February 15, 2022 (Fastmarkets RISI) – Tamil Nadu’s printing and paper mill (TNPL) in India has commenced a trial run on a new 165,000 ton/year bleached hardwood kraft pulp (BHK) line. at their Mondipatti factory.
The line became operational on January 31, after being delayed from early 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic and localized heavy rains in November and December.
TNPL does not provide a timeline for the start of commercial operations. The pulp line is part of an expansion project at the Mondipatti plant with a focus on shifting from new printing & writing capacity to new packaging capacity late last year.
TNPL has so far declined to provide details about it.
The Mondipatti factory can now produce 200,000 tons/year of different types of carton packaging on a single machine. The Kagithapuram factory, also in the state of Tamil Nadu, can produce about 400,000 tons/year of writing paper.