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R. Balaji

Chennai, June 26 Tamil Nadu Newsprint and Papers Ltd has awarded the Rs 800 crore order for the supply of its third paper machine to Voith Paper, Germany.

Voith Paper bagged the order over the contender Metso Paper, Finland, in the contract floated by TNPL, according to sources in the know.

As a part of TNPL’s expansion plan, the third paper machine will add a printing and writing paper production capacity of 1.55 lakh tonnes a year to its existing capacity of 2.45 lakh tonnes. The expanded capacity is expected to be in place by March 2010 and commercial production is scheduled for mid-2010.

This will make TNPL the largest paper manufacturer in India with a 1,000-plus tonne a day of production capacity in a single location. TNPL has also emerged among the largest bagasse-based mills in the world. Bagasseis the fibrous waste material obtained from sugarcane during sugar production.

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