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- Satia Industries Limited manufactures and sells writing, printing, and packaging paper in India and internationally. The company produces a wide range of products including Super Snow White paper, Snow White paper, Maplitho paper, colored paper, ledger paper, cartridge paper, duplicating paper, bond paper with and without watermarks, and chromo paper across a GSM range of 42 to 200; these products serve printing applications for textbooks, notebooks, directories, envelopes, diaries, calendars, computer stationery, wedding cards, annual reports, paper cups, and high-class printing for domestic and export markets. Founded in 1980 by Dr. Ajay Satia and commencing operations in 1984 as Satia Paper Mills Ltd., the company is headquartered at VPO Rupana, Malout-Muktsar Road, District Sri Muktsar Sahib, Punjab, India, with branch offices in Delhi, Chandigarh, and Jaipur. Satia Industries operates a fully integrated facility featuring four paper machines, pulping machinery, chemical recovery plant, captive power generation meeting 100% requirements, and 540 acres of eucalyptus plantations using treated wastewater; it sources wood chips, veneer waste, wheat straw, and sarkanda as raw materials while emphasizing sustainability through biomass energy and zero-liquid-discharge systems. The company maintains a pan-India distribution network with over 70 dealers and targets education, packaging, and printing sectors amid rising demand driven by e-commerce and anti-plastic trends. In recent developments, Satia Industries plans investments of INR 4-4.5 billion (US$45.65-51.35 million) over FY26-FY27 to upgrade PM-3 paper machine starting November 2025 for six to nine months, adding 18,000-20,000 MTPA capacity for a 10% total increase focused on copier, maplitho, and chromo papers; enhance its recovery boiler for 7-10% efficiency gains by FY28; and secure Rs 96.5 crore contracts for textbook printing paper, with capex of INR 225 crore partially spent amid a temporary revenue dip from shutdowns but targeting FY26 recovery to INR 1,200-1,300 crore.