A wide range of raw materials, such as bamboo, wood grass, rice and wheat straw, jute, rags and waste paper are made available for paper and board making.

• Though countries like Indonesia, Malaysia and Philippines have already emerged as `handmade paper giants’; India is being looked upon as the country with the maximum growth potential. The country is almost self-sufficient in manufacture of most varieties of handmade papers.
• There has been phenomenal growth in the export market for Indian Handmade Paper and its products, especially in the developed countries like the United States of America, West Germany, European Countries, Australia etc. The last decade witnessed rapid growth in export as a number of Handmade Paper and paper products manufacturing units have become hundred percent export oriented units and helped in increasing the foreign exchange of the country.
• The handmade paper industry in India offers considerable potential to meet the increasing demand for paper products in an environmentally sound way.  The Indian government has provided funds to different handmade paper supplying councils like KVIC (Khadi & Village Industries Commission) which tie up with banks and through banks provide funds to promising entrepreneurs who want to start handmade paper making business.
• UNDP had provided funds to improve activities further in handmade paper industry which gave a lot of exposure of that market. Also the government had come out with REGP plans (Rural Employment Generation Program) where the government gave loans to village people to start small handmade paper units thus boosting the rural areas to further develop.
• India’s handmade papers industry worth crores of rupees, provides full time employment to thousands of people in the rural areas. Further to boost the industry KVIC sector conducts other major programs like Buyer-Seller Meet Cum Exhibitions at national level, Seminars Cum Workshops on Handmade Paper Industries etc, they also came out with Handmade Paper Making Multi Disciplinary Training Centres in Mumbai, Assam, Delhi which provides prospective entrepreneurs with Demonstration Kits for good quality products and also how to tab the naturally abundantly available local raw material.

(Information courtesy: KVIC)

Going beyond a host of exciting gifting ideas for corporate industry, Giftex 2012 is also hosting a special handmade paper pavilion by handmade paper & Fibre Industries, courtesy Khadi & Village Industries Commission.

GIFTEX, STATIONEX & JUTEX 2012

Venue:     Nehru Centre, Worli,  Mumbai
Date:     Feb. 10th - 13th, 2012
Timing: 11.00 a.m. - 7.00 p.m.

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