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4,00,000 MTPA Sustainable Paper

TNPL paper

As one of the integrated pulp and bagasse-based paper mills in the world, our products are an extension of our commitment to sustainability – in production, innovation and conservation. TNPL embraces self-sustenance in power generation and pulp – sugarcane residue and chemical hardwood, producing 600,000 tonne paper and Packaging Boards per annum.

Infrastructure

Serving Eco-friendly Papers to 60 Countries

Established in Kagithapuram in October 1985, TNPL is one of the most eco-friendly paper mills in the country. From raw materials to production and beyond, TNPL gives precedence to conservation – of both resources and the environment. 

Besides 3 state-of-the-art paper machines and a World Class Packaging Board Machine, TNPL set up a Deinking Pulp Line dedicated to recycling waste paper. TNPL earns its world-class paper quality renown, thanks to our investment in revolutionary infrastructure. By recycling its effluents to create bio-gas, cement and reusable water, TNPL closes the loop creating a circular economy.

Valmet Auto Paper Lab

One of the most advanced and fully-automated paper testing machines, this helps test, recognise discrepancies and file reports in record time.

Voith Deinking Floatation Cell

Brightens recycled papers through a procedure that enables selective removal of printing ink, stickies and hydrophobic impurities

Horiba Laser Particle Size Analyser

A laser-based particle analyzer that characterises and analyses particles with high precision to help our research team innovate better

L&W Horizontal Tensile Tester

Dedicated to quality testing, this Sweden-made tensile tester determines the strength, length, bond and serviceability of every product manufactured

Metso Fibre Analyser FS 300

Helps determine and retain only high-quality raw materials by measuring eucalyptus and acacia hardwood pulps for fiber length, width, kink and vessel cells

Gas Chromatograph

India’s only paper mill with this chromatograph, it evaluates the chemical components in biogas and the purity of methane gas

Products

Our papers are not just a sustainable but a visual treat, too. Environment-positive, with ECF bleaching and low Green House Gases (GHG) contribution, and versatile, discover papers that don’t just feel and look good, but do good too.

Product Quality and Product Development

Uprooting the Unsustainable

TNPL stands uncompromised when it comes to sustainable practices – our innovation is propelled by the drive to find better, more eco-conscious ways to manufacture and operate. To eradicate single-use plastics, we are working towards developing a carry bag base paper which can be manufactured with our existing infrastructure.

Certification

Sustainability

Perfecting Wastage-free Production

Constant innovation originates not just from the need to produce better, but to produce mindfully.

India’s largest paper mill with lowest water usage

In a bid to positively impact the environment, TNPL practices water conservation with a vision to reduce any dependency on freshwater. With an advanced water treatment plant, recycled wastewater is now fit to irrigate the 575-acre Plantation.

India's largest paper mill
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Regenerative Super Power

At TNPL, reuse extends not only to resources but waste products, too. While wash effluents from bagasse processing are used to produce biogas, other waste products like lime sludge and fly ash are fed to manufacture cement.

2417 MT of Coal & 3760 KL of Furnace Oil Unburnt

initiatives resource
advanced paper lab

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Testimonials

Maker of bagasse based
Eco-friendly paper

Tamil Nadu Newsprint and Papers Limited (TNPL), an enterprise promoted by Government of Tamil Nadu, has precisely followed this adage. The Unit- I of TNPL at Kagithapuram, Karur district was commissioned in October 1985 with an installed capacity of 90,000 TPA of Newsprint/Fine Paper, in a single machine.

– N. R. Narayana Murthy