please help improve it or discuss these issues on the talk page . learn how and when to remove these template messages this article needs additional citations for verification . please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . july 2014 learn how and when to remove this template message this article s tone or style may not reflect the encyclopedic tone used on wikipedia . see wikipedia s guide to writing better articles for suggestions . december 2009 learn how and when to remove this template message learn how and when to remove this template message ballarpur industries limited type public company traded as bse 500102 founded 1945 founder lala karamchand thapar headquarters gurgaon india key people gautam thapar chairman and ceo revenue us 1 billion website http www.bilt.com ballarpur industries limited bilt is a flagship of the us 4 bn avantha group and india s largest manufacturer of writing and printing w & p paper . the current chairman of the company is gautam thapar who succeeded his late uncle l.m. thapar . bilt s subsidiaries include sabah forest industries sfi malaysia s largest pulp and paper company and bilt tree tech limited bttl which runs bilt s farm forestry programme in several states in india . bilt has six manufacturing units across india which give the company geographic coverage over most of the domestic market . bilt has a dominant share of the high end coated paper segment in india . the company accounts for over 50 % of the coated wood free paper market an impressive 85 % of the bond paper market and nearly 45 % of the hi bright maplitho market besides being india s largest exporter of coated paper . bilt s acquisition of sfi in 2007 was a watershed event it was the first overseas acquisition by an indian paper company . this acquisition transformed bilt into a major regional player and elevated the company s ranking among the global top 100 . contents 1 locations 2 history 3 references 4 external links locations edit this section contains embedded lists that may be better presented using prose . you can help by converting the list or lists to prose if appropriate . editing help is available . may 2016 learn how and when to remove this template message bilt is headquartered in gurgaon in haryana . its 3 central nurseries are in 1 maharashtra orissa telangana the company has manufacturing units in the following locations in india ashti gadchiroli maharashtra ballarpur or ballarshah chandrapur district maharashtra bhigwan pune district maharashtra kamalapuram warangal district telangana sewa jeypore orissa yamuna nagar yamuna nagar district haryana its malaysian operations are based out of sabah malaysia . history edit lala karam chand thapar established company in 1945 as ballarpur paper and straw board mills limited with three aces paper and wisdom stationery being its first two brands . in 1969 shree gopal paper mills limited in yamunanagar was merged with the company . in 1975 the organisation was renamed ballarpur industries limited . in the 1990s the company was under siege from southeast asian companies who set up greenfield projects in india . but in 2001 ballarpur industries turned around and was able to buy out its indonesian competitor s sinar mas group indian division . the name bilt emerged after a corporate rebranding exercise in 2002 . today it is a well established name associated with not just paper but also stationery products.rgt 2 references edit http www.bilt.com forestry3.asp gggg ppi top 100 the times of india the hindu business line external links edit bilt paper division retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title ballarpur industries & oldid 720495460 categories pulp and paper companies of indiacompanies established in 1945companies based in gurgaonforestry in malaysiahidden categories articles needing additional references from july 2014all articles needing additional referenceswikipedia articles needing style editing from december 2009all articles needing style editingarticles needing cleanup from may 2016all pages needing cleanuparticles with sections that need to be turned into prose from may 2016 navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 16 may 2016 at 06 50 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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