Lemit Papers Begins Commercial Production at its 160,000 TPA

Board Line in Morbi

The board machine at Lemit's mill manufactures whiteback and grayback coated duplex board in a basis weight range of 200-450 g/m2.

January12,2023

Lemit Papers, one of the largest and finest quality duplex board manufacturers, has started its commercial production of the board production line in Morbi, Gujarat. The board line,atthenewGreenfieldsite,hasaproductioncapacityof450 TPD.

In September 2022, the trial production on the board production line commenced while the actual production began in December 2022. The board machine at the mill produces whiteback coated duplex board and grayback coated duplex 2 board in a basis weight range of 200-450 g/m. It has a productioncapacityof160,000TonnePerAnnum(TPA).

Asinformedinarelease,LemitPaperprocuresRecoveredPaper (RCP) for the unit's feedstock domestically and from the USA, Europe, and the Middle East, says Mr. Jayesh Patel, Chairman, LemitPapersLLP.

The board line was provided by China-based Qinyang Pingan Light Industry Machinery. Moreover, France-based Kadant Lamorthaddevelopedtheintegratedpulpproductionlineand approach flow system and the automation system was deliveredbyValmetGlobalfortheboardunit.

Mr. Patel added that in addition to serving the domestic packaging sector, the output of the board production line will also be considered for exports to the Middle East, Europe, Africa,theUSA,Bangladesh,andVietnam. n