The Paper Industry plays an important role on the Indian economy. Currently the paper industry is growing @ 7.8% annually and poised for a substantial expansion from the present annual output of 6.7 million tonnes to meet a projected demand of 10 million tonnes by 2010 (approx.). The potential for per capita increase on account of economic growth, literacy increase, growing purchasing power and emerging exports, the industry attracts companies to invest and modernize to attracts companies to invest and modernize to face the challengers.

At the same time competition in global pulp & paper is intensifying. This is likely to have an increasing impact on the Indian Market. For modernization, productivity improvements and building new capacity, an investment of US$ 7,500 million is needed. 

Against this background, Paperex 2007 will be primarily a technology event to :

• Provide an opportunity for the technology upgradation, modernisation of plant and equipment, substantial expansion of existing paper mills to bring them at par with world standards.
  

• Provide opportunity for foreign machinery suppliers to explain the technological features of their machines to the prospective investors in paper industry with particular reference to water & energy conservation, upgradation of quality, automation etc.
  

• Identity opportunity for setting up green field world sized Paper, Machinery, Chemical and Allied plants in India either as joint ventures or technology transfers to meet the growing demand of Indian subcontinent and to make India as a base for export to other Asian countries by taking advantage of the highly technically skilled manpower availability, lower labour cost etc.
  

• A meeting ground for technology sellers and seekers.
  

• Networking with the leaders of pulp and paper industry in the world.