Paperboards and Specialty Papers

ITC's Paperboards and Specialty Papers Division is India's largest, technologically advanced and most eco-friendly, paper and paperboards business. The business caters to a wide spectrum of packaging, graphic, communication, writing, printing and specialty paper requirements through its four world-class manufacturing units, 7sales offices and a network of more than 50 dealers in India, along with an international trade network of 18 distributors / agents and 4 finishing operations close to the market for providing faster service to the customers.

Having pioneered many specialty applications, ITC's Paperboards and Specialty Papers business enjoys market leadership in the value-added paperboards segment, and also has a significant share of the Indian fine papers market. It is the largest exporter of coated boards from India.

The product range includes:

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Packaging

Virgin     Recycled Folding Box Boards Coated Duplex Whiteback Solid Bleached Boards Coated Duplex Greyback     Coated High Burst Liner

Specialty

Liquid packaging Barrier coated cartonboards Food grade packaging board Biodegradable barrier boards Cupstock Cast coated boards Antifungal Coated boards

Papers

Woodfree fine papers Unbleached Kraft base Absorbent Kraft Cigarette Tissues Opaque papers Electrical insulation papers Decor Surface, Printing & barrier papers Pharma Inserts Niche papers Superfine Printing

Graphic

Art boards Playing card boards Ivory boards Cigarette Tissues

ITC takes great pride in servicing a large cross-section of industry requirements - from cigarette tissues to FMCG cartons, from electrical insulation papers to PLA Coated Boards, from decorative laminate base to writing and printing papers and much more. ITC straddles the entire spectrum of paperboards - from 100% virgin, food-grade boards which are from renewable and sustainable resources to 100 % recycled boards

Some of ITC's prominent paperboard brands are:

Folding Box Boards: Cyber XLPac, Cyber Cypak, Cyber Propac, Cyber Premium, Pearl XL Pac

Solid Bleached Sulphate Boards: Safire Graphik, Art Maestro, Carte Persona, Carte Lumina, Safire XL Pac, Digiart

Poly coated boards: Indobev, Indobarr

PLA Coated boards: Omegabev, Omegabarr, Omegawrap

Recycled boards: Eco Blanca, Eco Natura

Fine Papers: AlfaZap, Alfa Plus, Hi Brite, Paperkraft , Alfazine, Perma White

Each of the units specialises in a range of products. Together, these units produce close to 5,50,000 TPA of paper and paperboards that meet stringent quality requirements across the world. All four manufacturing units are ISO 9001, ISO 14001 and OHSAS 18001 certified and meet strict Environment, Health and Safety norms.

The unit in Bhadrachalam is India's largest integrated pulping and paperboard manufacturing unit. It boasts of equipment supplied by internationally renowned suppliers for pulping processes, paper machines, web detection & inspection systems, and finishing & packing lines. Currently the unit produces high-end virgin and recycled boards for packaging and graphic applications, and fine printing papers. The Bhadrachalam unit manufactures and uses pulp made from ozone bleaching process known as light ECF process. The use of ozone technology significantly reduces the load of toxins in the effluent discharged, and helps customers get a brighter, stronger product that is also environmentally responsible with the BOD (Biochemical oxygen on demand) and COD (Chemical oxygen on demand) level way below the National Standards Limits. PM 4 & PM 5 of Unit Bhadrachalam is BRC - IOP certified for food grade boards.

The Kovai unit currently focuses entirely on recycled boards, servicing requirements for both greyback and whiteback recycled boards, The Kovai unit is a benchmark in environmental performance - helping ITC turn solid waste recycling positive by consuming more paper waste generated than is generated internally. This is done by collecting waste from households and institutions and recycling it at this facility.

The Tribeni unit specializes in fine papers and tissues and the product range from this unit comprises opaque papers for fine printing like the Bible, dictionaries, cigarette tissues, medical grade papers, anti-rust papers, electrical insulation papers, decor surface, printing and barrier papers. The Bollaram unit manufactures specialty boards such as cast coated papers and boards, poly extrusion coated barrier boards and C2S art boards and ivory boards. This unit is BRC- IOP certified for food grade boards.

Customers are at the core of the business. This is reflected in the diverse range of products, grades and value added services. There is a strong focus on partnering customers to co-create and deliver superior solutions, enhancing their competitive advantage.

