Mysore Paper Mill Limited or the MPM is situated at
Bhadravathi in the
Shimoga district
Shimoga district, officially known as Shivamogga district, is a district in the Karnataka state of India. A major part of Shimoga district lies in the Malnad region or the Sahyadri. Shimoga city is its administrative centre. Jog Falls view po ...
of Karnataka state, India. It was established in the year 1936 by
Nalvadi Krishnaraja Wodeyar
Maharaja Krishnaraja Wadiyar IV (Nalwadi Krishnaraja Wadiyar; 4 June 1884 – 3 August 1940) was the twenty-fourth maharaja of the Kingdom of Mysore, from 1902 until his death in 1940. He is popularly called ''Rajarshi'' ( sa, rājarṣi, lit ...
, the then
Maharaja
Mahārāja (; also spelled Maharajah, Maharaj) is a Sanskrit title for a "great ruler", "great king" or " high king".
A few ruled states informally called empires, including ruler raja Sri Gupta, founder of the ancient Indian Gupta Empire, an ...
of
Mysore state
Mysore State, colloquially Old Mysore, was a state within the Dominion of India and the later Republic of India from 1947 until 1956. The state was formed by renaming the Kingdom of Mysore, and Bangalore replaced Mysore as the state's capital. ...
. In 1977, the company became a
government
A government is the system or group of people governing an organized community, generally a state.
In the case of its broad associative definition, government normally consists of legislature, executive, and judiciary. Government is a ...
company. The company obtained
ISO
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ISO or Iso may also refer to: Business and finance
* Iso (supermarket), a chain of Danish supermarkets incorporated into the SuperBest chain in 2007
* Iso ...
certification in the year 2004.
Closure
MPM closed functioning in 2016. Government wants to privatise the company while workers want the government to revive it. Some workers opted for voluntary retirement scheme. Company has issued tenders for disposal of materials
See also
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VISL
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Shimoga
Shimoga, officially known as Shivamogga, is a city and the district headquarters of Shimoga district in the central part of the state of Karnataka, India. The city lies on the banks of the Tunga River. Being the gateway for the hilly region of ...
References
External links
Official website of the company
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Companies based in Karnataka
Pulp and paper companies of India
Government-owned companies of India
Buildings and structures in Shimoga district
Indian companies established in 1936
Indian companies disestablished in 2016
Companies formerly listed on the Bombay Stock Exchange