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(April 15, 2010) CII & IPMA jointly organise PaperTech 2010
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(April 15, 2010) CII & IPMA jointly organise PaperTech 2010
Theme : Make Indian Pulp & Paper Industry World Class
16 & 17 June 2010 : CII - Godrej GBC, Hyderabad
CII-Godrej GBC and Indian Paper Manufacturers Association (IPMA) are jointly organising the 4th edition of PaperTech 2010 on 16 & 17 June 2010 at CII-Godrej GBC, Hyderabad. The theme of the seminar is �Make Indian Pulp & Paper Industry World Class�
Focus areas:
The two day conference focuses on the following:
- World class initiatives in Indian Pulp & Paper sector
- Pulp & Paper making
- Recovery Island, Power block & Utilities
- Small & Medium sized mills - including recycle fibre based mills
- Electrical controls & Automation
- Water & Waste water management
- Break out sessions for addressing specific issues related to
Pulp making & Paper machines
Speakers:
The following will address the technical & breakout sessions:
- Leading pulp & paper manufacturers
- National & International experts
- Technology developers
- Equipment suppliers
- Service providers & Consultants
For details and registration, please click the following link:
(March 10) Pulp & Paper under PAT scheme
The manufacturing industry in India accounts for 25% of the national Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and 44.4% of commercial energy use. There is a significant level of coal and oil in the energy mix (50% and 30% respectively) with the power sector now producing over 700,000 GWH per annum. The thermal power sector’s energy consumption is about 65% of the total commercial energy consumption of the industrial sector.
In pursuance of the guidelines provided in the National Action Plan on Climate Change, a steering committee was constituted in the Ministry of Power to prepare a framework document for “National Mission on Enhanced Energy Efficiency”, with the objective of enhancing energy efficiency by putting in place new initiatives. The Energy Conservation Act, 2001 has identified 15 large Energy Intensive Industries for energy improvements. The Government has notified nine industrial sectors including pulp and paper as designated consumers. These industries have to appoint an Energy Manager, file Energy Consumption Returns every year and conduct mandatory Energy Audits. They also will have to adhere to the Energy Consumption Norms specified by the Government.
The Perform Achieve and Trade (PAT) mechanism is a scheme that is being designed to incentivise higher plant efficiencies. The Specific Energy Consumption (SEC) is defined as energy consumption per unit of output. Almost all the industrial sectors are characterized with a wide bandwidth of specific energy consumption which is also indicative of large energy-savings potential in the sector. The wide bandwidth is a reflection of the differences in the energy-saving possibilities amongst plants because of their varying vintage, production capacity, raw material quality, product pix etc.
Under PAT scheme, it is proposed to divide the bandwidth into three or four groups called “range” and all plants within the same bandwidth range would have the same SEC percentage reduction targets, specified in relation to the existing SEC of an individual plant.
The additional Certified Energy Savings can be traded with other designated consumers who could use the Energy Savings Certificates to comply with reduction targets. ESCerts will be traded on special trading platforms to be created in the two power exchanges (IEX and PXIL). These targets would have to be achieved within a period of three years after the energy consumption norms have been notified and institutional arrangements put in place. The target setting and performance reconciliation will occur every three years.
(March 01, 2010) Union Budget 2010-11: Indirect Taxes
The Union Budget 2010-11 was tabled on February 26, 2010 in the Parliament. No significant budget proposals have been made impacting the paper industry.
Excise Duty:
The excise duty on paper and paperboard has been retained at 4%. However excise duty @ 10% is imposed on some of the paper products viz baby and clinical diapers and sanitary napkins which were fully exempt hitherto. Also, excise duty on cartons, boxes and cases of corrugated paper or paper board manufactured by standalone manufacturers is reduced from eight to four per cent.
(Notification No 10/2010 - Central Excise Dated 27th February, 2010)
Customs Duty:
The basic custom duty on import of paper and paper board is retained at 10% as before.
