc., in an interview given to Paper Mart. optimizers to optimize the processes automatically as well.

So, dialog with data has started to really go forward now.

PM: Is Valmet well on its way to implementing Industry 4.0?

JA: Yes, we are well on way to implementing Industry 4.0.

We are in a very good position with that mainly because we have focused on concrete things to move data as a new asset to concrete applications through a dialog with data, basically.

PM: Don't you think the introduction of this new technology will make your products costlier?

Mr. Jari Almi, Vice President, Valmet Industrial Internet, Valmet Automation Inc.

Paper Mart: The latest buzzwords in the paper industry are Industrial Internet, Industry 4.0 and IoT. Valmet also says that the industry must now start a meaningful dialogue with data. Do you agree with this observation?

Jari Almi: That's a good question! I fully agree with the observation that Industrial Internet, Industry 4.0 and IoT have been the buzzwords in the last two or three years. But most importantly, what I am seeing is that in the last one to two years,they have become much more concrete and mature. In the environment, we now have several applications for our customers to help address issues related to production or reliability. These buzzwords have become part of today's daily business. Within the last year or so, we developed 40 new monitoring or advisory types of applications at Valmet. And on top of that, we have

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JA: No, not at all. The good news is that in the paper industry, paper machines and pulp mills have been quite well instrumented and automated. So data is basically there. Data is available to be just converted to new value, and turning data to new applications and services doesn't cost a lot – and that's because no hardware investment is basically seen.

PM: How receptive has the pulp and paper industry in India been to Industry 4.0?

JA: Based on my discussions with some of my customers, I can say that there are early ongoing movements. Some of the customers by themselves have done some data analytics or worked with some local IT companies or startup companies. But I would say that taking the next step towards continuously utilizing the applications in the process is still coming. Many companies are aware of it; many companies are talking about it, but I have not seen many concrete actions being taken.

PM: Why should pulp and paper companies go for products offered by Valmet?

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JA: The key is that we can really combine process technology data from automation systems with new value-added applications. That's only part of the story. Another part of the story is that we provide value out of this – continuous services are a way to make results happen; we are a very established company to provide these kinds of services to improve the performance and reliability.

PM: Do you actually visit your customers – their plants or mills – to suggest ways and means of improving the processes?

JA: This is a new thing to many customers, and it's difficult to define on the first visit or day one how much value and what kind of value they can extract from data analytics of a specific application. In many cases, we start with a process/service called data discovery where we take a batch-load of data from the mill's systems and put our analytics team and our process specialists working together with customers to really understand the challenges in the mill and how we can turn the data to new value. This process takes six to eight weeks. After the completion of the process, both of us are aware of the opportunities and the next steps that should be taken.

And then we start the implementation. This is a highly customized service.

PM: Do you customize your products and solutions to the needs of your customers?

JA: It always leads from customer needs, situations and challenges. If you think about the applications, you will realize that every machine is a bit different from the other machines. So there are no models. We have to start with the customer's own data to turn it to application and new value.

PM: Could you tell us about the latest developments that have taken place in your company?

JA: What are we developing at the moment? For paper machine, I think, paper break reduction is the key thing for avoiding web breaks. We are focusing on this area at the moment. Also, we are focusing on NHA saving, which is a big thing in a paper machine. On the pulp mill side, we already have advanced process controls for different process areas. We are now working on an advisory set of applications and solutions called Mill Wide Optimization. What that means is that we have a mill wide scheduler and quality planner that help us to combine some processes or process areas, optimizing the entire mill at once for a meaningful process.

PM: What are your future targets?

JA: Our vision within industrial Internet is to empower our customers to move to an almost autonomous mill. It will come at different levels. Of course, our machines, equipment and process automation need to have the latest smart senor technology available. They need to have mobile user interfaces so that the operations can be more independent at the operating location and centralized control rooms for operating the entire plant in one room. Above all, the key theme for our development is incorporation of more artificial intelligence in our applications and solutions.

PM: Don't you think Industry 4.0 will create unemployment?

JA: In the paper industry, utilizing the new technology is the next step. In more autonomous mills, roles might be changed but people would still be needed.

Century Pulp and Paper's Mr. J. P. Narain Awarded with ET Now Business Leader of the Year The award recognizes the operational excellence achieved by Century Pulp and Paper under the guidance and mentorship of its CEO, Mr. Jai Prakash Narain.

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r. Jai Prakash Narain, CEO, Century Pulp and Paper, has been accorded with ET Now Business Leader of the Year – Manufacturing Excellence. The prestigious award function was held at Mumbai on February 16, 2020.

Century Pulp & Paper operations are based on the customer centricity, safety and environment, internal competence, assets care, efficient supply chain, operational flexibility, quality system, and innovation and adaptation. n The award highlights the manufacturing excellence being achieved and practiced by Century Pulp & Paper.

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Servall Engineering Works:

Continuing Its Quest for Excellence in Quality, Design and Engineering Servall, a major partner in the paper and pulp industry worldwide, has successfully supplied complete paper machines. The electrifying growth that the company has achieved has been spurred by its inherent quest for excellence in quality, design and engineering. The company is now planning to expand into areas like waste paper pulping, virgin fiber pulping and trade in consumables for paper mills.

Mr. Y. Shivaram Prasad, Managing Director, Servall Engineering Works Private Limited.

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n an interview given to Paper Mart, M r. Y. S h i v a r a m P r a s a d , Managing Director, Servall E n g i n e e r i n g Wo r k s P r i v a t e Limited, talks about his company's business journey, manufacturing capability, market presence and product portfolio.

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Paper Mart: Could you tell us a little bit about Servall and its business journey?

Y. Shivaram Prasad: Servall came into existence around 45 years ago as a small foundr y. Then we started importing second hand machines on behalf of clients, modifying them and erecting them in customers' mills.

I•N•T•E•R•V•I•E•W Later we started manufacturing paper machine components. Then we started manufacturing entire machines, rebuilding machines. From the starting we were very particular about quality and technology standards. That's why we have been able to supply high-quality and longlasting machines; they meet the latest requirement. We have various parts of paper machines in our product portfolio. Then we started designing and manufacturing for wider and faster machines and for various grades of paper and various grades of raw material. In the 1980s, we got an order for four machines together and we had a requirement for about a hundred cylinders. To cater to this requirement, we started manufacturing drying cylinders for which we got the technology from Germany. Today, I can proudly say that we are the only company to export 2,500 drying cylinders to Europe and the rest of the world. In addition, we have supplied many machines to places outside India. Now we are planning to expand into the other areas of the mill – like waste paper pulping, virgin fiber pulping and trade in consumables for paper mills. We would like to trade in consumables so that we become a onestop shop for paper mills. The consumables would come mostly from the western world and some other countries.

PM: Could you tell us about your current product line-up?

YSP: We manufacture a complete range of paper and board machines right from headbox to the winder. The machine width ranges up to 7 meters with operating speeds up to 1,200 MPM. The range includes state-of-art headbox, multi-wire fourdrinier sections, different kind of press sections, pope reel with density control, calendars, winders, silent drives, automation etc – all highquality products. What we're now thinking is manufacturing for pulping street for waste paper and getting into

virgin fiber pulping, like bagasse, straw wood, etc.

PM: Could you tell us about the market footprint of your company?

YSP: As far as the domestic market is concerned, we are all over the country.

Outside India, we have a lot of supplies to the Middle East, Turkey and Europe.

We are also planning to enter the South East Asian market. We are located in areas close to these markets, and with manufacturing cost going up in Europe – the western world – everybody is shifting to Asia. So, we are planning to take advantage of this situation.

PM: You intend to add pulp mill equipment on the recycled fiber and virgin fiber fronts. What is your plan for accomplishing this task?

YSP: Around 15 years ago, we used to manufacture certain equipment for waste paper pulping. In between, we stopped that to concentrate more on paper machines. Now, we are in the process of talking to partners outside the country for tie-ups and technology transfers. And that's because there is a big vacuum in the country today for high quality locally made equipment. You have all these big co m p a n i e s – m u l t i n a t i o n a l s – manufacturing abroad and all the paper mills cannot afford their prices, so we plan to bring out good quality high technical products at reasonable prices. We will do that utilizing our manufacturing and engineering strengths.

PM: How do you plan to expand your manufacturing capability?

YSP: We are the only company that has all the manufacturing practices under one roof – that is the foundry, fabrication, machine shop, assembly design, everything under one roof. Right from the beginning, like I said earlier, we have very good machine tools or infrastructure to maintain the quality required for all the equipment. So that is the advantage we have; and then

Coimbatore being a city known for its q u a l i t y, e n t r e p r e n e u r s h i p a n d engineering capabilities, we are in a very good spot to leverage all that.

PM: Could you tell us about your manufacturing capabilities?

YSP: We have around 20 acres of land.

If you take the machine tools shop into consideration, you'll know that we have all types of machines; for example, floor type boring machines, horizontal boring machines, lathe machines that can handle up to 10 meters in length, drilling machines and milling machines. So, basically, we don't have to go out of our shop for anything related to our work. Only if the work load is very high, we subcontract. We have all the equipment in the manufacturing house. Most of them are CNC machines wherein the cycle time, accuracy, quality of manufacturing is taken care of. All are heavy machines to cater to the needs of paper industry.

PM: Are you planning to make an investment for new product line?

YSP: Further investment would be minimal because we already have all the equipment we need – the handling facilities, the lifting facilities, etc.

Specific to a particular product, when it is required, we will invest in it, but otherwise we have most of the facilities.

PM: You said that cost of manufacturing is very high in the western world and so many companies in the west would be interested in having their base in India. Could you elaborate on this view?

