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Eco friendly paper mill

Delta Paper Mills Limited was established in 1975 at Vendra, West Godavari district in Andhra Pradesh. The company manufacturers writing and printing papers of different cultural varieties such as Cream wove, White Printing, Azure wove, Azure laid, Duplicating etc., The company uses unconventional raw materials like paddy straw and bagasse. It went into commercial production in 1978 with an initial installed capacity of 9000 MTs Per Annum.

With Mr. Gokaraju Ganga Raju, an eminent industrialist in AP taking over the company, its capacity utilization went to 144 percent and the company’s production level is increased to 42,000 MT per annum of writing and printing papers. The main objective of this establishment was to use Agro residues and cater to the needs of the farmers. To keep the environmental balance, the company has taken up plantation of trees in and around the mill premises. It has got full-fledged effluent treatment plant. The company is providing employment for about 2000 persons directly and indirectly mostly to rural youth. The company has developed superior quality of paper called “Super Delux Cream wove,” and penetrated into the market with good results due to its strong marketing network.

The company has embarked mill development programme under which the pulp mill is upgraded for pulping bagasse by installing continuous digger system. The company has also installed a 9.9 MW power plant in 2006. The unique mill installed with chemical recovery plant for abating pollution among the Agro-based paper mills in the entire South India. With all these developments, the company is now producing at the rate of 51,000 MT per annum of quality writing and printing papers..

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