ITC entered the field of paperboards in 1975 when it incorporated Bhadrachalam Paperboards Ltd. The new company was setup as a integrated paperboard manufacturing facility and commenced operations at Bhadrachalam in Andhra Pradesh, 300 km east of Hyderabad. The Bhadrachalam mill today produces 210,000 TPY of papers & boards and is the largest single location mill in India. The mill is focused on producing paperboards for packaging and graphics segments and product range includes Cyber XLPac (folding box boards), Pearl/Saphire Graphik (solid bleached boards) high value boards apart from the Ecoviron range of recycled boards. The mill also makes liquid packaging boards for Tetrapak in India.

With the commissioning of the new fibre line in September ,07 the Bhadrachalam mill will have a Elemental Chlorine Free pulp capacity of 240,000 TPY. The Bhadrachalam location today has three board machines and two smaller paper machines. A new paper machine of 90000 tonnes per year capacity is scheduled for commissioning in April’08. This line will have the capability to make both uncoated and coated woodfree and communication papers. The unit is ISO 9002:2000 series accredited. The unit is also ISO 14001 certified for Environment Management Systems.

The third manufacturing location at Bollarum near Hyderabad produces 5000 TPY of Cast Coated Papers and Boards, 10,000 TPY of Poly Extrusion coated boards and 10000 TPY of C2S art boards and Ivory cards. The unit is ISO 9001:2000 series accredited.

The Division is the market leader in South Asia in cartonboards and ranks second in turnover within the Indian paper industry. We provide paperboard for most leading Fast Moving Consumer Goods Brands in India. We are the largest Exporter of coated boards from India. About 20% of our sales supplied to the international markets in Malaysia, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Iran, Australia, UAE, Turkey, China, Singapore, UK, Greece, Germany and USA.

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The Paperboard facility at Coimbatore was acquired from BILT Industrial Packaging Company in March, 2004. The Mill is located at Thekkampatti Village, near Mettupalayam, in Coimbatore Dist of Tamil Nadu. The commercial production under ITC management began on 29th March, 2004.

The Mill at present has a single board machine with a capacity of 90000 TPY. The main products are Coated Duplex Boards Greyback and whiteback made with 100% recycled fibre. The board machine has a 3-wire fourdrinier section, MG Cyliner, size press and three coaters. A Siemens DCS system and Measurex QCS system ensures that machine can delivery high quality recycled boards for demanding print and converting applications. A modern Finishing House ensures the delivery of rolls and sheets, with short turnaround and times. The fibre supply to the Board machine was supplemented with a Deinking line in early 2006. A lamination line has been added at the unit to produce composite solid boards in high calipers for the publishing , display and packaging segments.

Eco Naturo and Eco Naturo-HS are the two grades of Coated Duplex Grey Back board made from this unit. For almost the first time in India, a customer has the option to buy a higher bulk and stiffness of Greyback Board (GD2 grade) for his carton requirements.

The unit has made rapid strides in becoming a world-class producer and has achieved ISO 9001, ISO 14001 and OHSAS 18001 certifications.

The product range, true to ITC’s innovative streak, has been enlarged by developing cone boards for textiles cones and greyboards for book binding boards.

Addition of power block and deinking facility will increase the competitiveness of the Unit, with potential to make 200000 TPA of Recycled Boards for Indian and export markets.