Product line · Since 2014
Areca leaf: turning a burned residue into an export-grade product line
Building a tableware line from a material farmers were sweeping up and burning.
- Requirement
- A plate made without cutting trees or adding chemicals, consistent enough for catering and retail buyers.
- Challenge
- Fallen areca sheaths vary in size, thickness and colour, arrive seasonally and were widely burned as waste.
- Solution
- Collection from farmer partners, a multi-stage wash, heat-press moulding in heated dies, treatment and grading before packing, so each carton is consistent.
- Outcome
- A range of plates, bowls, trays and small items, made at units in Karnataka, that pays farming families for a former waste product.
- Evidence
- Process as described by the company. Unit years company-stated (Hubli 2014, Bengaluru 2016).
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Questions
Questions buyers ask
What was the requirement?
A plate made without cutting trees or adding chemicals, consistent enough for catering and retail buyers.
What was the challenge?
Fallen areca sheaths vary in size, thickness and colour, arrive seasonally and were widely burned as waste.
What was done?
Collection from farmer partners, a multi-stage wash, heat-press moulding in heated dies, treatment and grading before packing, so each carton is consistent.
Which capabilities were used?
Raw-material sourcing from farmers; Heat-press moulding; Grading and packing.
What is the evidence?
Process as described by the company. Unit years company-stated (Hubli 2014, Bengaluru 2016).
What does Bollant Industries make?
Recycled paper and board, industrial paper products such as cores and cones, corrugated and printed packaging, paper tableware, areca and sal leaf tableware, inks, adhesives and laminating films, and a small home and professional care range.
Where is Bollant Industries based?
The head office is in Somajiguda, Hyderabad, and the manufacturing units are in Telangana and Karnataka.
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