All the 4 units of ITC PSPD are FSC-CoC (Forest Stewardship Council- Chain of Custody) certified enabling it to provide a diverse range of paperboards/paper with FSC certificate which is a gold standard in wood certification for ethical and legal sourcing.

The Business' quality philosophy is reflected at every stage - from the selection of clones used for growing pulpwood to world-class manufacturing facilities to the finishing and packing lines. It embraces the relevant skills and competencies of employees, managers and specialists as well.

A dedicated network of regional sales offices, an extensive dealer and agent network in India and across the globe along with close to market finishing and stock holding facilities enable ITC's Paperboards and Specialty Papers business to reach out to customers faster, to service them better. With the division-wide implementation of Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) in 2009, the business also offers customers an enriched experience through enhanced connectivity and web-access to many of the services that were handled offline.

ITC's commitment beyond the market finds a strong expression in the Social and Farm forestry programmes spearheaded by the business. These programmes help create man hours of employment for the rural poor, besides being a sustainable source of high-quality raw material for the business. ITC's Research and Development efforts in creating disease resistant, high yielding clones help farmers realize greater yields in a shorter time - from land that may be otherwise unproductive. More than 1,24,000 hectares of planted area stands testimony to ITC's commitment to sustainable forestry.

Working towards credible certification of its environmentally responsible processes and products, ITC is the first Indian company to be invited to become a member of the WWF GFTN programme. With this membership, ITC has committed to bring larger volumes of its products and its operations under credibly certified schemes like FSC.

Supporting the cause of clean technology, ITC is a front-runner in introducing environment-friendly Elemental Chlorine Free (ECF) technology, and more recently, Ozone bleaching in India. ITC's focus on being a carbon-positive, water-positive, zero-solid waste disposal organization leads it to constantly develop ways of reducing, reusing and recycling. ITC has been 'Carbon Positive' for six years in a row, 'Water Positive' for nine consecutive years and 'Solid Waste Recycling Positive' for the last four years.

ITC's Paperboards and Specialty Papers business has also been a first-mover in the field of collecting and recycling post-consumer waste from residential localities, corporate and educational institutes through its WOW programme. ITC reaches out directly to consumers with its Wealth Out of Waste (WOW) campaign, that has been successfully implemented in select locations across southern India, and has plans to expand into other locations across the Country.

For more information on ITC PSPD's sustainability initiatives please visit www.itcpspd.com and www.itcgreenpapers.com.

Awards

ITC's Paperboards & Specialty Papers business has won numerous awards for quality, environmental management systems and product excellence. For more information please visit www.itcpspd.com.

Operations & Energy

• Gold Award 2007 and 2006 to Unit Bollaram by Frost & Sullivan in acknowledgement of the achievement in sustaining and maintaining manufacturing excellence.
• Paper Mill of the Year 2005-06 Award to the Bhadrachalam paperboards mill by the Indian Paper Manufacturers Association (IPMA).
• The British Safety Council's Five Star Health and Safety Award 2011 to Tribeni Unit and to the Bhadrachalam Unit in 2008. In 2011, Tribeni and Bollaram Units were also awarded the Sword of Honour. Five Star rating from the British Safety Council to Bollaram in 2011 and 2007, Kovai Unit in 2008 and 2007, and Tribeni Unit in 2006. The British Safety Council also awarded unit Kovai the International Safety Award with Distinction in 2011 These awards are given for excellence in Health & Safety management.

Links to Press Releases

• ITC celebrates 2nd Anniversary of the 'National Recycling Day' For a cleaner and greener Chennai
  Jul 01, 2012
• ITC's 'WOW' celebrates saving of 25,000 trees
  Oct 18, 2011
• ITC's 'WOW' - 'Wealth Out of Waste' initiative in association with Ramky Group celebrates the 1st Anniversary of 'National Recycling Day' - July 1st, 2011
  Jun 29, 2011

Links to Press Reports

• ITC writes new gospel with Bible
  The Economic Times
  Aug 06, 2012
• ITC's papers division seeks raw material sources
  Business Standard
  Jul 11, 2012
• On National Recycling Day, a call to students
  The Hindu
  Jul 02, 2012