JK Paper gains on plans to introduce high-end products

06 Nov 2012 Evaluate

JK Paper is currently trading at Rs. 36.50, up by 0.10 points or 0.27% from its previous closing of Rs. 36.40 on the BSE.

The scrip opened at Rs. 36.70 and has touched a high and low of Rs. 36.75 and Rs. 36.40 respectively. So far 1385 shares were traded on the counter.

The BSE group 'B' stock of face value Rs. 10 has touched a 52 week high of Rs. 43.70 on 23-Oct-2012 and a 52 week low of Rs. 32.10 on 23-May-2012.

Last one week high and low of the scrip stood at Rs. 37.40 and Rs. 35.80 respectively. The current market cap of the company is Rs. 500.03 crore.

The promoters holding in the company stood at 51.01% while Institutions and Non-Institutions held 11.25% and 37.75% respectively.

JK Paper, a flagship company of the JK Singhania group, is planning to launch new high-end products such as pigmented office paper and corrugated paper, considering increasing paper demand in India. It has inked pact with Hewlett Packard for introducing Colorlok technology for launching a new range of copier papers for the first time in India.

The company plans to include a high-end product in its new portfolio of pigmented office paper category, used mostly by hospitals for medical and various scan reports. Currently, India does not produce this product, depending totally on imports to the tune of about 1500 tonnes a month.

The company’s new plant is coming up beside its existing one in Odisha, involving a capacity of 1.65 lakh tonnes per annum and an investment of Rs 1,650 crore. The new plant is expected to go on stream in the first quarter of 2013-14, taking up its total capacity to 4.55 lakh tonnes per annum (TPA).

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