National Paper Company Ltd - Colombo, Sri Lanka

National Paper Company Limited (NPCL) was the main paper manufacturer in Sri Lanka before reduction of import duty.
NPCL is the only local manufacturer for Duplicating, Duplo Colour, U.B. Printing, Cream Laid, Cover Paper, Test Liner, Manila Board, Bristol Board, Box Board.
The NPCL is the oldest industry of the Country. The country’s first paper factory which was established in 1955was commissioned for commercial operation in 1956 at Valaichchenai. Valaichchenai Paper Mills was renamed as Eastern Paper Mills Corporation in 1958 and the Board Machine was commissioned in 1972. With the expansion programme 2nd Paper Mills was put up at Embilipitiya in 1976 and it was renamed as National Paper Corporation. (Embilipitiya Paper Mills was later privatized in 2011). National Paper  

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Corporation was converted into a liability limited Company from 01.07.1992 and incorporated under Company’s Act No.17 of 1992 as National Paper Company Limited (NPCL). NPCL was the market leader and having the most of the market shares until the implementation of the open market policy and waving off the 35% tariff on the importation of paper and the board in 1994 it became bad to worse and the profit started to drop. One more reason for waving off the tariffwas the Paper Mill was in the war zone but it’s now time to rethink and change the polices for theupliftment of the local industry and save nearly 300 families who are directly employed and some 200 indirectly employed and the Mill could contribute a larger portion to the GDP as well.