NAGOAN PAPER MILL

Nagaoan paper mill is situated in Guwahati Nagoan Road (National Highway 37) is in the Morigoan District of Assam. It is 4km away from Jagi Road Railway Station. Product Annual Installed Capacity Raw Material Powder Manpower : Writing, Printing Paper and News Print : 1,00,000 Metric Tones : Bamboo, Coal, Lime and Soft Stone

: 1200 employees and 5000 contact workers

Performance Highligts: 2006-2007 1,05,160 tones 2007-2008 1,15,125 tones 2008-2009 1,10,008 tones 2009-2010 1,06,000 tones

CACHAR PAPER MILL

Cachar Paper Mill is situated by the side of the Barak River in the Hailakandi District of Assam in NH.37 between Silchar and Guwahati near Panchgram Railway Station. But due lack of Raw materials and insurgency problems it decreases its production. Product Annual Installed Capacity Raw Material Stone Manpower Performance Highligts: 2006-2007 1,03,115 tones 2007-2008 96,621 tones 2008-2009 65,012 tones : Writing, Printing Paper and News Print : 1,00,000 Metric Tones : Bamboo ,Soft wood, Coal ,Lime and Soft

: 1200 employees and workers

HINDUSTAN NEWSPRINT LIMITED (HNL), KOTTAYM, KERELA

Hindustan Newsprint Limited is located at Mavellore,KERALA.It is very close to the Piravam Road Railway Station.HNL is the mill in India to produce Newsprint with eucalyptus wood. Newsprint in HNL is produced with 55% chemi-mechanical pulp 30% and 15% chemical pulp. Product Annual Installed Capacity Raw Material Manpower : News Print : 1,00,000 Metric Tones : Bamboo, Reeds ,Eucalyptus ,Acaci : 1306 employees and workers

Performance Highligts: 2006-2007 1,12,565 tones 2007-2008 1,16,111 tones 2008-2009 1,08,005 tones

NAGALAND PULP AND PAPER COMPANY LIMITED (NPPC)

The mill is situated at Assam-Nagaland Border at Tuli in the district of Mukokchung, Nagaland. It is a joint venture where Government of India holds 95% share and Government of Nagaland holds 5% share. Commercial production in NPPC started in July 1982. However, due to lack of Power Supply, Raw material and operating losses the hill has suspended its operational activities from October 1992.

PAPER MAKING PROCESS

BLEACHING

PULPING

ADDITIVES

CHIPPING

REMOVING WATER

RAW MATERIAL

PAPER

RAW MATERIALS: Bamboo, coal, soft wood, lime, soft stone powder, linters, linen and timber etc. STEP 1: CHIPPING Bamboo or wood as such cannot be used for Pulping. For economical operation of pulping plant as well as for better penetration of cooking liquor, wood logs/ bamboo, are to be chipped into small pieces. The process is called Chipping and the equipment used for chipping are called Chippers. STEP 2: PULPING Pulp is obtained by removing lignin and other impurities from the wood and other raw materials through a cooking process. The Chips are loaded into a Digester and cooking liquor is added. Then by pressure cooking, the wood, bamboo or other raw material fibres are separated from unwanted ingredients. The Chips and liquor are mixed as the chips are pumped into top of the Digester. After passing through cooking zone, the chips( which are not become pulp) are washed with weak liquor through Alkaline and Acid process.

STEP 3: BLEACHING Although cellulose fibre is White in colour, due to residual lignin traces remaining on the fibres, the pulp appears creamish. So the main objectives of bleaching the pulp are to increase the brightness of the pulp by removal or modification of some unwanted elements in the unbleached pulp. Bleaching pulp is normally done in a step wise sequence using different chemicals and process conditions at each stage, with washing in between stages. STEP 4: ADDITIVES Additives are added to the paper pulp to increase the brightness to the paper. Additives like calcium carbonate, dyes and starch are added. STEP 5: REMOVING WATER Removing water is the next important stage. For this pulp is passed through a rapidly moving wire. The objective is to remove water in the finished paper. A dandy roller near the end helps to smooth out the paper. The dandy roller improves the formation of the paper web by application of pressure. The next step is rewinding as a metal or fibre core. The last stages after this are sheeting, packing and testing. This are following stages follows in the process for producing paper in Hindustan Paper Mill and only soft wood is not used as Raw material in Nagoan Paper Mill. The waste product like bamboo dust from production is used to make Board, Ply board etc. The HPC export its product to all over Indian states and also to foreign countries like Bangladesh, Sri lanka, Egypt etc.