YSP: If you take a look at the various projects that have been launched in India, you'll notice that there are very few mills – like TNPL, JK Paper, ITC, etc. – that have the resources to import full machines from Europe. So, a lot of these machines are being made in India to reduce the cost. And as you know, the European paper industry is saturated –

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the growth is saturated. Growth in the U.S. is saturated. The only growth we see today is in Asia, especially in India and China. So, everybody is looking at these markets, but at the same time, they can't afford to charge the same rate that they charge in Europe and the U.S. So, necessarily they have to either outsource or let some of the equipment

be manufactured in India. That model has been very successful in India, and a lot of mills are following it. They can't afford to buy the entire machine from Europe or the U.S.

PM: What are your goals for the future?

YSP: We are focusing on widening our

product range and meeting the technological requirements of the customers.

We have a lot of new products in the paper machine area where we are developing stuff like headbox, top former, various kinds of press configurations, etc. So, we are in an excellent position to meet the customers' requirements and the end product quality.

Sri Andal Paper Mills Places Order for RunEco Vacuum System Delivery comprises of three EP600 series Turbo Blowers with Variable Frequency Drive from ABB, EcoDrop Water Separators and Ecoflow Measurements.

March 3, 2020

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ri Andal Paper Mills Private Limited has ordered a RunEco vacuum system for its new state-of-the-art kraft/testliner production line of 630 TPD located at Sathyamangalam, Tamil Nadu.

The raw material used will be 100 percent recycled fiber.

The new vacuum system at Sri Andal Paper Mills will have the highest energy efficiency, and no seal water is needed for this turbo vacuum system. n The order is a continuum to many successful Runtech projects in India.

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Fabio Perini:

Strengthening Its Presence in India Established in 1966, Fabio Perini – a leader in the supply of tissue-converting and packaging equipment and services – is strengthening its presence in India.

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n an interview granted to Paper M a r t , M r. N e i l M u r d o c h , Regional Sales Director, Fabio Perini S.p.A., talks about the company and the tissue paper market in India.

Excerpts.

Paper Mart: Could you tell us a little bit about your company and product portfolio?

Neil Murdoch: I represent Fabio Perini. Our Head Office is based in Lucca, Italy. Our manufacturing plants are located globally. In this way we have an international footprint for all our manufacturing machines. We have three plants in Italy, two plants in China, one plant in North America and one plant in Brazil, all producing converting and packaging machines for both rolls and folded products. We have a global footprint.

Mr. Neil Murdoch, Regional Sales Director, Fabio Perini S.p.A.

At Fabio Perini we are able to produce any sort of tissue product you can imagine – whether it is toilet roll, kitchen towel or folded products. The challenge for us here in India is really to make this technology available for machines having a lower performance.

The technology exists. We have to do a little bit of re-engineering to make the technology become available for lower volumes, whereas it is usually associated with more sophisticated machines.

PM: The market for tissue and hygiene products in India is still growing. Do you think you can drum up business for your company in India?

NM: The Indian market for me is a very dynamic market. It is low in terms of

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I•N•T•E•R•V•I•E•W volume at the moment. One of the difficulties I have seen in the past two weeks is getting a global figure, because the figures I get from different people vary considerably. What is common to all of them is 'growth'. They talk of a growth rate of between 8 and 10 percent, which is huge for international standards. So, the market itself is dynamic because even though people produce low volumes, they also produce sophisticated products, which is not normal for a market that has small volumes – and the capacities that I hear about would not justify sophisticated equipment. So, it is different from all the other international markets I have come across.

PM: What have you to say for the quality of the tissue paper made in India?

NM: What I have seen is that there are industry players here in India who have bought extremely high technology tissuemaking machines. They are making very good quality bay sheets with virgin fibers. Secondhand tissue-making machines are coming into the market as well. There are suppliers or brokers who are bringing into the Indian market virgin fiber. You see, the quality of paper is not an issue. You can find good quality paper – the same standards that you find globally. You can also find recycled paper. So, I have not seen that as a barrier to making good quality products.

PM: Can good quality tissue paper only be made from virgin fiber?

NM: It is difficult to generalize across all the products and across all the markets. It is not possible to have an answer that covers all of them, because each market has a different way of approaching it. But the US is perhaps the most sophisticated developed market as far as tissue making is concerned. They have structured bay sheets, but even with structured bay sheets, they still use a certain amount of recycled fiber. They can use recycled fiber. So, linking it and saying it is all virgin or all recycled is not correct. There are manufacturers in Europe that use 100 percent recycled fibers, and they make excellent quality products. So, you can't generalize to that extent.

products with 350 sheet count or 400 sheet count. And then for certain businesses or hotels, you have very small rolls.

PM: Could you tell us about the new developments that have taken place in your company?

NM: At the moment, we are focusing a lot on the environment like many other companies, and we are busy developing alternative packaging materials to plastics. In our current product portfolio, we have machines that can manufacture products that are made completely free of plastic and glue. In these cases, we don't have, for example, glue associated with cardboard cores and glue associated with laminating products. We are developing equipment that will enable us to create paper packages at high speeds. We are very careful about the environment and will continue making special efforts to reduce our carbon footprint.

PM: What are your future targets?

NM: We have plans for India. I think, the market in India is really dynamic, and we would like to make our presence on it much stronger. So, we are looking forward to investing in India. This year, we have started with a sales office. We have two people there – one is in Delhi and one is in Mumbai. We are also looking for the next steps from the company's perspective on investments and products. But we would like to keep this part of our target confidential.

PM: Is there anything else you would like to add?

NM: We have the knowledge and capability of finding viable solutions for industry players in India.

FORM IV Statement about ownership and other particulars about PAPER MART 1. Place of publication

: New Delhi

2. Periodicity of its publication

: Bi-monthly

3. Printer's Name Nationality Address

As far as forests are concerned, I think if you manage the forestry in the proper way as many people do – obviously, you don't touch tropical forests – then virgin fiber is a sustainable product to be used in tissue business.

: Parveen Kumar Jain : Indian : F-14/22, Model Town-II, New Delhi-110009

4. Publisher's Name Nationality

: Parveen Kumar Jain : Indian

PM: Do you strike a balance between quality and price when it comes to doing business in India?

5. Editor's Name Nationality Address

NM: The Indian market is fairly differentiated, because it has quality products as well. The thing that I find unusual is that in a developing market – the way India is – you have products that have high sheet counts. A high sheet count makes the finished product more expensive because you have more fiber in it. So, to me, it's a little bit unusual for a market – where the consumers, maybe, don't have a lot of spending power – to have products that are expensive to put on the shelf. So, perhaps a lower sheet count would make tissue and hygiene products available to a wider public. At the moment, I see

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: F-14/22, Model Town-II, New Delhi-110009

: Parveen Kumar Jain : Indian : F-14/22, Model Town-II, New Delhi-110009 6. Names and addresses of individuals who own the newspaper and partners or shareholders holding More than one per cent of the total capital Address

: Parveen Kumar Jain : F-14/22, Model Town-II, New Delhi-110009.

I, Parveen Kumar Jain hereby declare that the particulars given above are true to the best of my knowledge and belief.

Date: 01 March, 2020

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Line O Matic Graphic Launches Folio Size Sheeter FSS 165 A leading global manufacturer and supplier of exercise notebook machines, paper converting machines and packaging machines, Line O Matic Graphic Industries recently launched a product called Folio Size Sheeter FSS 165. The company's advanced services and automation solutions improve the productivity of its customers and enhance the effective utilization of raw materials.

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n an interview given to Paper Mart, Mr. Dilip Golani, Senior Manager, Marketing (Domestic), Line O Matic Graphic Industries, talks about the company and its product portfolio and Folio Size Sheeter FSS 165.

Excerpts.

Paper Mart: Could you tell us a little bit about your company and product portfolio?

DG: Line O Matic Graphic Industries is an Ahmedabad-based company. We are pioneer and world leader in making exercise notebook machinery, paper converting machinery and packaging machinery. We have made 3,500 machines so far and supplied our machines to India and 70 other countries.

Our new folio size sheeter is a machine for making sheets from paper or board reel. This machine can work for paper and board. We have four different models: FSS 145, FSS 165, FSS 195 and FSS 255.

Mr. Dilip Golani, Senior Manager, Marketing (Domestic), Line O Matic Graphic Industries

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Our machine has been manufactured using the latest technology and innovative engineering processes. It should be noted that no other company in India makes this type of machine. In the last couple of years, we developed five to six new machines. We have upgraded all our older machines.

I•N•T•E•R•V•I•E•W PM: How has the paper market been for your company?

PM: How do you strike a balance between quality and price?

PM: Is there anything else you would like to add?

DG: We see around 25 percent growth every year. We are also into the education industry. As we already know, education is always growing in our country. In fact, it is a worldwide market. We focus on India and other parts of the world. In India, we have more than 90 percent market share for our machines.

DG: We focus on in-house manufacturing of parts with more than 60 CNC and VMC machines. So, 90 percent of our mechanical components are manufactured in-house. Right from design and R&D to manufacturing and production – all are carried out in-house.

DG: For machines, I can say that nobody else in India is making this type of machines. We are the first manufacturer, and this type of machines can be compared to the machines made in Germany and USA. The performance of our machines is as good as that of the machines made in these countries. But we have an advantage over the manufacturers in these countries: Our machines are not costly! We believe in giving quality products at a lesser price. The price of this type of our machines is lesser than that of the same type of machines sold in Germany and the US. As far as the features of this type of machines are concerned, our machines are certainly better than theirs.

PM: Are you also making machinery for tissue production?

DG: No. We don't have any plans for making machines for tissue production. Right now we are busy with our existing projects. Every year we have two or three new projects to carry out.

So, this year we don't have any plans for making machinery for tissue production.

PM: How much time does your company take to produce, deliver and install a machine?

DG: Production, delivery and installation take around 60 to 90 days depending on the model. In our notebook segment, we are making around 25 machines in a month – a machine a day.

