Magazine - The Corrugator

July - December 2020

RESURGENCE 2021:

Starting afresh





WICMA: Learning and INDUSTRY UPDATE
Chai pe Charcha

Focussed learning amidst pandemic The course covers history of corrugated
packaging, in depth knowledge of paper, board
WICMA's Cer ficate courses in and boxes, co-rela on between paper proper es
Corrugated Packaging are acclaimed and board proper es, quality parameters of
by members, consumers and others paper, board and box, adhesives, hea ng systems,
connected with the Corrugated industry. With prin ng and cos ng of corrugated boxes.
the constraints on travel and public gatherings for
health safety our regular courses could not be The course held from 2nd Nov 2020 to 10th Dec
held. However, we quickly adapted ourselves to 2020 spread through six weeks got a very good
the New Normal with a digital makeover for the response of 67 registered par cipants. These
course. The online course is designed to suit the sessions were held every Monday and Thursday
needs of those who are looking to set up their from 4 pm to 6 pm.Few of the par cipants
own box manufacturing plant and who are expressed their respect to the industry expert and
already part of this industry and looking to course conductor -Ram Kumar Sunkara.
upgrade their knowledge.

WICMA online course 2020 was a knowledge enriching session. The course has
help me gain a prac cal approach to the corruga on products and process. I
feel more confident and empowered to face the customers.

Thank you team WICMA and Honourable Ramkumar sir.

Krishna Jhawar

WICMA's Beginner Course has been a great learning experience! Ram Sir's
immense knowledge, teaching exper se and guidance along the way has
introduced me to so many fundamentals, concepts and ideas and has further
piqued my interest to learn more. Looking forward to the next session!

Sheebani Pissurlencar

The Online Series changed my perspec ve for “Making Boxes” to “Engineering
Boxes”. It taught me the engineering aspect of designing and manufacturing
boxes efficiently and effec vely. The Faculty was also excellent! I thank WICMA
& FCBM for the same.

Thank you for the opportunity.

Parth Lineswala

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WICMA: Learning and Chai pe Charcha INDUSTRY UPDATE

I had a great experience in doing WICMA Online course. I visited corruga on
manufacturing unit a er the comple on of the course, where course helped
me immensely to understand the things with ease. I also thank WICMA team to
conduct Online course in these tough mes.

Aditya

In this Herculean “Corona” condi ons, it was great that WICMA conducted
online class on corrugated paper packaging. I had been so fortunate and
honoured to be a par cipant. Ramkumar Sir, and his team amazed and inspired
me with excellent, clear and exploratory presenta ons and interac ons. I feel
this class is very beneficial and would lead my industry to great heights.

Breeze Pratheesh

WICMA will be conduc ng and soon announcing new TCS regula on u/s 206 C(1h) on 11thOctober
the advanced level of the corrugated packaging 2020. FCBM Taxa on Commi ee
online course in in March 2021. Co-Chairman, Shri Bharath Kedia shed light on the
relevant provisions and the various instances in
Chai pe Charcha which this Tax is to be collected from buyers.
Shri Bharth Kedia also catered to several queries
Chai pe Charcha, an ini a ve by WICMA for raised by par cipa ng members.
holding interac ve online sessions for value-
addi on to members has received good response Chai pe Charcha on the “Current Kra Paper
and feedback. These sessions are based on Scenario” was held on 10 Nov 2020. The session
various aspects of corrugated packaging industry was moderated by Vincent Mathias, Vice
like tax regula ons, produc vity, management Chairman, WICMA R&D Centre, and Dilip Patel
strategies etc. Chai pe Charcha helps our (Chairman, WICMA R&D), Ramkumar Sunkara
members with opportunity to share and obtain (Vice Chairman, WICMA R&D), Inder Aurora
informa on on current developments impac ng (Director, Unisource Papers Pvt. Ltd) and Rahul
our industry and economy, learn from experts in Gandhi (Director, R. A. Kra Paper Pvt. Ltd) were
key areas and meet and interact with fellow the panellists.
members on a regular basis.
The panellists shared insights on the market
One such Chai pe Charcha session was organised scenario with regards to supply and price trends of
by WICMA Nashik Division on 2 Oct, 2020 where waste paper both local and imported, increasing
local issues of members and solu ons were prices of kra paper, impact of Chinese policy on
discussed. imports of waste and recycled pulp, and the effect
of increasing exports from India on the supply of
WICMA Taxa on Commi ee chaired by kra paper in India.
Shri Ashish Gandhi co-ordinated a session on the

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EMBA Conquers Himalayas INDUSTRY UPDATE

2020 What a year to end with! Nothing owners want to set up an automa c corrugated
could have been be er than this plant in Nepal a er realising the fact that around
successful installa on and commissioning 6500 to 7000 MT boxes are being produced by 150
of EMBA 245 QS Ul ma Dual Box! + small corrugated plants across Nepal. The
equipment in these plants are either manual or
Nepal measures about 880 kilometers (547 mi) semi-automa c and none of the plants has the
along its Himalayan axis by 150 to 250 kilometers capability to produce more than 300 MT from
(93 to 155 mi) across. single loca on.

