170000 TPA: JK Paper's new multi-layer board machine will start commercial production from next quarter in Gujarat

170000 TPA: JK Paper's new multi-layer board machine will start commercial production from next quarter in Gujarat

The new board machine will start commercial production from next quarter & the new Chemical Pulping Line & Recovery Island will also be commissioned in the same quarter.

3rd September 2021 | Gujarat | The Pulp and Paper Times:

Accelerated demand for packaging boards for online purchases and tissue papers on account of the Covid-19 pandemic, along with specialty papers, will drive growth going forward. The market for packaging board is likely to grow 9-10 per cent annually in India, compared with around four per cent globally.This growth is catalysed by personal consumption and the growing substitution of plastic products.

Aiming to tap the growing market in Carton Board segment - Virgin Packaging Board, J K Paper Ltd has installed the new multi-layer board machine line at its manufacturing facility at CPM, Fort Songadh in the State of Gujarat in the month of August 2021. The total installed capacity of J K Paper Ltd including Sirpur Paper Mills has gone up to 7.61 lac TPA with this expansion.

The brand new State of the Art Board Machine line with main machine supplied by Valmet & other components supplied by reputed equipment manufacturers like CCL, AFT, Andritz, RunTech, Brunsweiler etc. has capacity to produce top quality Folding Box Board & Solid Bleached Sulfate Board. The new board machine features latest cutting edge technologies to produce various Value Added Products & convert them into customer requirements with modern Converting, Finishing & Warehousing facilities.

 The new board machine will start commercial production from next quarter & the new Chemical Pulping Line & Recovery Island will also be commissioned in the same quarter.

 Shri H. P.Singhania, Vice Chairman & Managing Director & Shri A.S.Mehta, President & Director of  J K Paper Ltd. congratulated the entire Project Team of J K Paper & all the vendors, technology partners &  engineering consultants for successfully starting up the new board line in extremely challenging times due to Covid interruptions, travel restrictions & remote commissioning of various equipments.

Over the years, JK Paper strengthened its industry statesmanship through forward-looking investments in technologies directed to moderate the consumption of finite resources, increasing operating efficiency and reinforcing margins. The Company’s Triple Bottomline Approach validates that ‘green’ business is good business.

JK Paper has been a pioneer in investing in cutting-edge environment-friendly technologies. Over the years, the Company moderated effluents and emissions and turned carbon-positive. The Company was the first in the Indian paper industry to receive the ISO 14001 Environment Management Certification in 1998, ‘Greenest Paper Mill’ Award of CSE in 1999 and among the two leading paper mills for getting the Three Leaves Award from CSE in 2004

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