1979 - The Company was incorporated on 16th April, with a capacity of manufacture 50,000 tpa. of newsprint, and 40,000 tpa of printing and writing paper. It 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. It manufactures newsprint, writing and printing paper. 1993 - The wind farm at Devarkulam was commissioned on December & that at Perunguadi in March. 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, Kattabomman district in Tamil Nadu. 1997 - 500,00,000 No. of equity shares allotted to promoters i.e. Government of Tamil Nadu. During November 1995, the Company issued 200,00,000 No. of equity shares of Rs 10 each at a prem. of Rs 100 per share through a prospectus. Of which the following were reserved for allotment on a preferential basis: - (i) 3,30,000 shares to Indian working directors, workers of the Company (only 2,76,500 shares taken up). - (ii) 21,70,000 shares to NRIs (all were taken up). Of the remaining 175,00,000 shares issued to the public along with 53,500 shares not taken up by employees. - 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 ranging from Rs.1,048 to Rs.6,250 per tonne for imports from USA, Canada and Russia. 1998 - The Company has signed an MOU with Quena Newsprint, Egypt for providing technical assistance and support for erection and commissioning of a Newsprint and Paper Mill in Egypt. - Tamil Nadu Newsprint and Papers Ltd (TNPL), a Tamil Nadu Government undertaking, has committed in the Chennai High Court that it would stop discharging its effluents into the Pugalur channel within 3 months. - The company has installed two captive turbo generators for generating about 26 MW of power. In addition, the company has also setting up a turbo generator of 10.5 MWs capacity to fed the TNEB's power grid. - The Tamil Nadu Newsprint and Papers Ltd (TNPL) in Karur district has enhanced mechanical bagasse pulping (MBP) utilisation to about 30 per cent against the envisaged 50 per cent in its DPR in its new paper machines after the World Bank decision to fund the project. - An MoU was signed by TNPL and Quena Newsprint and Paper Company of Egypt. - The company has also acquired ISO 9001 certification from RW TUV, a German company through its Indian arm TUV Pvt Ltd. - Photocopier paper named "TNPL COPIER" was developed to meet the requirement of the customer with 75% chemical bagasse pulp. 1999 - Tamil Nadu Newsprint and Papers Ltd is mulling a proposal to manage the Karnataka-based Mandya National Paper mill (MNPM) -- a sick unit, as a pilot project for a limited period. - TNPL is the first commercially successful bagasse based newsprint plant in the world. - Tamil Nadu Newsprint and Papers Ltd (TNPL) is on the verge of finalising a long-term agreement with the Coimbatore-based Sakthi Sugars for the supply of bagasse. - The Company has signed an MOU with Quena Newsprint, Egypt for providing technical assistance and support for erection and commissioning of a Newsprint and Paper Mill in Egypt. - The Company has introduced a branded value added product viz. TNPL Excel Maplitho and has improved the quality of TNPL copier and other varieties of paper. 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 by the Loyola Institute of Business Administration (LIBA). 2001 - Crisil has upgraded the fixed deposit program of Tamil Nadu Newsprint & Papers Ltd. from FA to FAA. 2002 -Thiru Arun Ramanathan has been appointed as Director of the Tamil Nadu Newsprint & Papers Ltd in place of Thiru M A Gowrishankar w.e.f. June 25, 2002. Thiru Arun Rananathan is also holding additional charge as Chairman and Managing Director of the Company. Thiru N Narayanan has been appointed as Director of the company in place of Thiru R Sathanam w.e.f June 25, 2002. Thiru Sanwat Ram has been appointed as Director of the company in place of Thiru K Allaudin w.e.f. June 25, 2002. -Tamil Nadu Newsprint and Papers Ltd has informed BSE that Thiru R S Agarwal has been appointed as Director of the company in place of Thiru E S Jayaraman with effect from November 14, 2002. 2003 -Tamil Nadu Newsprint & Papers Ltd informs that Thiru R S Kannan IAS is appointed as a Director of the company w.e.f May 23, 2003 in place of Thiru Sanwat Ram, IAS. -TNPL prepays its World Bank loan enabling a drastic cut in its cost of debt. -TNPL appoints Canadian AMEC E & C Services Ltd to carry out the feasbilty study. -Thiru Anant Ramanathan is appointed as the Director on the board of TNPL. - Thiru K Skandan, IAS has been appointed as Chairman & Managing Director in place of Thiru P Rama Mohana Rao, IAS. 2007 -Tamil Nadu Newsprint & Papers Ltd has appointed Thiru K. Phanindra Reddy, IAS and Thiru R. L. Narasimhan as Directors of our Company with effect from 23.01.2007. -Tamil Nadu Newsprint & Papers Ltd has appointed Thiru M F Farooqui, IAS as Director-cum-part-time Chairman of the Company with effect from November 22, 2007 in place of Thiru Shaktikanta Das, IAS and Tmt. Anita Praveen, IAS has been appointed as Director of the Company with effect from December 06, 2007, in place of Thiru K Phanindra Reddy, IAS. 2009 - Tamil Nadu Newsprint & Papers Ltd has informed that Thiru Dayanand Kataria, IAS has been appointed as Director of the Company in the place of Thiru Atulya Misra, IAS and Thiru R Thaigarajan, IAS been appointed as Director of the Company in the place of Smt. Anita Praveen, IAS with effect from 26.06.2009. 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(FSC) - Forest Mangement & 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 (Operations) of the Company. 2014 - Board recommended a Dividend of Rs. 6/- per share on the face value of Rs. 10/- . - Tamil Nadu Newsprint & Papers Ltd has appointed Thiru. Mahesan Kasirajan, IAS as a Director in the Board of the Company 2017 -TNPL has been receiving the Dun & Bradstreet Corporate Award consecutively for six years from 2012 under the sector Paper & Paper Products. 2018 -TNPL have been selected and awarded as "Excellence in Water Management Unit" at Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) for Excellence in Water Management 2018. -TNPL have been awarded as "Water Stewardship Award" during India Corporate Governance and Sustainability Vision Summit 2018 at New Delhi. 2019 -TNPL Corporate Governance & Sustainability Vision Award 2019 in the category of Water Stewardship Awards examine the eligible applications received as per the procedure. 2020 -TNPL has participated in the category of Water Stewardship and submitted the questionnaire as required by the ICC. TNPL Corporate Governance & 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 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. -11th Golden Globe Tigers Award 2023 "Best HR Company" (Organizational Award categories for Excellence in HR) has been awarded. 2024 -TNPL has been recognized as a "Great Place to Work" for 2024-2025.