Specifically, delivery time for our folio size sheeter will be 4 to 5 months and around 2 months for notebook machinery.

Manufacturer of : Complete Paper Machine from conveyor to Rewinder • Duplex • Multi Layer Kraft • Kraft • Newsprint

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Krofta Engineering Limited:

Membrane Technology for Water Treatment and Reuse Growing water scarcity and heightened awareness of water conservation are inducing more and more paper mills to explore areas like water conservation and water recycling within their facilities.

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n an exclusive interview given to Paper Mart, Mr. Raghvendra Khaitan, Managing Director, Krofta Engineering Limited, talks about the scope of Krofta's fiber recovery and water reuse technologies for the Indian paper mills.

Excerpts.

Paper Mart: Could you tell us a little bit about Krofta Engineering and your product portfolio?

Raghvendra Khaitan: Krofta Engineering was started in 1983. Dr. Milos Krofta, who developed DAF Technology, was the founder of Krofta.

The company has always been in the business of fiber recovery and water reuse systems – sacrosanct areas for the paper industry. Fiber as a resource is always a payback, and water, steam and energy are important variables for the industry. Needless to say, reusing or conserving water is always beneficial for paper mills.

PM: What is membrane technology?

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R K : Me m b ra n e s a re o f u t m o s t importance to the pulp and paper industry; every mill has to adopt it sooner or later. With the mandate of zero-liquid discharge, membrane technology has become all the more

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essential. However, it is not something that can be adopted immediately. It can be applied in a phased manner. But to apply membrane technology, prior treatments have to be executed in the mill. Membrane technology is the need of the hour, but every mill needs to first quantify its water systems and water balance and have a proper system before adopting it. Membranes should be adopted diligently to ensure efficient water reuse.

cost – and membranes. There is no dearth of membrane suppliers. So, customers should select the supplier or company that is fully acquainted with the paper industry and papermaking process. Some of the customers have inefficient effluent treatment plants – and that is because of poorly designed ETPs. However, these plants are excellent platforms for knowledge- and experiencesharing.

PM: Has Krofta invested in membrane technology?

PM: What is sludge handling?

RK: We have adopted micronfiltration and ultrafiltration for a couple of jobs we've got overseas – post our Krofta units and customer's biological systems. The biological system has to be in place because it takes care of a lot of dissolved contamination. Suspended contamination is handled through the physicochemical methodology, but biological systems have to be implemented before the implementation of membranes. I think the concept of membranes will definitely come to India in a big way. It is just as matter of time. If overseas mills can do it, Indian mills can do it too.

RK: Sludge is generated during water treatment. Some of the sludge can be reused. In a duplex mill, sludge can be reused in the filler layers. In kraft, W&P and tissue mills, it has to be discharged in an environmentally friendly manner. NGT does not permit mills to throw out sludge as slurry. So, it has to be dewatered. Krofta has equipment for dewatering sludge, which can then be thrown out as landfill. Moreover, the water of filtrate can be treated back again. So, the whole gamut of water, waste water, sludge handling and biological system is definitely doable in India as well. There are many mills in India that have been doing all that; they have stood up for environmental protection.

PM: Could you tell us about the recent developments that have taken place at Krofta?

RK: We keep launching new products because our core focus is on fiber recovery and water reuse. As per our productdevelopment plan, we launched a new product called Megacell, which is much more compact than our other product – Sedicell. It offers direct power saving and has a lot of civil saving for the customer. We never lose sight of innovation. Also, we always keep our customers posted about our new products. Our customers may find our new technologies a bit expensive, but they need to keep in mind that, in the long run, the running cost and operating performance matter a lot.

PM: How responsive has the Indian market been to your new technologies?

RK: Like I said earlier, people are quite aware of our products, as we have been in this business for so many years. Our customers have found the new pieces of our equipment quite impressive, and I am sure they will derive the benefits of our products in the long run. Our products do not compromise on quality, performance, technology and fiber recovery, as these are the areas we excel in.

PM: What are your future targets?

RK: I think water reuse and water conservation at every stage of production would be the vital goals for the industry in the future. We will try to educate our customers on the importance of innovation – how it can reduce the operating

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Dee Tech India:

Facilitating Inspection Capabilities Dee Tech India deals in paper machine clothings, paper machineries and special kind of diagnostic equipment that aids in the inspection of paper production processes, ranging from electrical or mechanical and process auditing to inspection.

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n an interview given to Paper Mart, Mr. Neeraj Singhal, Director, Dee Tech India, spoke about the company's unique and innovative inspection tools and his commitment to providing quality equipment for the Indian paper industry.

Excerpts:

Paper Mart: Could you tell us a little bit about your company and product portfolio?

Neeraj Singhal: Established in 2002, Dee Tech India supplies an array of products which are used for different industrial purposes. We are a trading company and have collaborated with many world-renowned companies from USA, Germany, UK, China and various other principal companies to trade their technologies and equipment in India. Our range of products includes paper machine clothings, press rolls, pressure screens and baskets and all types of dosing (reciprocating /screw type) and chemical transferring pumps.

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Over the last 10 years, we have introduced some very good technologies and inspection tools which were not available to most of the mills till date in India (except bigger mills). One of our inspection tools is called Handheld Stroboscopic Lights. It's from Unilux. It facilitates in diagnosing quality and spot product imperfections anywhere

I•N•T•E•R•V•I•E•W on the running condition of paper machine in paper mills; it is used to conduct inspection of felt and wire, formation, dewatering, turbulence, bearings, gears and surface quality.

These portable units come in flood, spot and UV versions. Many mills save expensive fiber by inspecting and making rectification with the use of this equipment on paper machine in day-to-day working

PM: Could you tell us about the major developments that took place in your company recently?

NS: In the last few years, we have updated and upgraded ourselves both in terms of innovations and experience.

We have introduced new technologies for the paper industry in the past few years in the field of auditing as well.

PM: Could you tell us about the market shares your company has in India and other countries?

NS: For our Dee Tech India products, we have approximately 20 percent share on the Indian market but our product like Led Beacon from UNILUX has 100 percent market share in India and all over the world. These are handheld stroboscopic lights which were introduced in India in 1995. These stroboscopic lights are in great demand amongst Indian paper mills.

PM: Could you tell us about the companies you have supplied your products to?

NS: Customers for our high-end products come from various industries. We have supplied our products to the paper industry (companies like

International Paper, ITC-PSPD, Century Pulp & Paper, JK Paper, Emami Paper Mills, Khanna Paper, NR Gp., Shah papers, etc.), the steel industry, the textile industry, and the printing and packaging industry. Our clientele includes companies that understand our technologies well and believe in adding quality to their products.

PM: What are your future targets?

NS: Our products, especially our special inspection analytical equipment, are quite popular worldwide.

We are majorly focusing on bringing similar advanced technologies to India over the next few years. We are sure that the Indian paper industry will prove quite favorable to our business.

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Pidilite Industries Limited:

Passion for Innovation, Quality and Customer Intimacy Pidilite Industries Limited, a specialty chemicals company, sustains a strong bond with clean chemistry and its customers across the globe. What began as a single-product company is now a major manufacturer of premium specialty chemicals, serving diverse markets in various parts of the world. The company is now India's market leader in adhesives and sealants across business segments such as branded consumer products, trade products and industrial products.

Mr. Rajesh Balakrishnan, CEO, IP Division, Pidilite Industries Limited

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n an interview given to Mr. Paper Mart, Rajesh Balakrishnan, CEO, IP Division, Pidilite Industries Limited, talks about his company and future targets and the recent developments that have taken place in the company.

Here are a few excerpts from this absorbing interview.

Paper Mart: Could you tell us a little bit about your company and product portfolio?

Rajesh Balakrishnan: As a chemicals company, we are 60 years old. Most of the consumers know us through our brands like Fevicol and Fevikwik. We have been largely a very strong retailfocused company with an extremely successful B2B business. As far as the paper industry is concerned, we have

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been able to converge into the paper industry through multiple technology platforms in Pidilite. The paper industry requires polymers, colorants and other chemicals. Pidilite, which is a fairly backward integrated company, has been making various chemicals for the paper industry. We are also very strong in the packaging area with our adhesives. Most of the converters and packaging companies use our adhesives. So our presence in the paper industry goes beyond paper manufacturing; it is present in paper packaging and other areas as well. So as a company, we are surely growing. We have significantly invested in technology.

We are also making headway in the B2B space; and we specifically focus on the paper and packaging industry where we see many growth opportunities.

I•N•T•E•R•V•I•E•W PM: How do you deal with packaging odor?

RB: Odor is one of the outcomes. I think one of the larger questions that we have to answer as a responsible company is what our stand is as far as sustainability is concerned – our use of harmful chemicals, chemicals that get transferred to food making that bad odor, and many such things. From that perspective, we are clearly committed.

What we do in terms of R&D design is that we take into account the fact that we are extremely compliant. We avoid harmful chemicals. We have gated processes that eliminate or restrict use of harmful chemicals and hence we have an overall strategy for sustainability. We want to be the best in class and lead by example and most of the products, whether we cater to the paper, textile or leather industry, are approved and go through the most stringent norms. From that perspective, responsible care is an extremely important filler for us.

PM: Could you tell us about the recent developments that have taken place in your company?

RB: Innovation is the key to success in our industry. We are continuously evolving. For us every day is about what we can do better and how we can get a deeper insight into our engagement with our customers. What you see on the retail space with respect to new brands being launched is on public domain – that's known to the public. Our advertising covers the most of it. In the B2B space, there is a huge demand for paper cups, paper straws, paper bags, etc. And we have launched a variety of adhesives and chemicals that improve the performance of the paper products. When it comes to paper straws, we focus on how to offer an adhesive which is FDAcompliant. When it comes to paper bags, we focus on how to improve the performance of the paper bag in e x t re m e s u m m e r s a n d e x t re m e winters, what we can do with respect to heat stability and how to launch

new products that promote heat stability. We focus on what we need to do with respect to barrier coatings.

