Paperex 2007

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Paperex 2007, the trade fair on Pulp, Paper & Conversion Industry was organised at the Pragati Maidan, New Delhi between the 7th and 10th of December 2007. With the Indian economy growing at rates in excess of 9 per cent perannum, the demand for paper in India has been growing by 5 to 6 percent per annum as compared to 2.8 per cent worldwide. However, the percapita consumption is less than 7 kgs. per year as compared to theglobal figure of 55 kgs. The total annual domestic demand is estimatedat 7.2 million MT and local production is only 6.7 million MT. Theindustry is highly fragmented comprising a large number of sub-parcapacity units and it is severely constrained by obsolete technologyand machinery, high costs – especially energy costs - and quality andavailability of pulp and papermaking fibre. The industry is largelydependent on short-fibre pulpwoods, agro-based materials like straw andbagasse and recycled paper or waste paper. Although the Government hasdesignated the paper industry as one of its 35 high priorityindustries, investments by both the state sector and the private sectorcontinue to be inadequate. The paper industry should, therefore,logically be a prime target for foreign investment and imports ofstate-of-the-art technology. ...cont´d

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