Table of Contents:
- Paper Industries
- The raw material for paper Industries
- Process for making paper
- Location factors
- Features of Paper Pulp Industry
- Paper production by States
What is Paper Industries?
Paper industries are forest-based industries that take wood or grass as input and produce paper for different usage.
The following are the raw materials for paper industries:
- Bamboo
- Softwood
- Sugarcane residue
- Grass
- Wheat bran
- Water
The following process involved in making a Paper:
- Cut down of a tree
- Transported to Pulp Mill
- The wood of trees processed and converted to wood pulp
- Wood pulp is mixed with chemical and changed into the paper by the machine
Location factors of Paper and Pulp Industry:
- Paper and pulp industries are located near raw materials sources.
Ideal location in India:
- Kolkata; raw materials from Northeastern states
- Gujarat, Odisha, and Lucknow;
- Lucknow get raw materials from the Terai region
Characteristics of Paper pulp Industry;
- It is a forest-based industry
- Small scall industry
- Highly mechanized and need little labor but need electricity to run machines.
- Paper and Pulp industries are also major water polluters industry.
Paper production by States or geographical distribution of paper Industry:
The following are the decreasing order of paper production.
- Maharashtra
- Andhra Pradesh
- Madhya Pradesh
- Karnataka
- Gujarat
For a detailed explanation, watch the below video:
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