Corrugated Board Raw Materials

Products: Fully Bleached Kraft (FBK), SBS, Coated Duplex Board, Multiwall Kraft, packaging boards

Writing & Printing: Maplitho, Bond, Copier, NCR, Cast Coated, Decor papers

Significance: India's largest integrated paper and board company. Bhadrachalam uses eucalyptus plantation pulp — fully integrated pulp-to-board. Every major FMCG and pharma converter in India sources from ITC PSPD.✓ FSC Certified✓ ISO 9001✓ ISO 14001✓ BRC Food✓ AWS Platinum

Products: Single-ply and multi-ply Kraft paper for corrugated and industrial use; Writing & Printing (Maplitho, Bond, Copier); Newsprint

Capacity: ~1.1 lakh MT per annum

Location: Dandeli, Karnataka — Western Ghats forest belt. One of India's oldest and largest integrated mills.✓ Listed BSE/NSE✓ Integrated mill

Products: Writing & Printing papers (Maplitho, Ledger, Bond); Packaging Boards (Kraft board)

Raw material: Bagasse (sugarcane waste) — agro-residue based, 100% non-wood pulp

Capacity: ~1.15 lakh MT per annum

Significance: India's largest agro-residue based paper mill. Pioneer of bagasse-based paper in India. Strong South India distribution.✓ Listed BSE✓ Bagasse based✓ ISO 9001✓ ISO 14001

Products: Newsprint (primary — supplies major newspaper groups nationally); Writing & Printing papers; Kraft paper

Capacity: ~3.3 lakh MT total — one of India's largest paper mills by capacity

Parent: Emami Group (same group as Emami FMCG — HimaniNavratna, BoroPlus etc.)✓ Listed BSE/NSE✓ Emami Group

Products: Corrugated Case Materials — Kraft liner, Testliner, Fluting medium; Specialty papers

GSM range: 100–550 gsm · Burst Factor: 18–40 BF · 3 production lines

Capacity: 400 TPD / 1,25,000 MT per annum

Export: One of India's largest kraft paper exporters — 50,000+ MT annual exports to China, Malaysia, Thailand, Vietnam, Turkey, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, UAE

Annual turnover: ₹700 crore+ (FY2022)✓ Listed NSE✓ FSC-C141997✓ 400 TPD✓ Major exporter

Products: Duplex Board, SBS Board; Writing & Printing: JK Copier (India's largest-selling copier brand), JK Excel Bond

Capacity: ~6.5 lakh MT combined

Significance: One of only two domestic SBS producers alongside ITC PSPD✓ Listed BSE/NSE✓ JK Organisation✓ FSC Certified

Products: Multi-ply Kraft paper, Testliner, Fluting medium, Duplex board

Raw material: 100% recycled waste paper (OCC — Old Corrugated Containers)

Significance: Major corrugated paper supplier in North India's packaging belt — key supplier to Delhi-NCR and UP corrugated box manufacturers

Products: Sack Kraft, Industrial Kraft, Cement bag paper; Maplitho, Bond

Raw material: Agro-residue (wheat straw, bagasse) — one of India's oldest mills to convert from timber to agro-residue

Significance: One of North India's oldest paper mills; significant kraft paper supplier in the North India corrugated sector

Products: Writing & Printing papers (Copier, Bond, Maplitho); Kraft paper (industrial grades)

Raw material: Agro-residue (wheat straw) + recycled fibre

Capacity: ~2 lakh MT

Location: Muktsar, Punjab — agro-residue belt✓ Listed BSE/NSE✓ Agro-residue✓ Punjab

Products: Newsprint (primary); Writing & Printing (Maplitho, Bond, Duplicating); Duplex Board (Unit II — Kagithapuram)

Raw material: 100% sugarcane bagasse — India's pioneer in agro-residue paper

Capacity: ~4 lakh MT total✓ Government Owned✓ Bagasse based✓ Listed BSE/NSE✓ FSC Certified

Products: Kraft Paper (primary — high load-bearing, high tensile strength for corrugated packing boxes), Writing & Printing papers (Maplitho)

