An interview from Mr. Dinesh Haripara, Managing Director, Apollo Papers LLP.
“We aspire to achieve quality and consistency through innovation, introduction, and improvement of our products through sustainable production methods and create value for all stakeholders”
Apollo Papers LLP is a leading packaging paperboard producer in India, providing high quality packaging paperboard products to consumers. With an initial installed capacity of 1,20,000 TPA, the company produces high RCT based kraft papers, with high elasticity and high tear resistance, suitable for both top liner as well
as intermediate plies of containerboard. In a recent interaction with Paper Desk, Mr. Dinesh Haripara, Managing Director, Apollo Papers LLP, shared about the company’s vision, mission and values, manufacturing facilities, products and applications, current scenario of paper industry, and the company’s position in the nation’s vision for a sustainable future.
Paper Desk : Please brief us about your company Apollo Papers LLP, along with the company’s vision, mission and values.
Dinesh Haripara : Established in March 2021, Apollo Papers LLP is one of the leading packaging paperboard producers in India. Its operations enable it to serve customers with high quality packaging paperboard products. Our product quality has been consistent over the years and has helped us carve out a niche for ourselves. Our mission is to provide effective solutions for all packaging paper needs with an advanced product portfolio.
We aspire to achieve quality and consistency through innovation, introduction, and improvement of our products through sustainable production methods and create value for all stakeholders.
Our vision is taking people, the planet, and our organization to new orbits today for a better tomorrow. We aim to continue making quality packaging products that promote a green and clean environment, contribute to worldwide commerce, and ensure the safety of our consumers. Value is to provide global quality, to preserve the environment by providing eco-friendly recycled paper and to achieve customer satisfaction levels on par with world class organizations.
PD : What is your current manufacturing capabilities, product portfolio, applications and segments catered.
DH : Apollo Papers LLP started production with an initial installed capacity of 1,20,000 TPA. Apollo Papers has adopted the most advanced imported machinery with 4250 to 4290 mm machine deckle, the largest deckle in the region, to produce world class kraft paper with a 300 MT per day capacity.
Our product features include excellent strength, stiffness and tear properties. They are high RCT based kraft papers, with high elasticity and high tear resistance, suitable for both top liner as well as intermediate plies of containerboard. Our production is consumed by automatic corrugation industries i.e. 3plyer & 5plyer. We cater to industries like the FMCG sector, automobile industries, packaging industries and offset printers.
Our product features include excellent strength, stiffness and tear properties. They are high RCT based kraft papers, with high elasticity and high tear resistance, suitable for both top liner as well as intermediate plies of containerboard. Our production is consumed by automatic corrugation industries i.e. 3plyer & 5plyer. We cater to industries like the FMCG sector, automobile industries, packaging industries and offset printers.
“Production with an initial installed capacity of 1,20,000 TPA. Apollo Papers has adopted the most advanced imported machinery with 4250 to 4290 mm machine deckle, the largest deckle in the region, to produce world class kraft paper with a 300 MT per day capacity”
PD : Please enlighten us about the current scenario of the paper industry in India.
DH : The Indian paper industry has been in existence for more than a decade. Today there are more than 850 paper mills functioning all over the country, manufacturing various types of paper materials required for different purposes.
The paper industry is known to be one of the leading industries in India as it provides employment to more than 1.5 million people. The strong demand for paper products has pushed the Indian paper industry to a new level, and it is now expanding to meet the growing demands of the people. Vast changes have taken place in the field of printing paper, tissues, newsprint and so forth. Modern management along with latest technological machines are used for the completion of various projects. Nowadays, foreign investors are interested in setting up new plants for manufacturing paper to bring forth huge revenue to the paper industry.
PD : How are your company’s activities in line with the nation’s vision for a sustainable future?
DH : Apollo Papers believes that social responsibility comes with corporate development. Therefore, from the very beginning, we have been investing into environmental protection facilities, aiming at minimizing our impact on the environment. Apollo Papers is an ecologically – compliant paper company because of its highly transparent structure in each of its operational areas, which includes green production, resource conservation, responsible waste management, and a decreased pollution load as our fundamental aspects. 100 percent of our manufacturing is from recycled paper, which is sourced from India & abroad.
We aim to continue making quality packaging products that promote a green and clean environment, contribute to worldwide commerce, and ensure the safety of our consumers.
“Apollo Papers has adopted the most advanced imported machinery with 4250 to 4290 mm machine deckle, the largest deckle in the region, to produce world class kraft paper with a 300 MT per day capacity”
PD : What is Apollo Papers’ strategy to serve the paper industry better?
DH : Apollo Papers always aims to be a world-class paper manufacturer. Our staff, at all levels, has been striving diligently to reach this goal. The company continuously puts significant resources into implementing advanced machineries and technologies, improving product quality and incubating technical and management personnel. Furthermore, we adopt advanced management techniques and implement an enterprise resource planning (ERP) system in order to further improve our operation and management.
PD : Your products are exported?
DH : Yes. We export kraft paper globally. As with the huge competition and fastest growing of global market. Apollo Papers is also driving to expand its business all over the world. We do not stick or focus on a particular area to set up our market; in fact our main focus is to reach each & every countries in the world. Now a days India is one of the fastest growing country in this globalised world.
There are various types of demand for various products across the world. So taking it as a responsibility to fulfil the demand of the market by supplying the exact product to their destination Apollo Papers sows its seed to grow up a tree having all fruits; whose branches reach all over the world.
