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While we work quietly and set standards in Operational Excellence, Safety and Environment - a few awards and
achievements that showcase our commitment towards continuous improvement are featured below:

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While we work quietly and set standards in Operational Excellence, Safety and Environment - a few awards and
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Limited µS Bhadrachalam Paperboard mill was declared the µPaper Mill of the year 2005 ± 06¶ by the indian
Paper Manufacturers¶ Association (îPMA) Mr Ashwani Kumar,Hon¶ble Union Minister of State for îndustry,
Government of îndia Presented the award at the seventh annual General Meeting of îPMA in New Delhi held on
January 11,2009.

Speaking on the occasion, Mr Pradeep Dhobale, the newly elected President of îPMA and
hief Executive of î

Paperboards and Specialty Papers business said, ³ he achievement demonstrates the success of î
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bottom line approached to doing business ± augmenting economic environmental and social capital. Pioneering
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cost effective fly ash bric manufacturing and product înnovation in packing and specialty papers have won us this
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PSPD - Bollaram has won the îndian Manufacturing Excellence Gold Award in the process
ategory for the
year 2006. he îMEA (îndain manufacturing Excellence Awards) given by frost & Sullivan, acknowledge the best
facilities in îndia that have achieved and sustained Manufacturing Excellence. he manufacturing facilities are
rated on 13 parameters that capture excellence on cost, quality and delivery.
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÷ ive Star Rating from British Safety
ouncil, UK for PSPD Units at ribeni and Bollaram
÷ National Award for Excellence in Energy Management 2006 front for PSPD Unit at Bhadrachalam
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ertificate of Appreciation award for Excellence in water Management 2006, awarded by
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Hyderabad to PSPD Unit at Bhadrachalam

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Paper Mill of the Year 2005-06 Award to the Bhadrachalam Paperboards mill by the îndian Paper Manufacturers
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ive Star rating from the British Safety
ouncil to ribeni Unit in 2006 for excellent performance in Health &
Safety Management.
.îndian Manufacturing Excellence Gold Award 2006 to the Bollarum Unit from rost & Sullivan. his Award
acknowledges the best facilities in îndia that have achieved and sustained Manufacturing Excellence.

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îî conferred the National Award for Excellence in Energy Management, Best înnovative Project Award and
National Award for Excellence în Water Management 2006 to Bhadrachalam Unit. he awards were given for
successful implementation of energy saving projects and for significant reduction in specific energy and water
consumption.

he Greentech Environment Excellence Gold Award 2006 in the manufacturing sector, for the Bhadrachalam
factory. hrough these awards the Greentech oundation recognizes industrial and service sector organizations
for their outstanding achievements in environment protection.

apexil¶s op Export Award 2005-06, for the 5th consecutive year in recognition of highest exports in value terms,
in the Paper and Paperboards category.

National Award for Energy
onservation 2006 to the ribeni Unit in the Paper & Pulp Sector from the Department
of Power, Ministry of Power & Non-
onventional Energy Sources, Government of îndia. he Bhadrachalam unit
won the same award in 2005.

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applied for award competition 35 companies (we are
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given presentation in the format given by
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of Jury , participating îndustries and delegates. Based
on the evaluation procedure, Jury has declared the results wherein 19 companies have been given )

 
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various categories of industries on all îndia basis were received for this
competition, out of which 26 entries were short-listed for final competition
based on their achievement in the field of Water
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wenty five industries presented their Water
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panel of judges (comprising of members of
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PSPD Unit Bollaram too figured in the list of 25 industries that have presented their efforts and was
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Additions to capacity, of the PM5 at Bhadrachalam and the
board machine at Kovai, have helped us to service our
markets in an improved manner. Our products have gained
acceptance in a newer markets including Europe, and, we
have added new distribution partners. Additions to our
înternational Sales team and improved logistics capability,
have helped us to delivery superior value through better

services.

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awards to major industries for their efforts to conserve the precious energy
resources.

or the year 2004-05 over 370 major industries participated in the
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he awards were given away by Hon'ble President of îndia, Dr Abdul

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Bhadrachalam akes the lead in Environmental Performance among the
îndian Pulp & Paper îndustry.

