Programming and speaker lineups are just about complete for the inaugural Paper Recycling Conference India, scheduled for Jan. 29-30, 2015, at the Taj Palace Hotel in New Delhi, India.
This inaugural event will feature representatives from many of the largest paper mills in the Indian subcontinent, as well as traders, recyclers and suppliers doing business in the region. While conference sessions will cover a host of topics that are relevant to the global recovered fiber industry, the main focus of the two-day event will be to highlight the opportunities and challenges available in the region. The program will include a number of panel discussions and presentations, delivered by top executives at Indian companies and by key representatives involved in the global paper and paper recycling sector.
Additional topics of discussion include the logistics of moving recovered fiber from the port to the end consumer, supply statistics, opportunities and growth areas.
Paper Recycling Conference India is hosted by the Recycling Today Media Group, Valley View, Ohio, with support from the Indian Paper Manufacturers Association, the Indian Pulp & Paper Technical Association and the Indian Agro & Recycled Paper Mills Association. As well, Waste & Recycling India magazine and Waste & Recycling Middle East magazine are organizing partners.
With India’s population now representing some 15 percent of the world’s population, there is no better time to or place to discuss the collections infrastructure and consumption requirements for recovered paper than Paper Recycling Conference India, says James R. Keefe, group publisher of the Recycling Today Media Group.
“It is estimated that consumption of paper in India is projected to reach 13.95 million tons by 2015-2016. Further, annual recovered paper requirements are projected to jump from 8 million tons currently to some 16 million tons by 2025,” says Keefe. “Our global network of industry contacts is allowing us to work closely with people who have an intimate knowledge of the Indian market. We’re adding to that a global perspective, and we’ve filled the program with speakers who can provide unusually valuable market insight.”
Some of the key speakers who will be in attendance at Paper Recycling Conference India are:
- Ranjit Singh Baxi, founder and chairman of J and H Sales International Ltd., a U.K. exporter of recovered fibre. In 2001, the company received the Queen’s Award for Enterprise (International Trade). In 2011, Baxi was appointed treasurer of the Bureau of International Recycling (BIR), prior to which he was president of the BIR Paper Division from 2007-2013. He is the author of the authoritative book, Recycling our Future – A Global Strategy, published in 2014.
- Shiraz Hamirani, managing director of Paper Chase International, based in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Hamirani has led the company for the past 26 years, building Paper Chase’s presence throughout the Middle East and in the global markets for recovered fibre. The company now has a presence in several countries, enabling Paper Chase to leverage its resources profitably and efficiently and to play a significant role through volume exports in targeted international markets.
- P. R. Ray, director of the trading company Esskay Impex, based in Delhi, India. Ray has held senior positions in the paper industry in India for 22 years, including serving as an executive at one of India’s leading paper-producing organizations.
- Bill Moore, president of the international consulting firm Moore & Associates, based in Atlanta. Moore & Associates specializes in providing a range of market research and strategic services to the global paper recycling industry.
Other confirmed speakers include Michael Belus, GP Harmon Recycling LLC; Jogarao Bhamidipati, ITC PSPD; Pankaj Chowdhary, Reliance Fibres Ltd.; Marc Ehrlich, Vipa Lausanne; Saifee Jani, Paper Link International FZCO; Jay Keida, Cellpap; P S Patwari, Emami Paper Mills Ltd.; Mohammed Mustafizur Rahman, Bashundhara Paper Mills Ltd.; Ashu Vyas, Cellmark; and Peter Wang, America Chung Nam.
Conference sessions will cover a wide variety of topics that are important to paper recyclers doing business in the Indian subcontinent. Sessions include:
- supply trends in the Indian subcontinent, Europe, the Middle East and North America;
- the state of logistics and infrastructure concerning the transport of recovered fiber throughout the region;
- opportunities and growth prospects in India; and
- discussions with India’s top paper companies on key trends driving the recovered fibre industry.
Details and registration information for Paper Recycling Conference India are available at the conference website, www.PaperRecyclingIndia.com.
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