Nepal is landlocked by India on three sides and The team of young Directors made their
China's Tibet Autonomous Region to the north. evalua on by visi ng many corrugated plants in
West Bengal's narrow Siliguri Corridor separate India, China and Europe before finalising with BHS
Nepal and Bangladesh. To the east are India and corrugator and EMBA 245 QS Ul ma Dual Box.
Bhutan. Nepal depends on India for goods
transport facili es and access to the Indian This is the first plant to invest in such large scale in
Ocean, even for most goods imported from Nepal with most prime brands in corrugated
China. industry!
The pandemic struck in March 2020 when the
Maru Print & Pack Pvt. Ltd., is a forward plant construc on is in full swing and the lock
integra on of Maru Paper Mills Limited based in down imposed with strict travel restric ons!
Birgunj, Nepal!
The CEO Mr Dipesh Agrawal with his team and
It all started in Year 2019 when the paper mill con nued support from the Chairman and other

Directors based in
India made sure the
civil works completed
in me.

The real challenge was
to see the installa on
and commissioning of
corrugator and
conver ng equipment
while the travel from
overseas is banned in
Nepal!

EMBA India has
immense confidence
in the capabili es of its
Technical Service
Manager Mohd Salim
and accepted the
challenge to install

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EMBA Conquers Himalayas INDUSTRY UPDATE

and commission the machine. Sweden and currently the highest produc ve
machine available in the market with the high
The real feeling of “Customer First” felt on 29th graphics and Dual Box version.
October 2020 when the commercial produc on of
EMBA 245 Ul ma Dual Box took place. In the pic from l to r: Mr Dipesh Agrawal -
Managing Director, MrMohd Salim - Technical
EMBA 245 QS Ul ma FFG Dual Box in this plant is a Service Manager and Mr Anand Singhal - Director
high end version of latest innova on from EMBA Sales & Marke ng.

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GCBMA: 48th AGM amidst INDUSTRY UPDATE
mountain beauty

Gujarat Corrugated Box Manufacturer's lovely Aravali Hills Area.
Associa on (GCBMA)held its 48th
Annual General Mee ng (AGM) cum This AGM cum Business meet was graced with
Business mee ng on 28-30September 100+ members which was followed by a Gala
2020atHotel Hill Tone, Mount Abu surrounded by Dinner post registra on on the 28th Sept 2020.

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GCBMA: 48th AGM amidst mountain beauty INDUSTRY UPDATE

The AGM proceedings commenced on 29thSept PresidentPrahlad Patel announced induc on of 21
2020 at 10 am with following details: new membersin the year 2019-20 and near
comple on of GCBMA office building.He
l Prahlad Patel was selected as president of alsoinformed the house thateight consecu ve
GCBMA for 11TH consecu ve year. weekly online seminarson Zoom were organized
by GCMBAduring the lock down period. The
l Other office bearersare as under: seminar chairman was Dharmendra Pandya
l Amrut Patel - VP-I andfollowing were the seminar topics and
l Sunil Purswani- VP-II respec ve speakers:
l Jayesh Patel – Secretary-I
l Mansukh Patel-Secretary-II
l Pankaj Yadav-Secretary -III
l Vijay Patel as Treasurer

Sr. Seminar Topic S pe ak er
1 Characteristics properties of Kraft paper
2 Understanding General and factory Prahlad Patel, Amrut Patel and
Ramakant Patel

ParimalMadlani

3 Various options of heating for corrugated box industries AshuJhingan

4 What is the real bursting Strength of Corrugated Board/Box Ramkumar Sunkara

5 Important tips for operation, Maintenance and upgradation of Sandeep Nagpal
existing semi-automatic plant

6 Costing is kg. based costing is correct? Ramkumar Sunkara

7 Quality Evaluation of Corrugated fiberboard and boxes Ramkumar Sunkara

8 Quality assurance systems for corrugated box industries Ramkumar Sunkara

The 48th AGM concluded with a vote of thanks and Na onal Anthem by Sunil Purswani followed by a
cultural program and Gala Dinner on the third day.

FIRE NOC: A virtual seminar by expert

GCBMA had organized a virtual seminar on FIRE NOC on 26 December 2020
inauguratedbyFCBMPresident Milan Dey as the Chief Guest. The seminar was presented by L.K Dungrani,
a fire safety expert and consultant. Being an important aspect of the industry was well a ended with good
healthy par cipa on.