On the eve of the 'Silver Jubilee celebration' the appreciation made by
SE is
most befitting for the untiring efforts made by all of us to protect the
Environment and improving Societal values.

his Green Rating is the out come of Research
onducted for the
Environmental Performance during the assessment period, 1998-2002 by

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in the national map once again,
by winning the irst National Skill
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between 27th-29th August, 2005 at  î, Bangalore conducted by
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Skill competitions have been conducted by
îî for the past 16 yrs for the
workmen category. However this time round
îî felt the need to include the
working supervisors who are the real bridge between workers and the top level
management.

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2. Mr S.K.Madar - Electrical (Maintenance).

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ompetitions for Working Supervisors held between
June 4-5, 2005 at
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he other competitors were VS Wheels îndia Ltd from
hennai and î
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Regional Levels.

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Export Award for the year 2003-04. his is the third
consecutive year.

Our products are now exported to destination from

Australia in the East to UK in the West against internal
competition from the best in the world. Our focus in the
year 2004-05 will be more on East & West European
markets,
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A total of 147 entries from various categories of industries on all îndia basis were received for this competition,
out of which 38 entries have been shortlisted for final competition based on their Encon achievements. 38
companies presented their Encon efforts before a panel of judges ( comprising of members of
îî, Experts in
îndustry and Professors from Universities ) of which 20 companies in different categories have been awarded
Excellence in Energy Management.

în Pulp & Paper segment, 8 companies have sent their nominations but 2 units viz
entury Pulp & Paper, Lalkua
and PSPD, Bcm Unit made it to the final.

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his prestigious award will be presented by Hon'ble Shri B Satyanarayana, Minister of Major îndustries, Govt. of
A.P. & Hon'ble Shri Dasari Narayan Rao, Union Minister of State for
oal and Mines, Govt. of îndia during 5th
Annual Greentech Environment Excellence Award Program &
onference on Environment Management to be
held from 4 - 6th November 2004 at Ramoji ilm
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÷ he second rating of the pulp and paper sector shows visible improvements in environmental
performance of large companies.
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SE¶s data shows that industry can work to provide jobs and a growth model -- it can provide
employment to 0.55 million farming families just from tree plantation, and can make îndia a pulp-surplus
country.
÷ he credibility of the rating works as a reputational incentive to drive change in the sector.

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entre for Science
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SE) green rating of the pulp and paper sector today. î
-Bhadrachalam unit was awarded
the first rank, displacing last time winner JK Paper Mill to second place. he big loser is Andhra Pradesh Paper
Mills, which has slipped from 2nd place to 11th in this public rating of the environmental performance of
companies.

he project to rate industries was started by
SE in 1999 as an independent tool to leverage change in the
environmental balance sheet of companies. As the pulp and paper industry is extremely environmental intensive,
using large amounts wood and bamboo as raw material and releasing huge amounts of wastewater into rivers,

SE had rated this sector first in 1999.

he re-rating was done to check if companies were responding to public pressure to reform their environmental
performance. " he good news is that even this environmental nightmare sector is showing big changes," says

handra Bhushan, coordinator of
SE¶s Green Rating Project. " he fact that we can benchmark the
improvements shows that even if government regulations do not work, public pressure and the reputational
incentive to reform does work," adds Sunita Narain, director,
SE.

he rating shows that the companies have responded strongly to recommendations which arose from the first
rating.

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÷ Only one company had an environmental policy in 1999, and now 16 companies have policies; 25 of the
28 companies rated today have an environment department.
÷ he average water consumption of a mill during the first rating was 200 tonnes per tonne of paper
produced. his has come down to 135 tonnes today.
÷ While only one company, the winner î
Bhadrachalam, has totally eliminated the use of toxic chlorine
in its process, the others have cut down on their consumption from 65 tonnes of elemental chlorine used
for each tonne of bleached pulp to 40 tonnes by 2002.
÷ în the 1999 rating,
SE had strongly urged companies to move towards sourcing their wood and
bamboo from farmers, instead of depending on government forestlands for raw material supplies. ît will
be recalled that the voracious appetite for wood of this industry has been the single largest cause of
deforestation in the country. he 2004 rating reveals that the area brought under farmland for tree
cultivation has doubled ± from 20,000 hectares to over 40,000 hectares by 2002. Leaders in this area ±
Harihar Polyfibres, JK Paper Mills and î
Bhadrachalam ± are getting as much as 80-90 per cent of
their wood from farmers, who they are encouraging with their technical help and assured markets.

hese improvements are reflected in the fact that the 2004 rating awards six companies hree Leaves, as
compared to 1999 when only three mills could make the grade.

