Tamil Nadu Newsprint & Papers Ltd
NSE: TNPL BSE: 531426
₹137.96
-2.10 (1.50%)
Thu, 22 Oct 2026, 09:07 pm
Market Cap (in Cr)968.95
PE Ratio3.66
Dividend2.86
Process Industries
Pulp & Paper
24.5KTamil Nadu Newsprint & Papers Ltd Company History
1979
- The Company was incorporated on 16th April.
- The Company was promoted by the Government of Tamil Nadu for the manufacture of Newsprint and Printing and Writing Papers using bagasse as the primary raw material.
1993
- The wind farm at Devarkulam was commissioned.
- The wind farm at Perunguadi was commissioned.
- The Company undertook to double its existing capacity.
1996
- The Company diversified into non-conventional area of energy by setting up a 15MW captive wind farm in Nellai.
1997
- 500,00,00,000 No of equity shares allotted to promoters.
- The Company issued 200,00,000 No of equity shares of Rs 10 each.
- The expansion project of TNPL was to double its capacity from 90,000 tonnes per annum to 1,80,000 tonnes per annum.
- The ministry of commerce has proposed to impose anti-dumping duty on newsprint.
1998
- The Company has signed an MOU with Quena Newsprint, Egypt.
- Tamil Nadu Newsprint and Papers Ltd has committed in the Chennai High Court that it would stop discharging its effluents into the Pugalur channel.
- The company has installed two captive turbo generators for generating about 26 MW of power.
- The company has also setting up a turbo generator of 10.5 MWs capacity.
- TNPL has enhanced mechanical bagasse pulping utilisation to about 30 per cent.
- The company has acquired ISO 9001 certification from RW TUV.
- Photocopier paper named TNPL COPIER was developed.
1999
- Tamil Nadu Newsprint and Papers Ltd is mulling a proposal to manage the Karnataka-based Mandya National Paper mill.
- TNPL is the first commercially successful bagasse based newsprint plant in the world.
- Tamil Nadu Newsprint and Papers Ltd is on the verge of finalising a long-term agreement with the Coimbatore-based Sakthi Sugars.
- The Company has signed an MOU with Quena Newsprint, Egypt.
- The Company has introduced a branded value added product viz TNPL Excel Maplitho.
2000
- The FA+ rating assigned to the FD issue of the company has been reaffirmed.
- The Company has been selected for Mother Teresa Award for best corporate citizen.
2001
- Crisil has upgraded the fixed deposit program of Tamil Nadu Newsprint and Papers Ltd from FA+ to FAA.
2002
- Thiru Arun Ramanathan has been appointed as Director of the Tamil Nadu Newsprint and Papers Ltd.
- Thiru N Narayanan has been appointed as Director of the company.
- Thiru Sanwat Ram has been appointed as Director of the company.
- Thiru R S Agarwal has been appointed as Director of the company.
2003
- Thiru R S Kannan IAS is appointed as a Director of the company.
- TNPL prepays its World Bank loan.
- TNPL appoints Canadian AMEC E and C Services Ltd to carry out the feasibility study.
- Thiru Anant Ramanathan is appointed as the Director on the board of TNPL.
- Thiru K Skandan, IAS has been appointed as Chairman and Managing Director.
2007
- Thiru K Phanindra Reddy, IAS and Thiru R L Narasimhan as Directors of the Company.
- Thiru M F Farooqui, IAS as Director-cum-part-time Chairman of the Company.
- Tmt Anita Praveen, IAS has been appointed as Director of the Company.
2009
- Thiru Dayanand Kataria, IAS has been appointed as Director of the Company.
- Thiru R Thaigarajan, IAS been appointed as Director of the Company.
2010
- TNPL donates diesel generator to the Government Hospital as a social responsibility.
- Notebooks donated to the students of government schools.
- Conservation initiatives earn green award for TNPL.
- TNPL sponsors five students to study course.
- TNPL conducts free ENT camp.
2011
- TNPL donates Rs. 95,000 for sports meets.
2012
- Eye camp organised by TNPL.
- Students reap rich rewards with TNPL aid.
- TNPL obtained Forest Stewardship Council Forest Management and Chain Of Custody Certificate.
2013
- Board recommended a Dividend of Rs. 5 per share on the face value of Rs. 10.
- Tamil Nadu Newsprint And Papers Ltd has appointed Thiru R Mani as a Director of the Company.
2014
- Board recommended a Dividend of Rs. 6 per share on the face value of Rs. 10.
- Tamil Nadu Newsprint and Papers Ltd has appointed Thiru Mahesan Kasirajan, IAS as a Director in the Board of the Company.
2017
- TNPL has been receiving the Dun and Bradstreet Corporate Award consecutively for six years from 2012 under the sector Paper and Paper Products.
2018
- TNPL was selected and awarded as Excellence in Water Management Unit at Confederation of Indian Industry for Excellence in Water Management 2018.
- TNPL was awarded the Water Stewardship Award during India Corporate Governance and Sustainability Vision Summit 2018 at New Delhi.
2019
- TNPL received the Corporate Governance and Sustainability Vision Award 2019 in the category of Water Stewardship Awards.
2020
- TNPL participated in the category of Water Stewardship and submitted the questionnaire as required by the ICC.
- TNPL received the Corporate Governance and Sustainability Vision Award 2020 in the category of Water Stewardship.
2021
- TNPL receives Golden Peacock Award 2020 for Corporate Social Responsibility.
2022
- Tamil Nadu Newsprint received the 17th National Award for Excellence in Cost Management, 2019.
- Tamil Nadu Newsprint awarded the Most Innovative Environment Project Award.
2023
- TNPL has been Awarded the Top Exporter Award by CAPEXIL.
- TNPL received the 11th Golden Globe Tigers Award 2023 for Best HR Company.
2024
- TNPL has been recognized as a Great Place to Work for 2024-2025.