Exemption from 4% additional duty of customs (Special CVD) is provided on import of wastepaper and paper scrap effected by the traders. However, there is no change in its tariff structure in case of import by the Actual Users.
(Notification No.24/2010 – Customs dated 27th February, 2010)
(Feb 24, 2010) High Court admits IPMA�s petition on Safeguard Duty
The decision of the Directorate of Safeguards, Department of Revenue, Ministry of Finance, Government of India to not recommend safeguard duty on paper and paper board imports has come as a rude shock to the industry which is reeling under the impact of unbridled imports for a while now.
A writ petition with a prayer to quash/set aside the impugned notification dated 13th November 2009 issued by Directorate of Safeguards to not impose safeguard duty on imports of coated paper & board has been admitted by a division bench of the Delhi High Court.
The Court has issued notices to the Government of India and the Director-General of Safeguards (DGS) directing them to reply to the petition.
The court has listed the matter for hearing on May 11, 2010.
(July 07, 2009) Union Budget (2009-10) : Excise Notification
The government has maintained the effective rate of duty on paper, paper board and articles at 4 per cent while raising the duty for certain stationery products like folders, letter pads and file covers to 8 per cent. Notebooks and exercise books have also been exempted. Apparently, the move will have no impact whatsoever on paper consumption.
 (Feb 14, 2009) Mr Harsh Pati Singhania takes charge as FICCI President: Mr Harsh Pati Singhania, Managing Director of JK Paper Ltd and former President of IPMA has taken charge as President of Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) on February 13, 2009 at the conclusion of the 81st Annual General Meeting of FICCI held in the capital.
IPMA wishes Mr Singhania a very happy and fruitful tenure.
(Jan 05, 2009), Govt restores DEPB rates to pre-November 2008 levels: As the rupee has appreciated nearly four per cent against the dollar since November 2008, the Government has restored Duty Entitlement Pass Book (DEPB) rates to those prevailing prior to November 2008. Further, with a view to imparting predictability and stability of policy regime in the short term for future contracts, the DEPB scheme would be extended till end-December this year.
(Dec 11, 2008), Paper Manufactures Pass Duty cut Benefits to Consumers: Responding to the economic stimulus package announced by the government, members of Indian Paper Manufacturers Association (IPMA) have decided to pass on the entire excise duty cut benefits to the consumers.
In a statement issued today, Mr R Narayan Moorthy, Secretary General, IPMA said, "Despite the fact that there is no reprieve to the paper industry in terms of adequate availability, cost and quality of raw material viz. wood, bagasse, wheat straw and critical input such as coal, purchased power etc., the IPMA member mills have decided to pass on the full benefit of the excise duty reduction to customers. IPMA firmly believes that passing on the benefits will lead to an increase in demand of paper, in turn, strengthening the economy for, growth in economy and paper consumption is closely interlinked.�
Demand of paper in India has been hovering around 8% for some time. During the period 2002-07 while newsprint registered a growth of 13%, Writing & Printing, Containerboard, Cartonboard and others registered growth of 5%, 11%, 9% and 1% respectively. So far, the growth in paper industry has mirrored the growth in GDP and has grown on an average 6-7 per cent over the last few years. India is the fastest growing market for paper globally. Paper consumption is poised for a big leap forward in sync with the economic growth and is estimated to touch 13.95 million tons by 2015-16.
(Dec 08, 2008), Breakthrough technology to combat Eucalyptus Gall disease: Indian Paper Manufacturers Association (IPMA) and ICAR's biological control wing Bangalore based Project Directorate of Biological Control (PBDC) have joined hands to introduce new technology to combat the Eucalyptus Gall disease.
Having affected large plantations in various countries, the gall disease has reached Indian shores and has started affecting eucalyptus plantations in different pockets of the country. Chemical therapy has not proved to be very effective in curbing the menace. The new technology brought to India and currently under research entails eco-friendly and biological control of the Gall pest (a wasp) by introducing a parasitic wasp (parasitoids).