Can we do something with respect to plastics? When it comes to paper coloration and paper coating, we focus on how we can improve the efficiency of processes in a paper mill. We focus on how to offer polymers that are of much better quality – polymers that improve the gloss and other performance properties of paper. When it comes to papermaking and paper packaging, we focus on various areas.

One of them is efficiency improvement. Some of the important questions that we address are: How do we help improve the efficiency of paper customers? How do we support the move away from plastic to paper packaging? How can we improve the performance of paper products like paper cups, paper bags, paper straws, etc? That's the area where new technology has been applied and where we have launched many new products.

PM: What have you to say for the challenges that the pulp and paper industry in India has been facing, especially the challenges of water and raw material availability?

RB: In our manufacturing processes, we do consume water. But the amount of water we use is not as much as the amount used by the paper industry.

Our consumption of water is much lesser. What's important for us is responsible water management – in terms of both input water and effluenttreated water. We recycle water and use it to the maximum possible extent. And our plants have been enabled to do just that.

As far as the entire paper industry is concerned, I think, there are two major concerns besides raw material availability – one of course is water.

We need to find answers to the following questions: How do we improve processes and efficiency to manage water in a better way? How do we recycle water so that we are net

neutral or net positive? With norms getting stricter, I think the industry has to be extremely efficient in reducing its water intake as much as possible. But the bigger challenge is eff luent management. The entire paper industry has the huge challenge of managing the environment. It needs to manage eff luent in an e x t r e m e l y e f f i c i e n t m a n n e r.

Companies need to set up state-ofthe-art infrastructure to face this challenge. But such a move will push up the total cost. In such a situation, small or medium companies would remain challenged.

PM: What are your future targets?

RB: The pulp and paper industry in India has already touched 25 million tonnes and is getting bigger. But the per capita paper consumption in India is still significantly lower than the global and East Asian averages. We also see that the industry requires significant service orientation and technology. We are in an advantage o u s p o s i t i o n b e c a u s e we a re backward integrated and have earned a lot of respect. We are present across the complete value chain of paper until packaging offering solutions to different stakeholders in the value chain. So we see a large opportunity to put these advantages together and become a very credible player in the paper industry. Hence, we will invest in technology, capacity expansion and automation. We are very clear that the paper industry is a very important industry for us in India. It has only one way to go. We also see consolidation amongst competitors; and, from that perspective, we are a healthy chemical company. So we will play to our strengths. Our business in chemicals is of course a core business for us. In fact, it is one of the fastest growing businesses in Pidilite. You see, there will always be a demand for chemicals.

So, we will continue to support it and ensure that we become the frontrunner in the paper chemicals business.

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The Archroma Way – Safe, Efficient, Enhanced A global color and specialty chemicals company headquartered in Reinach near Basel, Switzerland, Archroma operates with 3,000 employees over 35 countries and with 25 production sites.

The company's latest innovations and solution systems are aimed at helping packaging and paper manufacturers to optimize productivity and/or create value on their markets.

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n an interview given to Paper Mart, Mr. Wai Kit Cheong, Head of S a l e s, Pa c k a g i n g & Pa p e r Specialties, Asia, Archroma, talks about his company and four new solution systems specifically developed for packaging and paper applications Excerpts.

Paper Mart: Could you tell us a little bit about your company and product portfolio?

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Wai Kit Cheong: Archroma is one of the leading chemical suppliers for coloration optical brightening agents and performance chemicals servicing the textile, packaging and paper, constructions, paint and adhesive industries. We have launched four new solution systems specifically developed for packaging and paper applications along the principles of “The Archroma Way: Safe, efficient, enhanced”. The four new solution systems are Bright N' Safe, Print It Brite, Smart White and Hold Tight. Bright N' Safe is a system that brings together high whiteness and brightness with food safety for F DA- com pl i a n t pa cka g i n g w i t h i m p rove d co n t ro l a n d re d u ce d slowdowns in production. Print It Brite is a system that makes our paper white and brighter, our prints sharper and more vibrant, and the production more efficient. Our Smart White is a system for optimizing production even at the highest whiteness level for high quality paper and less resource usage. Hold Tight is a system for improved fiber

I•N•T•E•R•V•I•E•W retention and bonding to create paper that performs cycle after cycle – and to conserve our forests. We have launched these systems in Asia. India happens to be one of the very important markets for Archroma paper.

I recently visited a lot of our customers in India. Two challenges were highlighted by them. The first one is that the local government has started to try to reduce or eliminate the use of plastic bags by replacing them with paper bags. The second one is that some of the paper cup coating is currently using polyethylene; the local government is actually encouraging the industry to use water-based or more sustainable solutions – go for products that are compostable and biodegradable. For the replacement of plastic bags with paper packs, we have our solution called Hold Tight, and we can provide solutions to our customers to use 100 percent recycled fiber while maintaining the paper bag's strength similar to plastic bags. So, this is one of the very important solutions. A lot of our customers are quite happy with it. Also, we are now working on a couple of projects with some of our customers by providing them with our solutions for the production of paper cups. Briefly then, we help with providing more sustainable end products replacing plastics by paper solutions. Also, we can help make those paper solutions themselves more ecological.

PM: How do you make your paper white and bright?

WKC: When you talk of whiteness and brightness, the overall manufacturing cost is also taken into consideration.

Our customers always look for a higher whiteness and a higher brightness from the consumer's perspective. They always look for higher whiteness and brightness at a reasonable cost. We have been able to introduce our Smart White by helping the customers to achieve the highest whiteness and brightness at an acceptable cost.

PM: Could you tell us about Archroma's R&D and technical

expertise that have helped the company in producing innovative products?

WKC: At the moment, we understand the industry's challenges. They can be divided into four main categories. The first one is energy saving. It means you produce paper using less steam and fresh water, which means less waste and discharge to the environment. The second one is fiber cost reduction. With our Hold Tight system, we could actually improve upon fiber usage, in terms of producing paper of similar strengths.

The third one is increasing the mill's overall efficiency and productivity. In fact, all our systems can deliver all that.

The fourth one is product differentiation. You see, our customers are always looking for added features in order to add value to their products as well as for the consumer. I think one of the challenges in India's packaging and paper industry is finding alternative solutions to replace plastic bags. Our system can help the industry in moving from plastic bags to paper bags.

PM: In July 2019, Archroma entered into an agreement to acquire BASF's stilbene-based optical brightening agent (OBA) business for paper and powder detergent applications. Could you elaborate on this acquisition?

WKC: The first thing is that we are very excited about it. This acquisition would help us to strengthen our supply of optical brightening agents in Asia, particularly in India. It also extends our product portfolio on the detergent market. And then, we believe that by combining it with our work expertise in textile we would be able to offer a broader portfolio on the detergent market.

PM: As we move into the future, what challenges do you think the pulp and paper industry is facing?

WKC: One of the biggest challenges is to further encourage the recycling rate of paper in order to protect nature so that we can make use of recycled fiber to produce paper for maintaining the same quality and functionality of paper

products. So, moving forward, fiber sourcing is one of the biggest challenges. I always support recycling and separation of waste – activities that would push the recycling rate of paper.

These activities would surely help our industry a great deal. Furthermore, in the tissue paper segment, in the past, a lot of tissue paper was made using virgin fiber. Nowadays, we see a lot of tissue paper being made using recycled fiber. This is also another way to preserve and protect nature and our forests.

Discharge of waste water or effluents is another challenge that the industry currently faces. Our four newly launched systems can reduce chemical loadings, the volume of discharged waste and the use of fresh water. So, indirectly, our systems can reduce the volume of discharged effluents.

PM: Don't you think tissue paper made from recycled paper is qualitatively not as good as the tissue paper made from virgin fiber?

WKC: Today's technology has been able to bring recycled fiber-made tissue paper qualitatively closer to virgin fiber-made tissue paper. Quality here means softness and the tensile strength of the tissue paper. We do have a series of systems as well to help our tissue paper makers to produce better quality tissue paper using recycled fiber.

PM: What are your future targets?

WKC: We are going to launch more solution systems along the principles of “ The Archroma Way” to help packaging and paper manufacturers to optimize productivity and/or create value on their markets.

PM: Is there anything else you would like to add?

WKC: We would like to work hand in hand with the paper and packaging industry as well as publishers to work together to create more public awareness about how to reduce wastages and how to increase the rate of recycling.

We have system solutions that can help mills in these areas.

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The Future Grows in the Forest “Stora Enso will continue to strengthen its leading positions and grow its business by being a forerunner in sustainability, delivering value to customers and shareholders. We will remain focused in what we do and ensure that we put our efforts in businesses that can grow, be profitable, and where we are strong - Ms. Annica Bresky, Stora Enso's President and CEO.” Your first quarterly report as CEO is behind you.

What were the main takeaways?

All in all, despite disappointing results in the last quarter, I feel confident that we are on track for long-term growth and in a unique position to capitalize on business opportunities within renewable materials. To start with, I'm pleased that we delivered a record cash flow which gives us greater flexibility to maneuver the current market challenges. As reflected in lower results and sales, we are suffering from weaker market prices, but we are doing what we can to mitigate that. Short term we focus on what we can impact: our costs, cash flow and managing value over volume. We want to be prepared for a more profitable future when the cycle turns. I'm also satisfied that we were early out with our profit protection programme. It is proceeding ahead of plan and the total implemented cost saving amounted to EUR 150 million in 2019.