However, there is plenty of scope for improvement. he top companies have only qualified for the hree Leaves
Award, while the highest in the sector is ive Leaves. he overall analysis shows that while the sector improved
in some areas, it lost out in certain areas like process efficiency and management. Also, the improvements made
in raw material sourcing and water use need to go further.

he companies still misuse water as compared to the global best practice in the industry. ît is possible for mills to
close their water cycle and recycle and reuse water so that they can virtually become zero discharge mills.în the
area of raw material sourcing, the sector has the opportunity to become a sunshine sector and catalyse change
for the better in the rural economy by generating millions of jobs for poor farmers who can grow trees on marginal
lands for the mills.

ît can reduce its pollution generation considerably by installing methods to generate energy from its biomass
wastes and become an energy surplus sector, rather than depending on fossil fuels like coal.

în the field of wastepaper utilisation, the sector only utilises around 20 per cent of the wastepaper generated in
the country and depends largely on imports. By networking with ragpickers and kabariwallahs, the industry has
the opportunity to generate wealth for the poor in the country.

he sector has to think in terms of technology leapfrog so that it can eliminate its use of toxic chemicals like
chlorine. oday, even with the poor and highly polluting technology it uses, it is earning huge profit margins
compared to Western mills. he sector is experiencing a boom and the growth rate is twice the international rate.
Growing prosperity and literacy will only increase the size of the paper market in îndia, providing the sector
tremendous scope for improvement on all fronts.

he pulp and paper industry is an environmentalist¶s nightmare. ît can eat away a nation¶s forest. ît uses huge
amounts of equally precious water to µcook and clean¶ its raw material. ît uses high amounts of bleach in
manufacturing, which then emerges as toxins in its wastewater and sludge discharge. ît produces bad smells and
its effluent is coloured suspiciously. or precisely these reasons, any change for the better is good news. his
green rating shows that change is possible.

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Ltd¶s Bhadrachalam unit has been judged the greenest of them all. he company has been applauded for
leapfrogging into a new technology and becoming the first plant in the sector to eliminate the use of chlorine.

hlorine is used to bleach pulp and impart brightness to paper. his extremely polluting process generates toxic
organochlorines that end up polluting the water that they are discharged into. By eliminating chlorine use, î

can now make food-grade paper -- paper that can be used to package food.

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F=   of Raygada, Orissa, which was number one in the last ratings, has slipped to the second slot.
he company has maintained a foothold because of its efficient resource management process. he third spot in
the ratings has gone to î1 * 
 of Bhigwan, Maharashtra, which uses its state-of-the-art technology to
good effect ± it generates little pollution and treats its wastewater effectively, which is then used by local farmers
for irrigation.

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dropped to the 11th position from its second ranking in the last green rating, largely owing to its technological
backwardness. he mill also consumes huge amounts of water ± 200 tonnes for every tonne of paper it
produces, which is more than five times the global best practice. hirteenth-ranked î1   unit (placed
third in the first ratings) is another major loser: its generation of lime sludge has given it the unenviable epithet of
µsludge garden¶. he mill also loses out in its water consumption and farm forestry initiatives. he third major
loser is /  
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mill is changing for the better, but its snail¶s pace has put it in the ranks of the losers.


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SE says 'environmental nightmare sector' has improved performance.

he îndian paper and pulp industry had improved its environmental performance in the last five years, said the

entre for Science & Environment (
SE) in a report released today.

he Delhi-based environment watchdog¶s Green Rating Project has given the industry a score of 29.1 per cent in
2004, against 27.4 per cent in 1999, when it had first rated the pulp and paper industry.

he findings were released by former President KR Narayanan here today. ³ he good news is that even this
environmental nightmare sector is showing big changes,´ said
handra Bhushan, coordinator of the Green
Rating Project.

