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TECHNOLOGICAL STATUS
  • Obsolescence of technology in most cases.
  • Lack of eco friendly state of the art processing technologies.
  • Uneconomic scale of operation.
  • In an international comparison, even the largest machines are medium-size
      - The average capacity of paper machines is about 14000 t/a
      - Most of Indian paper machines have a trim width from 1.5 to 3.5 m
      - There are only 9 paper machines with trim width of 5 m or more
      - Only 14 machines have capacities 50000 t/a or more
  • It is not possible to have very high speed paper machine, i.e. >1500 mpm for type of raw material available in India
  • Similarly for adoption of new papermaking technology quality of raw material and mill size are the major limitations.
  • Except the wood based integrated mills and few agro/RCF mills the level of automation and process control is very low in most of the mills
ENVIRONMENTAL COMPLIANCE - ISSUES
    The major environmental issues :
    • Control of color and AOX discharge
    • Control of release of Non Condensable Gases (NCG's).
    • Disposal of Solid waste viz. Lime Sludge/Fly ash
  • CREP for Paper Industry was introduced in the year 2003 by MoEF
  • to be complied by entire industry between 2005 to 2008.
DEMAND & SUPPLY SCENARIO
Paper Industry to witness firm Demand
  • Demand for paper industry is closely linked to the economic growth of a country.
  • The paper industry has grown at a steady 6.0 per cent over the last few years and it is expected to grow by 6.6 per cent over the next 2-3 years.
  • The increase in demand will stem from faster growing varieties of paper -coated paper, copier paper and duplex boards.
  • Capacities to the tune of 1.5 million tonnes (20 %of current capacity) will come on-stream over the next 3 years. This will result in a decline in operating rates over the next 2-3 years till the additional supply is absorbed by the incremental demand.
  • Although input costs are expected to increase over the next few years, the rise in price of paper will not be steep due to an improvement in plant efficiency due to the the modernisation being carried out by mills.
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