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Another mile stone by NMDC INDUSTRY UPDATE

A Tele interview of Mr. Achyut Chandra, Chairman address the gathering on the need of modern
NMDC 2019-20 by Editor Hemant Saraogi packaging for agricultural growth for India.

HS : Congratula ons on your appointment as a This also kicked off my journey with EICMA, NMDC
Director of West Bengal Food Processing and FCBM. That year I was appointed the Hon
Corpora on Ltd Sectary of EICMA and Chairman, NMDC (EICMA).
The success of the NMDC Maldasojourn brought
AC : Thanks Hemant in invita ons from Bhagalpur Agricultural
University, Bhubaneshwar and Muzzafarpur by
HS : Being a corrugator you have reached an respec ve mango and litchi farmers and
unexpected path to reach to such a posi on. Can respec ve state agricultural bodies to address on
you take us through your journey to this requirement of packaging for fruits and
appointment? vegetables.

AC :No on the contrary it is corrugated industry My love affair with NMDC and agriculture was
and my involvement with NMDC which has further extended with my appointment as FCBM
created the path to this posi on. I should actually NMDC Chairman by the President Mr K
thank the then EICMA commi ee led by the Arunachallam. It got me an opportunity to release
President Milan Dey to get me involved in NMDC the first study report of the FCBM before the
ac vity and subsequently it was an honor to be Hon'ble Minister Shri Ni n Gadkari, Govt of India
appointed as na onal NMDC Chairman by Mr at the World Orange Fest in Nagpur. The report
Arunachalam President FCBM followed by was well accepted by various stake holders and
another term by the President Mr Vijay Dewan. the administra on. We earned an invita on from
the said Hon'ble minister for a discussion on the
I used to be a very reluctant ac vist for EICMA report followed by another invita on from the
apart from joining the get together for some Na onal meet of the Laghu Bhara Udyog to
socializing. The first NMDC major project was at address their pan India gathering
Haldibari and I had agreed to travel looking out
for a holiday and socializing. But the ground HS : But how has all these contributed to your
reality of rural India and agriculture actually hit current appointment
me in that trip. A er a short period EICMA NMDC
had another program at Malda for mango AC :Back to home base I was invited by Malda
packaging. I recall the success of that program authori es for a discussion of how to pack and
because the Malda district authority reques ng market Malda mangoes at some mango fes val at
EICMA to be a part of a Na onal Technical New Delhi. This is where I designed an exclusive
Seminar they were organizing within few weeks, Malda Mango geo logo which was well
which we had refused as most members couldn't appreciated by the state govt officials. This was
afford that me. similar to GI iden fica on. It appears they got
success with this process and vis a vis my winning
My journey began when I was asked by the then their confidence. Therea er I did put in various
EICMA President to address a symposium on opinions at different forums on agriculture and
mango at Malda. Which was organized by Govt of packaging and currently the Govt of WB is
WB and was a ended by various agricultural experimen ng of packaging saplings distributed
universi es, GOI representa ves, farmer's bodies to farmers every year. The prac ce of packing the
and merchant bodies and they gave me a slot to

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EMBA Conquers Himalayas INDUSTRY UPDATE

clay at the bo om of a sapling with plas c sheet is R&D before the decision makers as a potent force
causing a huge ecological issue as few lakhs are for the growth of our agricultural
distributed every year meaning so much plas c sector/economic growth. We all know how the
being distributed uncontrolled. In fact I intend to system has been working so far.
forward this case to our R&D commi ee very
soon. If we can come up with a solu on it would HS : What does your vision says usage of
be a great service to the na onal ecology. Corrugated Box in the coming years in agricultural
and hor culture
HS :How do you think your this appointment is
going to help Corruga ng industry ? AC :It's a very apt ques on in the current scenario
where the country is struggling with the economy
AC :Look as on date I can't quan fy the benefit for backed by Covid19 virus. We need earning
our industry. But I would like to believe it's an opportunity for 50% of our popula on which are
opportunity or a pla orm we have achieved to put below 30 years of age and predominantly rural
forward our views before any state govt. End of resident. With the digital world the rural youth are
the day the agriculture is a state subject and no also now equally educated and ambi ous.
ma er how much we communicate with GOI Agriculture by far is the highest employer and
ul mately we have to move individual states for sadly has not reached global standards in
policy decisions. Bengal being amongst the top produc on and packaging. So the success of
two vegetable and fruits producing state it agriculture sector would bring in purchasing
certainly is a great opportunity for our industry. power in volume and packaging is one of the
Let's keep our fingers crossed. major ingredients for the same.