Out of the 30 units evaluated by the
SE, as many as six have got a rating of three leaves, the highest being five
leaves. he list is topped by î
Ltd¶s Bhadrachalam unit, followed by the Hari Shankar Singhania group¶s JK
Paper Mills and Lalit Mohan hapar¶s Bilt Graphics.

JK Paper Mills had topped the 1999 rankings. Andhra Pradesh Paper Mills has slipped from the second slot in
1999 to eleventh in the current round.

Since its first rating, the
SE report said, the paper and pulp industry had cut down on its usage of water, though
the average was still high. A key area of concern was the industry¶s high consumption of elemental chlorine to
bleach paper.

hough the scenario hadn¶t changed significantly over the years, the industry had become more conscious of its
chlorine consumption,
SE observed in its report.

he industry had become more conscious of the environment in the last five years. While only 30 per cent of the
companies in the first rating had a formal environment policy, the figure rose to 89 per cent in the 2004 rating.

Between the two ratings, the number of companies with an environment department increased from 18 per cent
of the total to 89 per cent and the number of companies with îSO 4001 certification was up from 3 per cent to 46
per cent. hus, six companies got the three leaves rating in 2004 as against just three in 1999.

he biggest gains made by the industry were in the sourcing of raw material. he industry, according to the
SE,
was sourcing more and more of its raw material, wood and bamboo, from farm and social forestry, besides
investing in R&D to improve the productivity of plantations.

³As a result, land under the farm and social forestry programmes had doubled from 20,000 hectares in 1998 to
40,000 hectares by 2004,´ the report said.

Apart from social forestry, the
SE also made a case for improving the usage of waste paper as a raw material
by the industry. he sector utilised only around 20 per cent of the waste paper generated in the country and
depended largely on imports.

³By networking with ragpickers and kabariwallahs, the industry has the opportunity to generate wealth for the
poor in the country,´ the report said.

On their part, senior paper industry functionaries told J


  

that government legislation was
required to segregate and collect waste paper. ³Nowhere in the world is waste paper segregated and collected by
the paper mills,´ a paper industry source said.

he paper industry has also been making a case for corporate farming in order to get better control over raw
material.

³We need to have control over 40-50 per cent of our raw material before we invest in new capacity,´ the source
said, adding: ³Nobody sets up a steel mill without coal mines or a cement plant without limestone quarries.´

While welcoming the green ratings, paper industry leaders said that the
SE should also study paper mills using
agricultural raw material and waste paper.

³ here are 20-30 such mills and their environmental problems are not being tackled,´ said the chief executive of a
large paper company.

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of about 150 companies across industries, the top 10 companies are chosen for the honour.

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his award is in recognition of the highest Exports ± in value terms ± in the
Paper and Paperboards category, and is awarded by the leading forum ±
hemicals &
Allied Products Exports Promotion
ouncil, îndia. or 3 consecutive years previously, we
have been awarded SPE
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(îndira Gandhi Award for the Environment) ± award conferred on Mr. Piare Lal, then Head ± Plantations
Department, under the individual category for the year 1999 by the Ministry Of Environment & orests,
Government of îndia



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î   I A ! ± 1997, by Ministry of Environment and forests, Government of îndia.

%+*   !  ± 1996, by Ministry of Rural Areas and Employment, Government of
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Award for the G + î +  î H ± in 1993-94

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Award given by the Department of Wastelands Development, Government of îndia - for developing non-forest
wastelands in the country - in 1994-95

%+*   !  ± 1994-95, by Ministry of Rural Areas and Employment, Government
of îndia.

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î !  for µ he Best echnological Development in Research and Development for 1991-92¶ by
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the Best Productivity Performance ± Unit Bhadrachalam bagged the award for 3 consecutive years from 1982 to
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Received the irst Prize for
apacity Utilization for 6 consecutive years from 1981 to 1986. his was a creditable
feat considering the fact that the company was still under stabilization operationally and financially, in the
concerned period.

÷ ood Grade
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÷ Special Award from *    ± in recognition of our efforts towards reducing their Packaging

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and increased productivity for farmers and increased availability of good quality raw material for plant
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