India’s Packaging Demand Surge Pushes Paper Giants into Corrugated Boxes; JK Paper Approves Punjab Project
Over the next five years, India’s economy is projected to double, with GDP rising from USD 2.5 trillion today to USD 5 trillion. That scale-up is expected to create much stronger demand for packaging and corrugated boxes. After the pandemic disrupted paper markets, many Indian mills redirected capacity from printing and writing paper to kraft paper. Several major paper players in the country are now pursuing corrugated box manufacturing, and JK Paper, one of India’s largest paper groups, has decided to formally enter the packaging business.
Sources say the board of JK Paper has approved an investment of INR 1.5 billion to set up a corrugated packaging plant in Punjab, India. The plant is expected to begin production in December 2022 and will have an annual box-making capacity of 50,000 tonnes. Its kraft paper raw material will mainly be purchased externally rather than produced in-house.
Corrugated cartons are a vital part of India’s manufacturing sector, where domestic manufacturers rely heavily on corrugated packaging for transporting and handling finished goods. Statistics show that India’s packaging market was valued at USD 50.5 billion in 2020 and is forecast to reach USD 204.81 billion by 2025. This implies a compound annual growth rate of 26.7% for the Indian packaging market during 2020-2025.
Source: China Packaging Network (pack.cn); original link: http://news.pack.cn/show-378069.html
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