Capacity upgrade for ITC Limited at Bhadrachalam mill

ITC Limited in India is having the PM1A board machine at its Bhadrachalam mill rebuilt by Valmet with start-up in the second quarter of 2024.

“ITC is the frontrunner in the Indian paper industry, applying the new technology to fulfill our customers’ needs,” said Vadiraj Kulkarni, divisional chief executive at ITC Limited. “The goal of the PM1A rebuild is to produce higher basis weight packaging grade for increasing the production to meet the future market demands. We selected Valmet as a supplier based on its proven technology and the previous projects executed successfully together with them.”

The improvements will include an OptiFlo Fourdrinier headbox, modifications in the