Newsprint Consumption Industry

Newsprint Consumption Industry estimates suggest that Indian print media consumed close
to 1.8 tonnes of newsprint in 2007.

India has around 79 newsprint mills among which four are in the public sector.

Nepa Ltd,

Government Competitors of NEPA Ltd.

 Mysore Paper Mills Ltd,

The Mysore Paper Mills Limited, (MPM) founded by Sri.Krishnaraja Wodeyar Bahadur in 1937 the
Maharaja of erstwhile Mysore State was incorporated on 20th May 1936 under the then Mysore
Companies Regulation, VIII of 1917. Later it became a Government Company in 1977 under Section
617 of the Companies Act, 1956. The Company has its Registered Office at Bangalore and its plant
located at Bhadravati, Shimoga District, Karnataka State.

The Company has an Authorized Capital of 150 Crs. and paid up capital of about 120 Crs. The shares
of the company are listed in the Bombay Stock Exchange and there are about 17,000 shareholders.

While Government of Karnataka holds 65% of the shareholding of the Company, IDBI and other
Financial Institutions hold 18% of the shares and shareholding by the General Public is 17%.

The company is managed by eminent Board of Directors consisting of IAS, IFS and other professionals.

The Chairman & Managing Director of the Company is assisted by a team of professionals in various
fields who have expertise in production, finance, marketing etc., with a dedicated team force.

MPM with 5000 employees has its own township. About 15000 families of the cane growers who supply
sugarcane to the company are directly dependant on this company and many more depend indirectly
The direct and indirect contribution by MPM to the local economy is about Rs.200 Cr P.A.

ISO CERTIFICATION:

The Environmental Management System of the Company has been certified to conform to the coveted
ISO 14001 standard since August 2004. The Scope of certification covers manufacture of Newsprint,
Writing, Printing & Packaging Paper and Manufacture of Plantation White Sugar

 Hindustan Newsprint Ltd

Hindustan Newsprint Limited (HNL), located at Velloor in Kottayam District in Kerala, is a
Government of India (Central Public Sector) Enterprise under the administrative
jurisdiction of the Department of Heavy Industry, Ministry of Heavy Industries and Public
Enterprises. HNL was incorporated as a wholly owned subsidiary of the Hindustan Paper
Corporation limited (HPC) on June 07, 1983.
  Tamil Nadu Newsprint and Papers Ltd

The Tamil Nadu Newsprint and Papers Limited (TNPL)[2] was established by
the Government of Tamil Nadu[3] to produce newsprint and writing paper
using bagasse, a sugarcane residue. The Government of Tamil Nadu listed the paper
mill in April 1979 as one of the most environmentally compliant paper mills in the
world under the provisions of the Companies Act of 1956. The factory is situated
at Kagithapuram 11.0488°N 77.9977°E in the Karur Districtof Tamil Nadu. The
registered office of the company is located inGuindy, Chennai

Other competitors of NEPA Ltd. In private sector are as follows-

 ITC Paperboards & Specialty Papers Division

 Laxmi Board & Paper Mills Ltd.
 Indo Afrique Paper Mills Pvt Ltd.
 K.R. Pulp & Papers Limited
 Punalur Paper mill
 Ballarpur Industries Ltd.
 J K Paper Ltd.
 Andhra Pradesh Paper Mills Ltd.
 West Coast Paper Mills Ltd.
 Murli Industries Ltd.
 TNPL (Tamil Nadu newsprint and papers limited).
 Seshasayee Paper And Boards Ltd.
 SPB Papers Ltd. Tirunelveli.
 Sri Srinivasa paper mills pvt ltd.
 The Khanna paper mills Ltd.
 The South India paper mills Ltd.
 Sai Rayalaseema paper mills Ltd.

 Shree Krishna paper mills.

 The Orient Paper mills Ltd.
 Mysore Paper Mills.
 The Hindustan Paper Corporation.
 ABC papers.
 Hemkunt Paper Mills Ltd.
 Shreyans Paper Mills Ltd.
 Shree Rishabh Papers.
 Satia Paper Mills Ltd.
 Trident Paper Mills Ltd.
 Century Pulp & Paper Industry.
 Suryaans Paper
 Trident Group
 The Sirpur Paper Mills Limited

All 3 come under the ownership of the government Indian Newsprint Manufacturers
Association (INMA), an industry body says that the installed capacity of India’s newsprint
mills is close to 2metric tonnes. It also made a mention of the reason behind mills
channeling their attention to paper products. Newsprint manufacturing has been a loss-
making- proposition in India, reports Ajay Modi (2008). According to INMA, the paper mills
in India produced around 1mt of newsprint. The rest is imported from North America,
Europe, Russia and the Scandinavian countries. Large newspaper publishing establishments
opt for a mix of domestic and imported newsprint. English dailies use an 80:20 mix in favour
of imported newsprint, regional language dailies employ the same ratio with priority
assigned to Indian newsprint. The global price volatility has its influence on the ratio as well.