Raw material: Agricultural residue (rice husk, bagasse, forest waste, cotton stock, mustard stock) — 100% agro-waste based since inception

Capacity: 52,800 TPA Kraft + 33,000 TPA Writing/Printing — Total ~85,000 TPA

Location significance: Kala Amb, HP — serves the Punjab, Haryana, and North India corrugated packaging belt. Listed company. Est. with 2,310 TPA, expanded 23× over four decades.
✓ Listed BSE✓ Agro-residue✓ FSC initiatives

Products:
Unit 1 (200 TPD): Kraft Paper (80–200 gsm, 12–28 BF), Fluting Media, Testliner, Semi Sack Kraft, Wrapping Paper, Absorbent Kraft
Unit 2 (300 TPD): Coated Duplex Board (180–450 gsm), Uncoated Duplex Board (150–400 gsm), Grey Back / Kraft Back / White Back, Cup Stock, Grey Chip Board, Rigid Board

Total capacity: 1,00,000+ MT per annum across both units

Significance: One of the largest kraft and duplex board manufacturers in South India. FSC certified. Hosur location serves the Bengaluru-Chennai industrial corridor — the densest concentration of electronics, automotive, and FMCG packaging plants in South India.
✓ FSC Certified✓ South India leader✓ 100,000+ TPA

Products: Fluting Kraft Paper, Testliner Paper, Recycled Pulp Paper; 100 –180 gsm testliner in rolls

Process: 100% recycled fibre (OCC — Old Corrugated Containers). Starch-treated for enhanced burst strength. Strict QC on grammage, moisture, RCT, and COBB values

Location significance: Navi Mumbai — central supply location for Maharashtra's corrugated box cluster (Bhiwandi, Rabale, Turbhe, Taloja industrial estates). Also exports recycled pulp.
✓ Recycled OCC✓ Navi Mumbai

Products: Kraft Paper — 120–200 gsm, BF 14/16/18/20/22/25

Capacity: 150 MT per day (state of the art production facilities)

Process: 100% recycled / waste-based (OCC)

Location significance: Kolkata — serves East India corrugated box manufacturers (West Bengal, Bihar, Jharkhand, Odisha, Northeast). Export buyers from USA, Canada, UK active.
✓ West Bengal✓ 150 TPD✓ Recycled OCC

Products relevant to India: Kraftliner, Testliner, Fluting medium, Corrugated packaging

Scale: World's largest integrated corrugated packaging company post-2024 merger

India relevance: Global benchmark for corrugated board specifications. Standard reference for BF and RCT specs used by India's premium corrugated converters. Some direct import to India's premium corrugated sector.

Products relevant to India: Advantage Kraft kraftliner; Testliner; Containerboard grades

Key mills: Štětí (Czech Republic), Richards Bay (South Africa), Syktyvkar (Russia), Frantschach (Austria)

India supply: South African mills supply Asia-Pacific via Cape Town port — competitively priced for India's premium corrugated importers

Products relevant to India: BeatKraft kraftliner; OCC-based containerboard

Key mills: Fors (Sweden), Oulu (Finland), Imatra (Finland), Heinola (Finland)

India supply: Kraftliner and premium containerboard for e-commerce and FMCG corrugated applications. Active India market presence.

Products relevant to India: Kraftliner from South African mills (Ngodwana, Cape Kraft)

India relevance: Some import of South African kraftliner to the Indian premium packaging sector. Cape Kraft mill specifically produces containerboard grades for export.

Products relevant to India: Containerboard — Kraftliner, Testliner, Fluting — from Asian mills

Key mills: Japan, Malaysia, Thailand, Indonesia, Australia, China

India supply: Southeast Asian mills are geographically and freight-competitively close to India. Growing India market for Oji containerboard.

Products: Recycled containerboard — Kraftliner, Testliner, Corrugating medium

Scale: World's largest recycled containerboard producer

India supply: Chinese recycled testliner imported to India at competitive pricing — significant import volumes for standard corrugated applications where lower BF grades are acceptable