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Orient Paper Industries Limited, formally known as Orient Paper Mills Limited was incorporated in 1939 and was subsequently changed to the present name Orient Paper Industries Limited in 1978. The Company is primarily engaged in manufacture sale of Paper, Electrical Consumer Durables, Chemicals, Industrial Blowers and Air Pollution Control Equipments. It is the leading tissue paper manufacturer in India. The Company presently has manufacturing facilities at Amlai, Brajrajnagar, Faridabad, Noida Kolkata. In the early years, the Company was manufacturing paper, boards and cement. A pilot pulp and paper plant of the company commissioned in February 1978. The pulp mill was redesigned for production of bleached pulp from rags, hemp, cotton, stalk, etc., as also from bamboo or other forestand/or agricultural residents. In September 1982, a cement plant was commissioned at Devapur (AP) with an annual capacity of 9 lakh tonnes. The agreement with Panafrican paper Mills (E.A.) Limited for providing technical knowhow, management and other services was renewed for a further period of 5 years with effect from 30th June 1989. In end of the year 1990 the second unit of the cement factory was commissioned. In 1991, the company undertook to supply technical knowhow for the manufacture of paper in and outside India. The first stage of oxygen bleaching was commissioned for improved brighteners of paper and the second stage of chlorine dioxide bleaching were commissioned in the year 1992 and the second stage of chlorine dioxide bleaching was commissioned during 199394. A Memorandum of understanding was entered into with State Industrial Investment Corporation of Maharashtra Ltd., (SICOM) for setting up a 80,000 TPA bagasse based plant to produce newsprint/working and printing paper. The company was granted technical and financial collaboration to Panafrican Paper Mill (E.A.) Ltd., for setting up pulp and paper mill in Kenya in 1995. In 1996, the companys 6 MW Back Pressure Turbine was commissioned at Amlai to reduce power cost and reduce dependence on outside supply. The new tissue plant at Amlai was also commissioned in the year of 1997. Barajrajnagar plant of the company was suspended due to a major overhaul of the plant and equipment in 1997 for 3 months. During the same period, the upflow tower system, for chlorine dioxide bleach plant at Amlai and the 350 tonnes recovery boiler and electrostatic precipitator at Brajrajnagar were commissioned. The new tissue plant at Amlai was also commissioned. The Cement Undertaking of the Company was demerged/ transferred in the year 201213 to Orient Cement Limited as a going concern basis effective from April 01, 2012 pursuant to the Scheme of Arrangement approved by the Honble Orissa High Court. The Company commissioned its new Switchgear Project and launched Low Voltage Switchgear (MCB, RCCB and distribution board) products in January 2015, further commissioned a new manufacturing facility at Guwahati in 201617 commissioned Tissue expansion project with effect from 1st May 2017. The Electric Business of the Company was demerged into Orient Electric Limited in 201718 .The Company commissioned its third tissue paper machine in 201819.In 202324, Company transitioned to Elemental Chlorine Free (ECF) bleaching. It increased production of pulp capacity to 300 TPD. During the year 2025, Company laid a strong foundation for Industry 4.0 by upgrading control systems across production units and adding 684 new field instruments. It stabilised the SAPHANA system and prepared network infrastructure for future digitalisation phases, setting the stage for seamless interconnectivity via Integrated Control Systems (ICS) in FY25.