As of 2020 Stora Enso is adding a new Forest division and has changed the structure of the packaging business. Why? The Forest division is a natural extension of our business after acquiring the Bergvik forest assets in Sweden, making us one of the world's largest private forest owners. We strongly believe that control of our main raw material source will give us business advantages in the growing bio-economy. From a customer perspective, the creation of Packaging Materials division is a logical structural move that gathers all virgin and recycled boards under one roof to create new innovation opportunities and synergies. The Packaging Solutions division will focus on packaging innovations for growing segments, such as e-commerce and retail. The division will also ramp up the formed fiber business where we see strong demand within single use food applications.

How will you allocate your investments in R&D and what are the primary focus areas?

Our promise to society is that everything that is made by fossilbased materials today, can be made of a tree tomorrow. This is also the foundation for our innovation agenda. Today, from a renewable material perspective we work on main innovation themes: bio-based chemistry, material science and design, and wood as a construction material. Additionally, focus on digitalization has increased, specifically in the areas of Robotic Process Automation (RPA), machine learning, smart operations, transparent supply chain, digital customer experience and intelligent packaging. Connected to our R&D work is also the Accelerator programme where we collaborate with startups that we think can add value to our product portfolio and

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Ms. Annica Bresky, President and CEO, Stora Enso

production processes.

The EUR 350 million Oulu mill conversion is planned to start production in 2021. Given softer market conditions, will there be enough capacity demand to support this investment?

The Oulu mill conversion, similar to all of our investments, have a long-term horizon of multiple decades. Regardless of the current market conditions, we are confident that gradually the volumes will be absorbed as the average growth on the market is 2%. The typical end uses of kraftliners are in segments that require high strength, box endurance in long distance transportation and purity. In addition, the kraftliner from Oulu will be suitable for food packaging applications. We see big potential in these segments coupled to global megatrends of more sustainable food packaging and continued growth of e-commerce.

How will you accelerate the transformation of Stora Enso?

Having stepped into the CEO role as an internal candidate, I naturally stand behind our transformation strategy. We will continue to strengthen our leading positions and grow our business by being a forerunner in sustainability, delivering value to customers and shareholders. We will remain focused in what we do and ensure that we put our efforts in businesses that can grow, be profitable, and where we are strong. Now that the Bergvik Skog restructuring is finalized, we will move into the next phase where we will drive growth and value creation from our Forest division. We constantly assess the strength of our businesses and build our internal capabilities to drive innovation and harvest the benefits of digitalization. We will continue to invest in areas that we believe have a great potential, like cross-laminated timber for wooden buildings, packaging materials and solutions, and viable alternatives to fossil-based plastics. One example is our recent investment to

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build a pilot facility for bio-based plastics. Moreover, in order to speed up the transformation it is essential that we collaborate with other stakeholders in the bioeconomy ecosystem and

partner with organizations and businesses that can help us move faster. I'm very excited to make this journey together with all our dedicated people in Stora Enso. n

Satia Industries Acquires Environmental Clearance to Expand Paper Production Capacity Saitia plans to commission the plant in the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2021.

February 3, 2020

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ccording to media reports, Satia Industries has received environmental clearance, subject to certain specific conditions, for its plans to nearly double the production capacity of its paper mill in the city of Muktsar, Punjab.

Satia Industries mill is a fully integrated operation, including a pulp mill, paper mill with three machines, chemical recovery and effluent facilities, and a power generation plant. The paper mill currently produces about 105 thousand metric tonnes of printing and writing grades of paper per year.

The company's expansion plans call for an additional 100 thousand metric tonnes per year of production capacity. The company said finances are in place and it has already acquired additional land and ordered equipment and machinery. n

Satia Industries expansion plans call for an additional 100 thousand MTPA.

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Circularity Is a “No Regret Option” For the European Industrial Transition It is Now Time to Recognize Circular Low Carbon Forest-Based Industries as a Strategic Value Chain March 10, 2020

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he Green Deal has to be translated into a business case, strengthening sustainable and circular industrial value chains in Europe, and ensuring that they are considered of strategic importance.

For that reason, CEPI, on behalf of the European Paper Industry, applauds the increased support to low carbon value chains in the “New approach to industrial policy” released by the European Commission on March 10, 2020.

“With the proper regulatory framework, the European paper industry together with the forest-based industrial value-chain can become one of the main forces driving the transition to a competitive, low-carbon and circular economy” said Jori Ringman, CEPI Director General.

As reported in the press release, the European paper industry is already working together with the Forest-based value-chain, to deliver products made from sustainable, circular and regenerative raw materials to European consumers and export markets.

“With the proper regulatory framework, the European paper industry together with the forest-based industrial value-chain can become one of the main forces driving the transition to a competitive, low-carbon and circular economy” said Jori Ringman, CEPI Director General.

keeping the recyclability of paper packaging in mind, as a core preoccupation.

It the same spirit, we launched the new fiber-based value chain alliance 4evergreen, a forum to engage and connect industry members from across the fiber-based packaging and food service value chain, from paper and board producers to packaging converters, brand-owners and retailers, technology and material suppliers, waste sorters and collectors, and more.

The common objective of 4evergreen members is to deliver a holistic approach to optimize the sustainability and circularity of the fiber-based packaging's life cycle.

CEPI also recognize the importance of the new governance method of building inclusive partnerships, making sure that national authorities and industry work closely together. Member States and the With the proper regulatory EU have to accompany the industrial framework, the European paper transition to climate neutrality by industry together with the forest-based securing clean and affordable energy for all industrial sectors with the adequate industrial value-chain can become one infrastructure – it is a prerequisite for of the main forces driving the transition deep emission reductions.

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In the context of recent waste import restrictions by China, the European paper industry is set to recycle even more in Europe, as it makes additional investments in paper recycling capacities. The paper industry is already recycling 49 million tonnes of paper in to a competitive, low-carbon and As an industry deeply committed to Europe (2018 data) and the amount circular economy” recycling, CEPI also recognizes that the has been growing since 2000. For – Jori Ringman, CEPI Director General Circular Economy Action Plan published the investments to happen, the today 11 March goes in the right direction European paper industry material by identifying key areas to enhance recognition of sustainable must be separately collected and reach the mills with the right products and by incentivizing waste policies that will close level of quality. existing gaps in the recycling loops.

Therefore, the Circular Economy Action Plan correctly identifies We support a reinforced waste policy in support of circularity the facilitation of EU internal shipments of waste and secondand agree with the identification of packaging as a priority ary raw materials as well as the convergence of waste collection sector for the Circular Economy Action Plan. systems as priorities.

Design for recycling is a pre-requisite for the circularity of fiberbased products. We are fully engaged in improving the future recyclability of paper products with recommendations such as the European “Paper-based Packaging Recyclability Guidelines”. Applying these guidelines will allow the entire value chain to innovate on packaging functionality while

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We look forward to taking full advantage of the new industrial strategy and circular economy action plan. Concretely, this means manufacturing sustainable forest-based solutions made from renewable raw materials, making our production processes even more efficient and our value chains perfectly fit for a climate-neutral Europe. n

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Sri Andal Paper Mills Orders Key Containerboard Machine Technologies from Valmet The value of the order has not been disclosed. The value of a project of this type and scope is typically around EUR 12-15 million.

March 24, 2020

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almet will supply key board making technologies to Sri Andal Paper Mills for its new containerboard making line located in Tamil Nadu, India. The start-up of the machine is scheduled for the first half of 2021.

“It was vitally important for us that the management-level relationship with Valmet was very good. Valmet has a strong reputation, and we trust that Valmet's technology will help us to reach our high-quality targets,” says Mr. P. Subramaniam, Managing Director, Sri Andal.

The containerboard segment in India is quite fragmented and largely utilizes Asian technology for board making. Sri Andal is aiming at producing high-quality containerboard with tangible efficiency improvements to enhance its competitiveness.

“Valmet offered suitable solution for achieving Sri Andal's targets. With this technologically advanced project, we are setting our footprint in the Indian containerboard segment. We are looking forward to the successful start-up of this project, which will be a game changer in the containerboard segment,” says Varun Jain, Director-India Region, Valmet.

Valmet's delivery will include three OptiFlo Foudrinier headboxes for excellent profiles and good formation, an

The order is included in Valmet's orders received of the first quarter 2020.

OptiPress Linear press section to achieve excellent end product properties, high dewatering capacity and good runnability, and an OptiSizer Film size press with a supply system. The delivery will also include a start-up package of spare parts and consumables, a Valmet DNA machine control system, Valmet IQ quality measurement system and Valmet Performance Center connectivity.

The 4,800-mm-wide (reel) will produce recycled liner, recycled fluting, corrugated kraft (kraft top recycled liner) grades with the basis weight range of 70-300 g/m2. The design speed will be 750 m/min and annual capacity 200,000 tonnes. n

ANDRITZ to Supply Complete Recovery Island to TNPL The recovery island to be supplied by ANDRITZ incorporates state-of-the-art technologies.

March 2, 2020

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nternational technology group ANDRITZ has received an order from Tamil Nadu Newsprint and Papers Limited (TNPL) to supply a complete recovery island for its mill in Mondipatti Village, Tamil Nadu, India.

This investment is part of TNPL's mill expansion plans to further strengthen its position in the printing and writing paper segment. TNPL is a leading producer of paper and board based on bagasse – a sugar cane residue. The mill's “Unit II” produces multi-layer coated board for use in pharmaceutical, health care, food, cosmetics and consumer packaging applications.

The recovery island to be supplied by ANDRITZ incorporates state-of-the-art technologies, thus ensuring highest energy efficiency and optimum environmental protection. ANDRITZ HERB recovery boilers maximize the use of thermal energy while efficiently recovering cooking chemicals. The latest ANDRITZ technology for evaporation plants ensures optimum reuse of condensates with minimum energy consumption, while the white liquor plant will recycle and reuse the mill's process streams in order to minimize waste.

Start-up is scheduled for early 2021.

