WITH financial support from the State Economic Promotion Fund, Phyo Wai Wai Paper and Book Manufacturing Cooperative Ltd, based in Myitkyina, Kachin State, has successfully begun producing double-sided smooth paper and distributing school exercise books.

That cooperative collected used office and school books, along with paper scraps from the local area, and recycled them into pulp. It then manufactured and sold various paper products, including rough and smooth paper, tissue paper, and cardboard. To enhance local manufacturing capacity and enable the region’s first production of double-sided smooth paper, the Kachin State government provided more than K100 million through the revolving State Economic Promotion Fund. This support has allowed the cooperative to significantly expand the production of double-sided smooth school exercise books.

Using the fund, Phyo Wai Wai Paper and Book Manufacturing Cooperative Ltd established a new factory in Mankhane Ward, equipped with tissue paper machines, single-sided smooth paper machines, and double-sided smooth paper production machines. The Chief Minister of Kachin State, accompanied by responsible officials, visited the factory yesterday to inspect its operations and encourage the workers.

The new factory is steadily increasing its production capacity. Once operating at full capacity, it is expected to produce about 900 tonnes of single-sided smooth paper, 1,000 tonnes of tissue paper, and about 900 tonnes of double-sided smooth paper annually. In addition, the cooperative is conducting trials to produce paper from banana fibre as part of its efforts to diversify environmentally friendly paper products.

Kachin State (IPRD)/ KTZH

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