"Eucalyptus plantation has been adopted as a win-win model on economic, environmental and social parametres. For sourcing wood pulp, IPMA member mills have gone in for large scale eucalyptus plantations in association with farmers across the country primarily on degraded lands leading to significant rural employment. With gall disease affecting the plantations, IPMA took it upon itself to join hands with scientific institutions in the country to control the same." Said Mr Pradeep Dhobale, President IPMA and Divisional Chief Executive - ITC Limited - Paperboards and Specialty Papers Division.
In an initiative taken by Indian Paper Manufacturers Association (IPMA), a team of five scientists from Project Directorate of Biological Control (PDBC), Bangalore, Institute of Forest Genetics and Tree Breeding (IFGTB), Coimbatore and IPMA participated in the first international workshop on the control of the eucalyptus gall wasp at Jerusalem, Israel from 10th to 18th November 2008.
Israel has done pioneering research in the combat of eucalyptus gall wasp and has successfully mass reared parasitoids � wasps that kills the gall wasps preventing the spread of gall disease. The research found that biological control by introducing natural enemies of Gall wasp was an effective step towards managing the pest on large scale in plantations.
At the conference, the Indian scientists learnt how to propagate and release two types of parasitic wasps that eradicate the gall wasps during their larval and pupa stages and prevent them from multiplying beyond control. India was among the three countries (out of the 13 participating nations) who have received live parasitoids from the conference at Israel.
A workshop was jointly organized by PDBC and IPMA at Bangalore today to disseminate the knowledge on Eucalyptus Gall awareness and mitigation. The workshop discussed the issues such as awareness on eucalyptus gall disease, control measures - chemical (insecticide, pesticides, pheromones etc), developing resistant varieties for eucalyptus gall disease, discussion on how Israel is controlling the gall attack and way forward - how to multiply the parasitoids and spread it fast to control the gall insect in India.
"Coming together of PDBC and IPMA represents a good case of public private partnership to deal with calamities in agro-forestry sector. The workshop that has brought together representatives from all the major scientific institutions involved in forestry and leading industry players will definitely help in forming a well-coordinated strategy to combat the gall disease", said Dr R J Rabindra, Project Director PDBC.
Besides office bearers of IPMA and senior scientists from PDBC, the workshop saw participation from Institute of Wood Sciences & Tech, Institute of Forest Genetics and Tree Breeding, Univ. Agri Sci., Andhra Pradesh Agri Univ., Tamil Nadu Agri univ and executives from leading paper manufacturers in the country.
(Dec 01, 2008), IPMA next Annual General Meeting scheduled for January 09, 2009 at New Delhi: The next Annual General Meeting of Indian Paper Manufacturers Association will be held in New Delhi on Friday, January 09, 2009. IPMA awards will also be presented on the occasion. The Public Session will provide highlights on various topical issues concerning Paper Industry viz. an overview, its potential, challenges and focus areas.
(Nov 15, 2008), IPMA member mills invest over Rs 3000 crore towards clean and green technologies: Technology stands out as the most critical factor in achieving sustained competitiveness and industry performance. Paper Industry is a signatory to the Government of India�s Charter on Corporate Responsibility for Environmental Protection (CREP). The indigenous mills are consciously focusing on clean technologies which are cost effective with quality benefits. Mills are also endeavouring to brace up to assimilate global trend in the area of paper making which favours high-speed machines with new configuration for delivering large-scale productions for improved productivity and quality. IPMA member mills representing the organized face of the industry have invested over Rs.3,000 crore to assimilate cleaner technologies in adherence to Charter of corporate responsibility for environment protection.
