Whitefield Paper Mills Ltd.,

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State of the art manufacturing facility to produce 210,000 TPA paper through eco-friendly processes.

Support facilities:
80-MW captive thermal power generating plant
Zero-discharge effluent treatment plant
De-inking plant
Proposed in a Government approved Sector-Specific Special Economic Zone (SSEZ)

Single largest paper machine in India, producing consistent quality of paper meeting International standards.

Exports to South Asian, Middle East and African countries.

We are creating employment for about 5000 person direct and 15000 persons indirect apart from the above employment will be benefiting the overall development of the region and villages surrounding plant with territory employment in all the dependent sectors.

Management considers development of the region as one of its primary goals We are adopting Totally Chlorine Free (TCF) bleaching process resulting in an environment friendly manufacturing process. Our Manufacturing process adopts a near zero pollution process wherein the water, air nill. This is going to be the first paper industry

EPC Contract :

EPC under finalisation with European leading Equipment Supplier.

Project Support

SPB-PC - Assist Poyry with focus on domestic expertise on mill site, cost levels, etc.

SBI Capital Market Pvt Ltd, India - Appraised the project as financially viable

Tata Consulting Engineers - Project Consultancy including 'Detailed Engineering & Project Management‘

Ramky Environmental Consultants - Environmental Consultancy.

Approximate Project Cost & Funding Information

Sl..No.	Particulars	Amount in US$M(US Dollars in Millions)
1	Land & Site Development	6.84
2	Building & Civil Works	28.31
3	Plant & Machinery	196.07
4	Engineering services	34.68
5	Misc fixed assets	26.59
6	Contingency	29.25
	Total Hard Cost	321.73
7	Interest During Construction	-
8	Preliminary & Issue expenses	7.69
9	Pre-operative expenses	4.83
10	Working Capital	28.74
	Total Soft Cost	41.25
	Total Project Cost	362.99

Present Status

Sl.No.	Activity	Status
1	1st Phase Acquisition of 271 Acres of Land	Completed
2	Land development - 250 acres of Land Filling & Leveling	Completed
3	Two Water Reservoirs of capacity 40 MGD	Completed
4	Construction of Power- Service lines up to Project site	Completed
5	Construction of Water- Pipelines from River Godavari to Project site	Completed
6	Site Office, Workmen Mess and Hostel Accommodation at Project Site	Completed
7	Project Feasibility Study by Poyry, Australia an authority in global forestry industry	Completed
8	Project Appraisal by SBI Caps, India	Completed
9	Agreement with Elof-Hansson, Sweden for supply of Primary & Secondary Fiber	Completed
10	Agreement with Elof-Hansson, Sweden for Marketing up to 60% of the finished product	Completed
11	Appointment of Tata Consulting Engineers (TCE) for Detailed Engineering and Project Management Services.	Completed
12	Finalization of Machine Specifications with World leading Machinery Suppliers	Completed
13	Environmental Study by Ramky and Pollution Control Boards’ approvals by Government of India	Completed

Current Status

300 acres is paid for & possessed
Site leveling and filling work on 203.35 acres completed. Site
office, Workmen Mess/Hostels built; additional facilities under construction.
Temporary approach road constructed for heavy vehicular movement
Two offices in Kovvur and Hyderabad established and required people already employed.
Temporary power connection taken for construction work.
Permission received for drawing 26 MGD of water from Godavari River and laying of the pipeline for pumping of the water from Godavari River is completed.
Natural Water Reservoir built for facilitating construction.

Tentative Time frame for Project Implementation

Sl.No.	Activity	Date of Commencement	Expected Date of Completion
1	Acquisition of Land		Completed
2	Land Development	July’ 06	Completed
3	Building construction	May, 2017	June, 2018
4	Machinery Indent	June, 2017	July, 2017
5	Machinery Delivery & Errection	Sep, 2017	Mar, 2019
6	Arrangement for Power	Sep’ 07	Completed
7	Arrangement for Water	Oct’ 07	Completed
8	Recruitment of manpower	May, 2017	Dec, 2017
9	Raw Material Purchase	Jan, 2019	Feb. 2019
10	Trial Production	Mar, 2019	Apr, 2019
11	Commercial Production	May, 2019	Aug, 2019
12	Release of first batch of finished goods	Aug, 2019	Aug, 2019

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