The ANDRITZ scope of supply includes a HERB recovery boiler with a capacity of 950 tds/d on EPC basis, with a provision for upgrade to 1100 tds/d in the future, an evaporation plant with a capacity of 260 t/h on EPC basis, which will concentrate black liquor to a final dry solids content of 75 percent, a white liquor plant containing recausticizing plant (2,600 m3/day white liquor production) on EPS basis and lime kiln (250 t/d) on EPC basis. n www.papermart.in / February - March, 2020 | 71

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JK Paper Orders Valmet's DCS Solution for New Board Project at Fort Songadh Mill The order is included in Valmet's orders received of the first quarter 2020. The value of the order is not disclosed.

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almet will supply a complete mill-wide Valmet DNA Distributed Control System (DCS) to JK Paper Limited for their upcoming board project at Fort Songadh Mill in India. JK Paper selected Valmet's automation system based on good references in technology, service support and low ownership costs. The installation is scheduled to start by May 2020.

“We are investing in advanced and proven technologies in the mill, with a target to bring high-quality product to Indian market and grow our business further. Valmet is one of our key partners and we are working closely together on the new Coated Board Machine. We are looking forward to continue the cooperation with them on the automation system to bring the mill to a new level,” says S.K. Jain, Head (Packaging Board Project) of JK Paper Limited.

“We are happy to be selected to provide a complete DCS solution to JK Paper. The solution will ensure the customer easier, more efficient and secured operation and maintenance through common operator interface and engineering environment,” says Pravin Tripathi, Head of Sales & Services, Automation, India, Valmet.

Valmet's delivery includes the design, engineering, manufac-

Valmet DNA can be applied practically to any process automation application - with great flexibility.

turing, factory acceptance test and installation of Valmet DNA DCS. The mill-wide DCS system will cover the control of paper machine, pulp mill, recovery island and power block sections.

All controls are in one platform that allows users easy access the data and collaborate. It will also help in synergizing Valmet Industrial Internet offering for any optimization needs in future.

JK Paper has also placed an additional order for Valmet DNA DCS of Power Block for their Sirpur unit. n

Sun Paper Abandons USD 1.8 Billion Arkansas Paper Mill Plan The announcement comes after Arkadelphia officials announced that the community was marketing the 1,000-acre site planned for the mill to other potential projects.

March 19, 2020

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un Paper is terminating its plans for a USD 1.8 billion paper mill in southwest Arkansas that had already been delayed by trade tensions.

According to the media reports, the USD 1.8 billion mill was announced in 2016 but has faced uncertainty since then because of trade tensions.

In a statement released, Sun Paper told Governor Asa Hutchinson that it is not continuing with the Clark County development project to build a mill in Arkadelphia. The company cited “continued political friction and economic instability" and the coronavirus outbreak as reasons for walking away from the project. n The Chinese company will not move forward with its plan to build a mill in Arkadelphia.

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Mondi Announces Science-Based Targets to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions The initiative defines and promotes best practice in science-based target setting, offers resources and guidance to reduce barriers to adoption, and independently assesses and approves companie’s targets.

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ondi, leading global packaging and paper manufacturer, has announced its new science-based targets as part of its commitment to support the global transition to a lowcarbon economy. The targets have been set in collaboration with WWF's Climate Savers programme and are approved by the Science Based Targets initiative, a collaboration between CDP, the United Nations Global Compact, World Resources Institute (WRI) and the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF).

The first target pledges to reduce scope 1 and 2 greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 34 percent per tonne of saleable production by 2025 and 72 percent by 2050, from a 2014 base year. The second target commits to reducing scope 2 GHG emissions by 39 percent per MWh by 2025 and 86 percent by 2050, also from a 2014 base year. The setting of a science-based GHG reduction target is an important step in supporting the achievement of Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 13 Climate Action.

Gunilla Saltin, Mondi Group Technical and Sustainability Director and CEO Uncoated Fine Paper, said: “The climate crisis is one of the greatest threats facing society, and businesses must play a key role in mitigating its impact. Mondi has already made progress – by reducing our specific GHG emissions by 15.5% since 2014. In 2019, we decreased our mills' absolute Scope 2 emissions by 21.7% through increased self-sufficiency and purchase of renewables compared to 2018. Yet, we recognize that much more needs to be done, and Mondi's new science-based targets are our next step in the move towards a low carbon economy.”

Mondi has already made strategic energy-related investments across its pulp and paper mills.

Manuel Pulgar-Vidal, leader of WWF's Global Climate and Energy Practice said: “It is essential that science-based targets become embedded in standard business practice and businesses like Mondi are central to this transition. We welcome Mondi's commitment to reducing its GHG emissions and to helping to build a more sustainable business world.”

Mondi has already made strategic energy-related investments across its pulp and paper mills and has invested more than EUR 700 million in modernizing energy plants and improving energy efficiency since 2013. It generates most of its energy in on-site energy plants and its pulp and paper mills are net electricity self-sufficient. Mondi is also increasing its use of biomass to reduce its production-specific GHG emissions to levels recommended by climate scientists to keep global warming in line with a 20C trajectory. n

Valmet to Supply Cooking and Fiberline to Tamil Nadu Newsprint and Papers Limited The scope of Valmet's supply includes main equipment and process design for continuous cooking, deknotting, screening, brown stock washing, oxygen delignification, a three-stage ECF bleaching and DNCG systems including pressure vessels, instruments and pumps.

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almet will deliver cooking and fiberline to Tamil Nadu Newsprint and Papers Limited (TNPL) for their unit 2, located in Mondipatti in the Trichy District, India. The site has

200,000 TPA capacity multilayer board machine, which has been in operation since 2016. The new pulp mill will have a capacity of 165,000 TPA of bleached hardwood kraft pulp, and the start-up is planned for the first quarter of 2021.

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which have special importance in this region. Since the launch of our latest third generation continuous cooking system in late 2018, we have been well received by the market and this order is yet another acknowledgment of that. Furthermore, this will be Valmet's first modern reference in India for a continuous digester system, so we are proud and grateful to be a part of the project together with TNPL,” says Eva Engelfeldt, Senior Sales Manager, Fiber Processing Business Unit, Valmet.

Managing Director and the mill management team of TNPL together with Valmet's sales management team.

The order is included in Valmet's orders received of the fourth quarter 2019. The value of the order will not be disclosed. An order with this scope of supply is usually valued in the range of EUR 20-30 million.

Valmet has a long-term relationship with TNPL. It has previously supplied two fiberlines based on hardwood and bagasse respectively to their unit 1, located in Kagithapuram in the Karur District, India.

“Valmet's technology is proven to meet TNPL's strict requirements for low water consumption and raw material efficiency,

“The unit 2 is a leading manufacturer of pulp and paper board in India. The new pulp mill with Valmet's cooking and fiberline technology will further strengthen our ambition to maintain the leading position,” says S. J. Varadarajan, General Manager (Projects), TNPL. “The Valmet fiberline brings the latest technology to the TNPL Unit 2 with thrust on water conservation and environment protection. This fiberline will go a long way in making the operations of our unit 2 profitable,” says S V R Krishnan, Executive Director (Operations), TNPL. The scope of Valmet's supply includes main equipment and process design for continuous cooking, deknotting, screening, brown stock washing, oxygen delignification, a three-stage ECF bleaching and DNCG systems including pressure vessels, instruments and pumps. n

Valmet Initiates New Social Responsibility Program to Improve Education in India With this project, Valmet aims to provide long-term support for the education and well-being of Dungarpur's children.

February 4, 2020

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almet has initiated a new long-term social responsibility program. The key themes for the program are “Equal opportunities for well-being”, “Towards the future with science” and “Protecting the planet for next generations”.

As a first step in the program implementation, Valmet has signed a three-year agreement with Save the Children Finland to support their Child Sensitive Social Protection project in Dungarpur, India. Valmet donates EUR 50,000 annually for Save the Children's project in increasing children's school attendance and retention and improving the care for orphans and other vulnerable children. The project will reach altogether 24,000 children and adults. It is one of the “flagship projects” for Save the Children Finland with already good track record for accomplished improvements.

Save the Children Finland is a politically and religiously independent non-governmental organization founded in 1922, which fights for children's rights in order to immediately

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ANDRITZ Launches PrimeLineVRT Tissue Machine with Vertical Crescent Former The PrimeLineVRT features a vertical Crescent Former in the forming section that enhances dewatering of the fiber web.

February 28, 2020

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nternational technology Group ANDRITZ has launched its new PrimeLineVRT – Vertical CrescentFormer – tissue machine for the production of dry crepe tissue.

The PrimeLineVRT features a vertical CrescentFormer in the forming section that enhances dewatering of the fiber web.

This enables higher dryness right after the press section and an increase in paper caliper. Depending on the grade and basis weight of the paper produced, between two and four additional percentage points of dryness can be achieved after the press section compared to standard CrescentFormer configurations.

“The advantage of this new technology is that we do not need additional fabrics and fabric loops or any extra space in the basement for installation of the equipment. This results in lower building costs as well as easier operation and maintenance compared to similar technologies on the market,” says Stefano Marenco, Director of PrimeLineTIAC and R&D Tissue at ANDRITZ. The PrimeLineVRT was developed and extensively tested at the ANDRITZ Tissue Innovation and Application Center in Graz, Austria. With this new technology that is tailormade for signifi-

The new VRT technology was developed and intensively tested at the ANDRITZ PrimeLineTIAC tissue pilot plant in Graz, Austria.

cant improvement of dry crepe production, ANDRITZ once again confirms its strong position as one of the global market leaders for the supply of innovative key components used in conventional to ultra-premium grades within the tissue industry. n

Research Proves that Using Billerudkorsnäs Paper for Online Retail Mailing Bags Reduces 50% Carbon Emissions BillerudKorsnäs provides packaging materials and solutions that challenge conventional packaging for a sustainable future.