(Nov 15, 2008), IPMA organises a two-day Residential Workshop on Selective Accounting Standards for the benefit of Accounting/Finance personnel: In sync with the Govt. of India�s pronouncement to make the International Financing Reporting Standards (IFRS) mandatory from April 01, 2011 for harmonizing the accounting practices, IPMA Commercial & Finance Sub Committee organised a two-day Residential Workshop on selective Accounting Standards for the benefit of Accounting/Finance personnel. The workshop was held on 1st & 2nd November 2008 at Pragati Resorts, Hyderabad and attended by 30 participants sponsored by IPMA Member Mills. The Faculty Members were Mr. M. P. Vijay Kumar and Mr. S. D. Balasubramaniam Chartered Accountants of repute from Prime Academy, Chennai.
(Nov 01, 2008), IPMA sponsors visit of scientists to Training Workshop to combat Gall Disease at Tel Aviv, Israel: The gall insect problem in eucalyptus continues to cause grave concern to the Govt. and the industry alike as no off-the-shelf solution to the problem is within the sight. It is generally acknowledged that the scientists in Israel have carried out much acclaimed pioneering work on "Management for containment of Gall disease" and have successfully developed effective Parasitoids.
A Training Workshop to combat Gall Disease is being held at Tel Aviv, Israel from 11th Nov. till 17th Nov.08. Along with scientists from ITC, BILT and TNPL who will represent IPMA at the workshop, the visit of a senior scientist from Project Directorate of Biological Control (PBDC), Bangalore has also been sponsored by IPMA. After their return an Interactive Workshop will be organized by IPMA for dissemination of learning amongst Member Mills engaged in Euca- plantation and it will be followed by field trials of parasitoids imported from Israel.
IPMA is also engaged with ICFRE, Dehradun and IFGTB, Coimbatore in respect of this exercise.
(Nov 01, 2008), Members of CII-IPMA Working Group on �Making Indian Pulp & Paper Industry World Class� visit European Mills: In the week beginning 13th October 2008, the CII-IPMA working group visited a few prominent paper mills and facilities of machinery and technology suppliers in Europe as a part of the project on � Making Indian Pulp & Paper Industry World Class�.
Besides Mr. R. Narayan Moorthy, Secretary General, IPMA and Mr. Mahesh Puranam, Engineer� Energy CII, the working group members included Mr. A. R.Thiagarajan, President SPB-PC, Dr. Ashok Kumar, Associate Vice President, BILT, Mr. N. K. Agarwal Executive Vice President (Works), JKPL: Central Pulp Mills, Mr. A. Padmanabhan, GM � Projects ITC (PSPD), Dr. T. G. Sunderraman Head � Energy, Seshasayee Papers and Boards Ltd, Mr. K. Kuppusamy, DGM � Utility, Tamil Nadu Newsprint and Papers Limited, Mr. S. K. Sharma, Director (Technical), Shreyans Industries Limited and Mr. Datta Kuvalekar, GM � R & D, Forbes Marshall.
During its visit to Finland, Sweden, Germany and France the working group studied the best practices adopted by mills like UPM Kymenne Wisaforest mill, Stora Enso Imatra mill, Sunilla mill, M-real Kyro and Stracel mill and also held wide ranging technical discussion with Metso, Andritz and GLV/ EIMCO.
As a path forward, a meeting of the participants of this mission is being planned in mid-November 2008 when based on technical input collected during the recent visits, the plan / focus areas /mode of preparation of the international best practices manual will be discussed. The schedule for re-visit to some of the domestic mills will also be firmed up.
(Oct 25, 2008), IPMA solicits entries for IPMA awards to be presented on the next AGM: IPMA has instituted awards to give due recognition to progressive paper mills in the country who can be an inspiration to other mills. The awards are truly �industry representative� as these are open to all the paper mills in India regardless of size, category, location and their affiliation. An eminent jury of technical and industry experts evaluates the nominations received on the basis of overall excellence in production by a paper mill considering financial, operational and other parameters like corporate social responsibility, R&D, quality, global competitiveness, HRD etc.
These awards include IPMA Paper Mill of the Year Award, IPMA Award for Energy Conservation and IPMA Award for Environment. A few special awards and merit certificates in recognition of commendable work done by the mills are also presented at the jury�s discretion.
