Bilt to install blade coating machine at its Shree Gopal Unit
Expects to raise production by 30,000 tonnes
Ballarpur Industries (BILT) will invest Rs. 600 million in installing a state-of-the-art blade coating machine at its Shree Gopal unit to upgrade the plant and machinery. It is expected to raise production of this unit by about 30,000 tonnes per annum, which will take the total capacity of the unit to about 0.1 million tonnes per annum. The Shree Gopal Unit is one of Bilt`s oldest, manufacturing a wide range of paper from mass consumption creamwave to specially and premium paper like Royal Executive Bond.
The unit is also pursuing an upgradation programme by installing a series of latest finishing equipment besides upgrading the other paper machines. BILT has three other manufacturing units with total paper manufacturing capacity of about 0.4 million tonnes per annum. The unit has been a winner of the national energy conservation award from Ministry of Power, Government of India, for the third consecutive year.
