Khanna Paper Mills Explained

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

The company was incorporated in 1985 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

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.^[5]

The paper mill has a 200-kg-per-day,^[6] and produces 100 tons of newsprint daily, and a plant produces 100 tons of writing and printing paper daily.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Roy . Vijay C . January 20, 2013 . Khanna Paper Mills on expansion spree . 2022-11-17 . Business Standard.
2. Web site: 2016-02-24 . Valmet to rebuild Khanna paper mills in India . https://web.archive.org/web/20170506075155/http://www.pulpapernews.com:80/2016/02/valmet-to-rebuild-khanna-paper-mills-in-india . May 6, 2017 . 2022-11-17 . Pulp Paper News.
3. Web site: Khanna Paper Mills Ltd . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20161129021805/https://www.bloomberg.com/research/stocks/private/snapshot.asp?privcapid=25130191 . Nov 29, 2016 . 2022-11-17 . Bloomberg.
4. Web site: Roy . Vijay C . February 14, 2013 . Khanna Paper Mills to open unit in Amritsar . 2022-11-17 . Business Standard.
5. Web site: Rana . Yudhvir . Sep 1, 2016 . Paper industry to revive newspaper-reading habit . 2022-11-17 . . en.
6. Web site: Robin . Ravinder Singh . August 12, 2009 . Amritsar's Khanna Paper Mills, the largest user of paper waste in country . 2022-11-17 . oneindia.