Both the Energy Efficiency and Environment Conservation awards have evoked considerable interest and have encouraged healthy competition within the industry. These awards have helped IPMA take forward its cause of enhancing competitiveness through environment conservation.
IPMA Awards will be presented at the next AGM in January in New Delhi.
Indian Paper Manufacturers Association has solicited entries for the awards by November 25, 2008.
(Sept 25, 2008), IFC organizes workshop on Indian Farm Forestry: International Finance Corporation, Washington (IFC) organized Program Launch Workshop for the India Farm Forestry Advisory Program on September 22-23, 2008, at New Delhi.
The proposed Farm Forestry Advisory Program is a three-year joint initiative of the leading Pulp and Paper companies in India and the International Finance Corporation. The objective of the program is to support the companies in improving productivity and yields of their farm forestry operations, as well as help farmers to access financing. The program will initially focus on productivity improvements through genetics and nursery operations, and plant production.
The proposed Program Launch Workshop aims at bringing together main stakeholders of the future advisory program, with the objective of identifying common themes, challenges and opportunities that the program could address. This workshop is part of the program design, and gives an opportunity to prioritize future interventions to maximize the benefits the program will bring to the participating parties.
The workshop saw active participation by IFC personnel, representatives of IPMA, The State Forest Depts., Ministry of Environment & Forests, WWF, NABARD and invitees from Brazilian wood industries. The workshop was inaugurated by Mr. Bastiaan Mohrmann, Corporate Advice, IFC, Washington.
As a nodal agency of organized paper industry in India, IPMA has joined ranks with IFC for the success of the India Farm Forestry Advisory Program.
(Sept 01, 2008), IPMA members line up over Rs 13,000 crore Capex towards modernization/ expansion
More than Rs 13,000 crore (USD 3.09 billion) of capital expenditure is being targeted at capacity expansions, modernization and enhancement of efficiencies etc. by IPMA members mills in the next 2-3 years. This will lead to significant increase in pulp and paper production capacity and improvement in cost competitiveness.
| Company |
Present Capacity (TPA) |
Expansion (TPA)-(Proposed/ Under Implementation) |
Capex
(Rs. in Billions) |
| Appm |
153,500 |
104,000 + (150,000 T pulp) |
8.78 |
| Bilt |
465,000 |
350,000 |
18 |
| Century |
153,170 |
76,000 |
3.85 |
| HPC |
300,00 |
30,000 |
6.6 |
| ITC |
352,500 |
200,000 + (120,000 pulp) |
15 |
| JK paper |
180,000 |
210,000 |
10 |
| Khanna |
231,000 |
70,000 |
1.5 |
| Orient |
85,000 |
20,000 |
0.52 |
| SPB |
115,000 |
(80,000 pulp) + 80,000Tpaper |
6 |
| Sirpur |
83,550 |
55,000 |
2.94 |
| Star |
75,000 |
60,000 |
5.5+ |
| TNPL |
230,000 |
15,000 + 170,000 |
5.65 + 7.25 = 12.90 |
| WCPM |
163,700 |
140,000 |
11 |
| Abhishek |
40,000 |
70,000 |
7 |
| Yash |
16,000 |
50,000 |
2.5 |
| Emami |
60,000 |
90,000 + 150,000 |
4 + 15 |
| Rama |
132,000 |
200,000 |
7 |
| Pudumjee |
60,000 |
30,000 |
1 |
| (Data Collected in January´ 2008) |
(July 01, 2008), CII-Sohrabji Godrej Green Business Centre and IPMA launch National Best Practices Manual for Pulp & Paper Industry titled �Making Indian Pulp & Paper Industry World Class�: The manual has been developed based on the learning of the working group during the visits to individual plants. The working group was formulated with participation from Paper Mills, Consultants and Equipment Suppliers. The manual would benefit both the participating and the non-participating companies. This would also initiate the process of sharing best practices among pulp and paper industry.
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