RISI orgainses its fourth seminar on paper and pulp seminar

“If you want to learn more about the latest pulp and paper industry trends and challenges from industry leaders; RISI economists' opinions on the fibre and cost structure issues in India; discuss your questions and concerns for the industry's future one-on-one with RISI economists, engineers and editors; meet with industry experts, peers and business prospects from around the globe, the seminar will be a good place for you,” said Mark Rushton, Indian Seminar Chair and Editor, PPI Magazine and RISI website.

Pulp and paper industry executive, financial or market analyst, procurement manager, business intelligence manager, investment consultant, supplier to the industry, sales or marketing manager, logistics manager, printer or publishing company and consumer products companies are the targeted delegates for the seminar.

The pre-final list of speakers are:

Mark Rushton, editor, PPI Magazine and RISI website;

Yogesh Agarwal, managing director and chief executive officer at Ballarpur Industries, who will also be delivering the keynote titled 'India Engaged' for the day;
 
Sunil Sood, director at April Fine Paper Trading;
Bob Flynn, director at International Timber RISI;
Li Meng, economist, Asian Grpahic Paper RISI;
Madhukar Mishra, president, Indian Paper Manufacturers Association;
N Gopala Ratnam, chairman & managing director at Seshasayee Paper and Boards;
Sanjay Singh, divisional chief executive at ITC Paperboards and Specialty Papers Divison (A chemical engineer from IIT Kanpur;
TR Manoharan, International Representative Forest Stewardship Council (FSC);
CN Pandey, director at Indian Plywood Industries Research and Training Institute (IPIRTI); Rajendrakumar Anayath, head of Heidelberg Print Media Academy,
Rajeev Gupta,CEO, Blue Apple Tradelinks;
Usman Shaik, senior research analyst at Containerboard Beroe;
Divya Kumar, senior research analyst, Pulp & Cartonboard Beroe and
Pradeep Dhobale, executive director at ITC (Pradeep Dhobale is a Director on the Board of ITC. 

Confirmed speakers and topics for the seminar are: 
Challenges of Paper Industries and Nonconventional Sources of Raw Materials by Rajeev Gupta, 
Coming Back to Reality: Drupa: 2012 a Retrospective by Rajendrakumar Anayath;
Sustainability and Recycled Paper by TBD and Environment Scenario in India with Respect to Pulp & Paper Industry by SV Subrahmanyam.

India’s paper industry is expected to grow at 6 to 7 percent year over year, with the packaging industry poised to grow at 22 to 25 percent annually. Advances in education, a fast-growing middle class, strong growth in sectors like FMCG and organised retailing are the main drivers of demand for paper and packaging products.

The current, per capita consumption of paper in India remains woefully low at 9.97 kg compared to 350 kg in the United States and 165 kg in the European Union in 2010. However, consumption of paper has almost doubled in the last decade. India has 15 percent of the world's population, but consumes less than 2 percent of the world’s paper. It is expected that the per capita consumption of paper in the country will surge to 11.8 kg by 2012-13 and touch 22.70 kg by 2015.

The upstream market demand for paper products, such as tissue paper, tea bags, filter paper, lightweight online coated paper, medical-grade coated paper, etc is growing as well. These developments are expected to give a significant boost to the growth of the industry.

To meet the growing demand of paper India, the government allows 100 percent foreign direct investment (FDI) in this sector, making it an attractive landscape for foreign investment — one of the keys to growing the paper industry.