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Khanna Paper Mills

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Khanna Paper Mills (KPM) is an Amritsar, India based business, which manufactures and supplies writing and printing papers, newsprint papers, and paperboards,[1] and is the largest plant in the country using paper waste. It is the first paper mill in India to produce writing and printing paper from de-inked pulp.[2] The paper is exported to SAARC countries, Africa, and the Middle East.[3]

History

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The company was incorporated in 1985[3] by Rattan Chand Khanna, as the senior founders promoter, and his wife Satyawati Son Charanjit. Their family contributed to the founding. Now, his sons are directors of the company.[4]

Business

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Khanna Paper Mills annually produces 10000 million tons of writing printing paper, news print and paper board using approximately 15000 million tons of recycled fiber.[1][5]

The paper mill has a 200-kg-per-day sun dried board unit[clarification needed],[6] and produces 100 tons of newsprint daily, and a plant produces 100 tons of writing and printing paper daily.[4]

References

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  1. ^ a b Roy, Vijay C (20 January 2013). "Khanna Paper Mills on expansion spree". Business Standard. Retrieved 17 November 2022.
  2. ^ "Valmet to rebuild Khanna paper mills in India". Pulp Paper News. 24 February 2016. Archived from the original on 6 May 2017. Retrieved 17 November 2022.
  3. ^ a b "Khanna Paper Mills Ltd". Bloomberg. Archived from the original on 29 November 2016. Retrieved 17 November 2022.
  4. ^ a b Roy, Vijay C (14 February 2013). "Khanna Paper Mills to open unit in Amritsar". Business Standard. Retrieved 17 November 2022.
  5. ^ Rana, Yudhvir (1 September 2016). "Paper industry to revive newspaper-reading habit". The Times of India. Retrieved 17 November 2022.
  6. ^ Robin, Ravinder Singh (12 August 2009). "Amritsar's Khanna Paper Mills, the largest user of paper waste in country". oneindia. Retrieved 17 November 2022.
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