HS :This is state specific, how do you think we HS :How do you feel ge ng this honor?
cancapitalizeyour appointment for business
growth of our industry pan India basis AC :From a small me corrugators to this posi on.
How do I express? Perhaps a line from a song from
AC :My appointment would not bring any benefit yesteryears will summarize well “ZINDAGI EK
to our industry as of now as I consider it just SAFAR”. I can't deny the pla orm given to me by
anhonour to the hard work of NMDC for the last the EICMA President Mr Milan Dey, FCBM
few years. It is only providing a pla orm to bring in Presidents Mr K Arunachallam and Mr Vijay
a change. But there has to be a superla ve Dewan otherwise this SAFAR wouldn't have taken
performance from my side to make it a model for place.
other states.

HS : Will your appointment help to achieve a
representa on in APEDA for our industry?

AC :We are treading in a completely new path and
quite honestly it's hard to project anything
specially where APEDA is a Central jurisdic on and
my appointment is a state issue. But as I said
success leads to success and I am ever op mist.
Consider my appointment as being the face for
FCBM but hopefully it would be an opportunity for
FCBM to go forward. The success of my
appointment would also mean a lot of work for
the R&D commi ee. We have to establish our

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KCBMA: INDUSTRY UPDATE
Activity packed 2020

The dura on from July 2020 to Dec 2020 by the pandemic, all the mee ngs were
was a real ac vity packed me for conducted online using Zoom pla orm adap ng
Karnataka Corrugated Box Manufacturers' to the New Normal.
Associa on (KCBMA). Owing to the limita ons set

4th KCBMA General Mee ng conducted online on 3rd July 2020 S pe ak er
Rachna Bhusari
Seminar Topic
Abeek Dutta
NSE Emerge listing program
Presentation was given on listing criteria, regulatory environment &
benefit of listing of an MSME on the SME platform of the NSE.

Receivable Exchange of India Ltd. - Trends Platform
Covered the details of digital trade receivable exchange, how to
participate and benefits of bill discounting on the platform.

Total 41 members attended the online meeting.

5th KCBMA General Mee ng conducted online on 18th July 2020 Speaker
Vinit Tandon
Seminar Topic

Financing Solutions by Capital 9
Included details of project financing, critical ratios & suitable bank
options, working capital limits, Loan against property, loan to buy
property, Housing loan and more.

Total 65 members attended the online meeting.

6th KCBMA General Mee ng conducted online on 25th July 2020 Speaker
Seminar Topic Kunal Banthia
Blue Ocean Strategy
Strategy for widening the market scope to create uncontested space.
Total 56 members attended the online meeting.

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KCBMA: Activity packed 2020 INDUSTRY UPDATE

7thKCBMA General Mee ng conducted online on 1st August 2020

Seminar Topic S peak er

Lean Production Systems Mr. Lakshminarayan

Presentation on lean production systems, types of production
systems and benefits of lean production systems. The speaker
shared his experience of managing operations of his factory
highlighting the advantages and challenges encountered.

Total 63 members attended the online meeting.

8thKCBMA General Mee ng conducted online on 8thAugust 2020

Seminar Topic Speaker

IBIZZO - B2B listing platform Mr. Radhakrishnan

Insightson the new B2B platform developed to help manufacturers,
customizing it, sample listings, getting procurement requests,
promotion of products, transmission of the digital flyer through
email, whatsapp, and other social media.It also included ways to
attract overseas business.

Total 30 members attended the online meeting.

9thKCBMA General Mee ng conducted online on 29th August 2020

Seminar Topic Speaker

Insurance Mr. Prashant from
M/s. Anmol Insurance
Various types of insurance available for corrugation Industry,
coverage and the prerequisites.

Do’s and don’ts in case of any event.

Total 34 members attended the online meeting.

10th KCBMA General Mee ng conducted online on 7th December 2020

Seminar Topic Speaker

Reasons of price rise of Kraft Paper Manish Patel from The
South India Paper Mills Ltd.
Various factors leading to rise in Kraft paper prices were presented.
Shortage of containers is also leading cause for price rise and
shortage of waste due to poor collections overseas.

Other Panelist:

Sandeep Wadhwa of M/S. Wadpack (P) Ltd.

Manish Gupta of M/S. Singla Packaging

Total 45 members attended the online meeting.

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MPCBMA: A milestone for INDUSTRY UPDATE

Corrugation Industry contribution

On <DATE> , a five-member delega on for alloca ng a land to MPCBMA for se ng up
team from Madhya Pradesh Corrugated office & tes ng laboratory. The delega on team
Box Manufacturers' Associa on also requested him to u lize his government office
(MPCBMA) led by President Shri Sanjeev Sureka to establish Indian Ins tute of Packaging (IIP) at
met Shri O.P. Saklechaji, MSME Minister, Govt. of Indore.
Madhya Pradesh. A memorandum was submi ed

In addi on to above, we held an online zoom mee ng of our members on September 23, 2020 and 25
November 20, 2020 to discuss the current market scenario and kra paper price hike issue.

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