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According to the press release from Billerudkorsnäs, the study is based on life cycle analyses which considers the environmental impacts from raw material input, production, transport and disposal. The results show that choosing a mailing bag made of unbleached Xpression E-com paper will reduce fossil emissions by 50 percent compared to virgin plastic. According to RISE, the finding is robust and holds true even across a range of parameters considered in the sensitivity analysis, such as different material specifications, locations and end-of-life assumptions.

ags made of BillerudKorsnäs' paper Xpression E-com can reduce fossil emissions by 50 percent compared to virgin plastic and lead to a net removal of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. That is the result from a new independent study that compares the environmental impact of different types of online retail packaging.

E-commerce is growing rapidly and thousands of plastic mailing bags and corrugated boxes are being shipped every second. As a world-leading provider of sustainable packaging material, BillerudKorsnäs has developed Xpression E-com, a durable and resilient paper for online retail mailing bags. The environmental benefit of using Xpression E-com instead of plastic or recycled cardboard material has now been confirmed

BillerudKorsnäs' mission to challenge conventional packaging for a sustainable future clearly sets out why we exist and how we view our role in society. Xpression E-com is an example of how we think outside the box to fight climate change and

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Since the paper mailing bag is recyclable and manufactured by BillerudKorsnäs' near fossil-free production units, the overall conclusion from the study is that this variant has a strong advantage over plastic bags and boxes of recycled corrugated material. When biogenic emissions are included, the study shows that 1,000 mailing bags of Xpression E-com removes 50 kilograms of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere across the life cycle. The paper is also better for the environment when considering emissions to air, water and soil that leads to eutrophication. n Bags made of BillerudKorsnäs' paper Xpression E-com.

International Paper Announces Vision 2030 Goals Focused on Building a Better Future Four goals to advance circular solutions and create positive social and environmental impact.

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nternational Paper has announced its Vision 2030 goals, which demonstrate its commitment to building a better future for people, the planet and the company. Through the goals, one of the world's leading producers of renewable fiberbased packaging, pulp and paper will advance its contributions to the circular, low-carbon economy while building on its commitments to its people and communities.

"As a global leader in the forest products industry, International Paper is uniquely positioned to drive significant progress in the circular economy," noted Mark Sutton, chairman, and chief executive officer. "Our Vision 2030 goals demonstrate our commitment to creating long-term value for all stakeholders."

The company has committed to achieving the following goals by 2030:

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Healthy & Abundant Forests: Lead forest stewardship efforts globally

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Renewable Solutions: Accelerate the transition to a lowcarbon economy through innovative fiber-based products

Each goal includes one to three specific, measurable targets, enabling the company to track its progress throughout the decade. The targets include commitments to reduce green-

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The goals support the company's vision of being among the most successful, sustainable and responsible companies in the world and aligning with the global priorities of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals.

house gas emissions by 35 percent from 2017 levels, to reduce water usage by 25 percent and to create innovative products that are 100 percent reusable, recyclable or compostable.

While many of the new goals and corresponding targets solidify the company's existing social and environmental commitments, some goals, such as accelerating the transition to a low-carbon economy, will require a push toward more innovation and increased collaboration.

“Our Vision 2030 goals are designed to benefit our employees and communities, enable us to meet our customers' demands for more sustainable products and further improve our environmental footprint," said Sophie Beckham, the company's newly appointed chief sustainability officer. "Collaboration throughout our entire value chain – from customers and suppliers to non-governmental organizations – will be crucial to achieving these ambitious goals." n

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UPM Signs EUR 750 Million Revolving Credit Facility with Margin Tied to Long-Term Biodiversity and Climate Targets The EUR 750 million credit facility is the first step in building the funding base for UPM's significant transformation projects. The five-year facility has two one-yearextension options.

March 17, 2020

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PM is one of the first companies to link the pricing mechanism of a syndicated revolving credit facility (RCF) to both biodiversity and climate targets. The margin of the RCF is tied to two key performance indicators (KPIs) that include achievement of a net positive impact on biodiversity in the company's own forests in Finland and a 65 percent reduction of CO2 emissions from fuels and purchased electricity by 2030 from 2015 levels, in line with UPM's commitment to UN Business Ambition for 1.5°C. “Connecting UPM's sustainability performance to our financing demonstrates the importance of responsible business practices to our long-term value creation. Sustainable forest management plays an important role in mitigating climate change, as it ensures material long-term CO2 sequestration and improves adaptation to global warming. Enhancing biodiversity is not only about preserving forests, but is also a crucial element in sustainable industrial use, taking into account a wide range of flora and fauna. UPM is committed to achieving a net positive impact on biodiversity and we have developed indicators and methods to monitor it,” says TapioKorpeinen, CFO, UPM. BNP Paribas acted as a sustainability coordinator for the facility.

“Promoting biodiversity through finance is an essential lever in tackling the climate crisis. As a bank committed to innovation towards the transition, we are proud to support UPM in their

Showing the way on global level by linking a revolving credit facility margin to net positive impact on biodiversity.

strategy to accelerate sustainable forest management through finance. This transaction highlights the positive role of sustainable finance to link to progressive decarbonisation targets, which can jointly protect ecosystems,” says MarjoLiukkonen Lazaro, Head of BNP Paribas, Finland.

BNP Paribas, Handelsbanken and Nordea ac ted as Coordinating Mandated Lead Arrangers and Bookrunners for the facility and Citi, Commerzbank AG, Crédit Agricole Corporate and Investment Bank, Danske Bank A/S, DBS Bank Ltd., London Branch, DNB Bank ASA, HSBC France, J.P. Morgan Securities plc, OP Corporate Bank plc, Santander, SEB and Swedbank AB acted as Mandated Lead Arranger and Bookrunners. n

Cartiere Carrara Acquires Carind and CRC from Caldaroni Group The acquisition will give boost to the Carrara's converting activities and tissue products offering in the AfH and Consumer Tissue segments.

March 15, 2020

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taly's Cartiere Carrara has completed the acquisition of converting companies Carind and CRC from the Caldaroni Group.

Mario Carrara, Chief Growth Officer, Cartiere Carrara said, “The integration of these players in the new Group Cartiere Carrara is allowing us to further enhance our existing position on the AfH market which is critical for a long-term growth plan. This operation is part of our M&A strategy, focusing on outstanding manufacturing companies that can be easily integrated in our production and marketing structure and giving a higher profile to quality and sustainability.” n

Narita Airport, near Tokyo, set up the facility in its baggage-claim area for passengers awaiting the results of virus tests.

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Zanders Launches 100% Natural Barrier Paper for Food Packaging The paper is produced on Zanders' 6.6 m wide PM3 and, according to the company, an ISEGA certification ensures its suitability for direct food contact.

February 18, 2020

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anders' new Zanbarrier NGR product reportedly offers a 100 percent natural barrier against oil and grease without the use of chemicals and with an even higher density than previous offerings.

The company argues that the higher density of its improved Zanbarrier NGR opens up new application possibilities. It is reportedly ideal for forms of flexible food packaging that require oil and grease-resistance as well as wet-strength, such as fast food applications like doner kebabs or french fries, bread roll bags, butter wrappers, pizza and confectionery cartons, cookie bags or food labels, etc.

“Excellent opacity combined with outstanding printing and converting properties allow any kind of processing from micro flute to lamination. The cellulose fibers are subjected to an incredibly intense grinding process over several refining stages. Treated in this way, the fibers form a tight, strong crosslinked sheet structure thus creating a fully natural barrier to oil

Apparently consisting of nothing but pure virgin fiber, Zanders says that its innovation is also 100 percent biodegradable.

and grease. Thanks to the exceptional quality, Zanbarrier NGR will play a similar role in flexible food packaging as Chromolux, for example, in the label paper market,” says Michael Berner, Sales Manager, Food Packaging at Zanders. n

Södra Commissions World's First Fossil-Free Biomethanol Plant Södra decided to invest in a biomethanol production facility in 2017. This initiative shows that Södra is working towards a circular economy, resource-efficiency and being fossil-fuel free.

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ödra has built the world's first plant for commercial biomethanol, a sustainable fuel from forest biomass, at Södra's pulp mill in Mönsterås. Over the next few days, a first pilot delivery will go to Emmelev A/S, a customer that will be using biomethanol in its biodiesel production.

“It is with pride that we have now started up the first commercial plant in the world for biomethanol. The transition to a bioeconomy means that all raw materials must be used efficiently. Biomethanol is produced from the crude methanol recovered from the manufacturing process at Södra's pulp mills. It is part of the circular process that already exists in Södra's mills, in which all parts of forest products are used for the best possible effect. With this step, we are showing the way to a fossil-free society, and it is fully in line with our own strategy for fossil-free transportation by 2030,” said Henrik Brodin, Strategic Business Development Manager at Södra.

The investment is also broadening Södra's product portfolio with a new bioproduct.

“More and more people are realizing why we need to switch to fossil-free alternatives. That's why it feels so great that we can

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Södra is aiming at eliminating fossil fuel use throughout its operations and producing innovative products that replace fossil-based raw materials.

bring biomethanol to the market as a substitute for fossil methanol in the transport sector as well as a chemical base.

Demand for bio-based products is favorable and we have long experience in delivering other bioproducts to the fuel and chemical industries. As we now continue to build on that, it feels particularly gratifying to have made a first pilot delivery to

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Emmelev A/S is a Danish family-owned agricultural company that has developed large-scale biodiesel production from local canola, but uses fossil methanol as a raw material in production.

“Biodiesel will play a key role in the transition to a fossil-free Denmark and we are very happy that Swedish biomethanol will

now be used in production. Our biodiesel will be 100 percent renewable and based on locally sourced raw materials.

Biodiesel produced from Danish canola and Swedish forests can secure fuel supplies for heavy road transport, as well as buses and construction machinery. This will be crucial for a transformation of the energy sector. We emphasize local and regional production and consider Sweden part of our local area, and we have good relationships with Swedish companies.

