- Business
- Genus Paper & Boards Limited manufactures kraft paper and related packaging products in India. Incorporated in 1996 as part of the Kailash Group of Companies, the company maintains its registered office in Moradabad, Uttar Pradesh, with facilities in Moradabad and Muzaffarnagar, Uttar Pradesh, and corporate office in New Delhi. It operates through paper business, coke business, and strategic investment activity segments, producing premium quality packaging paper from recovered fiber and virgin sources using five state-of-the-art paper machines with total capacity exceeding 450,000 TPA.
The company offers carton boards from 200 GSM to 400 GSM; container boards and kraft paper from 100 GSM to 400 GSM with burst factor ranging 18 to 40; speciality kraft and boards from 60 GSM to 120 GSM with burst factor 25 to 40; duplex boards from 230 GSM to 450 GSM; and writing printing paper, serving packaging needs for corrugated boxes, liners, sacks, composite containers, FMCG, consumer durables, pharmaceuticals, garments, textiles, footwear, e-commerce, and publications industries domestically and internationally. It also engages in coke production and strategic investments in shares, securities, and loans.
In recent developments, Genus Paper & Boards acquired NS Paper Ltd in Muzaffarnagar, integrating three additional paper machines to expand its product portfolio and production capacity toward becoming a one-stop packaging supplier. The company enhanced operations at the acquired facility through investments in pulp making, automation, and value-added products focused on single-use plastic substitution. Promoter Ishwar Chand Agarwal released a pledge on 6.5 million shares, equivalent to 2.528% stake, in June 2025, while promoter holding rose slightly to 50.85% by March 2025. A board meeting occurred on November 13, 2025, to approve unaudited Q2 and half-year results ended September 30, 2025.