In a bid to reduce the use of paper-dye, Tamil Nadu Newsprint and Papers has established paper pulp machinery at its plant in Karur district. In this regard, the company has invested Rs 164 crore. The machinery would produce 300 metric tonnes of paper pulp on a day and usage of 100 tonnes wood paper pulp would be reduced.
Similarly, the company has set up boilers with an investment of Rs 167 crore to meet up its power requirements. The establishment of the boilers would increase the power generation to 103.62 MW from 81.12 MW.
Tamil Nadu Newsprint and Papers was established with an intention to manufacture newsprint and printing and writing paper by using bagasse as a raw material. The company manufactures products such as ultra white maplitho, elegant maplitho, hi-tech maplitho, creamwove, copy crown and copier.