It therefore feels natural to be entering into an agreement with Södra,” said Morten Simonsen, co-owner of Emmelev A/S. n

UPM Develops New Wood-Based Biocomposite Material Using Renewable Resources UPM's EcoAce biocomposite can reduces waste through less material consumption owing to multi-use material performance in its DNA. March 16, 2020

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PM has developed a new world-class biocomposite material which meets the highest sustainability requirements. The new material, called UPM Formi EcoAce, contains certified wood and cellulose fibers, as well as certified renewable PP polymers from SABIC's TRUCIRCLE™ solutions that are made using wood-based feedstock from UPM Biofuels production. The UPM BioVerno production is certified by both ISCC PLUS and RSB and the sustainability of the material has been verified accordingly.

The environmentally sound UPM Formi EcoAce is a drop-in solution: it can smoothly replace fossil-based solutions as it is identical in quality and performance to non-renewable alternatives. The biocomposite is almost 100 percent based on renewable resources, followed by ISCC certified mass balance principle. Every ton of UPM's wood-based renewable BioVerno naphtha for plastics saves three tons of greenhouse gas emissions compared to fossil naphtha.

Having multi-use material performance in its DNA, our EcoAce biocomposite reduces waste through less material consumption. The biocomposite is enhancing part lifetime, provided from bio-material that is based on renewable resources, utilizing residues from existing pulp production, says Ralf Ponicki, Director, UPM Formi business at UPM Biocomposites.

“Certified renewable polymers from SABIC's TRUCIRCLE™ solutions act as a bridge to enable the value chain to evolve from a linear to a circular economy. Our collaboration with UPM Formi is a good example of how this pioneering product can be implemented in various applications and can help to meet consumer demand for more sustainable products”, says Mark Vester, Circular Economy Leader at SABIC. The processing of fibers, production of biobased polypropylene and compounding the biomaterials together in order to

The biocomposite is 100 percent based on renewable resources.

make high quality raw material to various end-uses, is a really demanding business exercise requiring high-tech and knowhow. After successful pilots, we are now looking forward to start offering our new biocomposite to business partners around the world, says Ralf Ponicki.

Typical end-use applications for the new UPM Formi EcoAce biocomposite include uses in food contact, personal care and consumer goods, made by injection moulding or extrusion.

Characterized by UPM Biocomposites materials, wood-look surface of UPM Formi EcoAce is warm and silky to the touch and can be produced in different colours, from light to dark shades.

UPM Biocomposites has been awarded several certificates, including PEFC™. UPM Formi grades are available with PEFC certification.

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Ahlstrom-Munksjo Introduces Sustainable Paper for Confectionery Market The company has also announced the development of a new range of LamiBak release base papers approved by the German Federal Institute for Risk Assessment (BfR).

February 20, 2020

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hlstrom-Munksjö has launched its enhanced line of sustainable and safe specialty papers geared towards the confectionary market, known as Delicitera® Confectionary Papers.

With its impactful shelf presence and renewable properties, Ahlstrom-Munksjö's Delicitera® Confectionery Papers drive food packaging differentiation in today's rapidly evolving marketplace. Customized solutions are created for customers by combining an array of visual, functional and sustainable benefits.

“Our confectionary papers are made of responsibly-sourced natural fibers, are safe for direct food contact, and really provide customers unique solutions to help them meet their sustainability goals,” explained Jeff Murphy, Vice President of Ahlstrom-Munksjö's Food Packaging Solutions Business Unit.

“We have recently broadened our portfolio to include transparent papers and papers for applications requiring great print quality, allowing brand owners even more inventive options to

consider if they are looking to reduce their use of plastic and enhance the overall customer experience.”

Additions to the Delicitera® p o r t fo l i o i n c l u d e C r i s t a l ® transparent papers, Rocalonde™ twisting papers, and Gerstar® papers for glossy print applicat i o n s. A h l s t ro m - M u n k s j ö manufactures many specialty papers dedicated to sustainable Paper Bag - Representational Image food pack aging. End-uses include bakery, fast food, cheese, sweets, microwave popcorn, fruits and vegetables, pet food, and more.

“We truly collaborate with package designers, converters, and brand owners to produce innovative and sustainable packaging systems that satisfy any unique requirements, with the ultimate goal of delivering enhanced performance while streamlining your manufacturing processes,” Murphy said. n

Japan's Narita Airport Sets up Cardboard Beds for Travelers Awaiting Coronavirus Results The airport has prepared an impromptu hotel of cardboard beds and quilts in its baggage-claim area for passengers awaiting results of tests for the novel coronavirus.

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apan's Narita Airport has turned its baggage-claim area into an impromptu hotel of cardboard beds with quilts for passengers coming from overseas who might have to stay there while awaiting the results of tests for the novel coronavirus.

Though flights at Narita are down so sharply that the airport has closed one of its runways, planes are still landing with passengers arriving from countries including the United States and Italy who are required to undergo tests for the virus before they can head home.

Results can come as quickly as six hours, but delays now mean many take as long as one or two days.

As reported in a leading daily, with passengers forbidden to take public transportation, those with nobody to pick them up have to wait - and the cardboard beds have been readied in case nearby facilities currently being used to house passengers are full, he added. n

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Stora Enso Introduces New Barrier Boards to Replace Plastic in Food Packaging The new barrier solution responds to market demands for eco-friendly, renewable and recyclable packaging materials to replace plastics in food service applications.

February 18, 2020

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tora Enso has expanded its range of renewable packaging materials by introducing new dispersion barrier materials for paper cups and food packaging.

The new dispersion barriers Aqua™ and Aqua+™ by Stora Enso are

fluorochemical-free and used to produce paperboard for cups and food service packaging without the traditional plastic layer. Aqua is grease resistant while Aqua+ is both liquid and grease resistant, enabling optimal packaging performance and protection for food in diverse applications. n

The new barriers are aimed at retailers and brand owners who want to improve recyclability of their food packaging.

Ahlstrom-Munksjö Develops Certified Release Base Papers The release base papers are sustainable fiber-based substrates for silicone-coated release liners.

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hlstrom-Munksjö has announced the development of a new range of LamiBak™ release base papers certified according to the food contact and baking standards of the German Federal Institute for Risk Assessment (BfR).

The BfR XXXVI and BfR XXXVI/2 certified LamiBak products offer release liner convertors the proven performance of Ahlstrom-Munksjö's glassine papers through silicone coating and converting for safe use in contact with food and for oven baking.

LamiBak composition and certification enables the use of the silicone coated release liners into new product solutions to serve, heat and cook food in conventional and microwave ovens.

Additionally, a specific version of the product is designed to easily laminate a silicone-coated LamiBak layer to another

Release liners are widely used in a variety of applications, including pressure sensitive adhesive labels, tapes and graphics, as well as medical, hygiene and industrial uses.

bulkier and stiffer material, such as board or corrugated cardboard, creating a more rigid, entirely fiber-based container. n

Corrugated Box Industry Keeps Supply Chain Moving Amid COVID-19 Crisis Since the coronavirus outbreak, there has been a huge shift in the global market, including the pulp and paper industry.

March 20, 2020

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he manufacturers of corrugated cardboard boxes are working to keep transport packaging flowing to makers of essential products including packaging for food and other consumer products, medical and pharmaceutical products,

tissue and hygiene products and more amid the coronavirus pandemic.

According to the press release, disruption in the availability of these goods would cause significant hardships to consumers across the country who depend on steady and stable supplies.

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“As COVID-19 changes our daily lives, we want to assure consumers that the box industry is continuing to operate and to deliver needed packaging to our customers who supply grocery stores, pharmacies, doctor's offices and hospitals with food and medical supplies to keep us all healthy and safe.

Corrugated cardboard packaging is the backbone of the American supply chain,” said Fibre Box Association President and CEO Dennis Colley.

All necessary precautions are being taken during the manufacturing of corrugated cardboard boxes.

Corrugated cardboard manufacturers are dedicated to continuing to operate box plants under the guidelines of Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the

Fibre Box Association joins American Forest & Paper Association in encouraging Federal, State and local governments to recognize the corrugated packaging industry as “essential” when drafting “Shelter in Place” orders. We ask for clear exclusion of our manufacturing operations to limit disruptions to the supply chain. n

Stora Enso and Sulapac Launches Renewable and Biodegradable Straw Stora Enso's aim is to replace plastics and other finite materials with renewable solutions.

February 18, 2020

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ogether with Sulapac, Stora Enso has launched the renewable and biodegradable straw to the market. A demo straw was launched in 2018 at the startup event Slush.

The straw is now rolling out to the market with first availability to companies in Europe.

The straws are based on Sulapac's patent pending material innovation. The main components are renewable materials such as wood and plant-based binders. The material works in existing plastic straw production lines, which makes it an interesting option for plastic straw producers. n

Renewable and biodegradable straw

Unilver Introduces Ingman Ice Cream in Renewable Packaging Material From Stora Enso The renewed Ingman now delivers the joy of ice cream together with the sustainability that has always been an integral part of its ice creams and factory policies.

March 16, 2020

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nilever Finland has introduced Ingman ice cream in a newly designed 1 litre carton made of Stora Enso's fully renewable and recyclable packaging board.

Unilever wanted packaging that could help them meet their target of cutting the company's environmental footprint by half in ten years. Fully renewable and recyclable 1 litre cartons made of Performa Cream™ by Stora Enso with a plant-based PE Green™ barrier coating help Unilever reduce their use of fossilbased materials and reduce waste. n

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Nordic Wood Biorefinery Conference Stockholm, Sweden www.ri.se/en 14-16, October 2020

MIAC Lucca, Italy www.miac.info/en 28-29, October 2020

Paper & Biorefinery Graz, Austria www.paper-biorefinery.com/en 12-14, November 2020

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