Paper Arizona – Amazon Of Paper ( India’s First B2b Paper Trading And Allied Products Trading Platform )

Founders of Paper Arizona - 4th generation in business

PAPER ARIZONA: Incorporated as a Startup recognized by the Government of India, Ministry of Commerce & Industry, Department for Promotion of Industry & Internal Trade, incorporated by Ankit Jain ( Founder & CEO) Sharlee Jain ( MCA From Bhartiya Vidhya Peeth - CO-FOUNDER), Vivek Sharma ( CFO ) and other professionals. Ankit Jain, the 4th Generation in Paper Business, carried forward the name of the family inherited business of Kagzis in the Paper Industry, graduated with a Bachelor of Business Administration from Ansals Institute of Technology- Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University in 2005, went to Cardiff (Wales, UK) For Masters in International Marketing, & back to India in 2007 to join the inherited family Business of Paper & Allied Products, as a trainee for 2 years before becoming the Marketing & Sales Manager in family Owned Business dealing as a channel partner of few mills, expanded Business to North Indian market and Amended to 15 Crore revenue to 300 Crore + revenue per annum within short span by entering into various conglomerates like Packaging Boards, Cup Board segments, publishing segments and Served Major Publication Houses, Printers and FMCG sector as a niche supplier of Quality Raw materials of Paper & packaging requirements.

Paper Arizona was recently awarded Best Startup of the Year in Paper and Products By the 3^rd Edition MSME India Business Awards, and targeting venture capital funding of 20 Million USD to expand its operations In the Asian Market.

The founder of Paper Arizona is the sole person in the Industry to start an Email & WhatsApp marketing pattern to ease the buying of Raw materials like Paper, Duplex and packaging boards to ultimate publishers, and printers. Packagers in the Indian Market, which lead to customer database & reach to 3000 + procurers of above segments.

What made you start this business?

There is a lack of Technological factors in our Paper Procurement system in the Paper Industry. Mill Owners strive for a Timely Supply of Softwood and hardwood Pulp, Waste paper Supply ( OCC grades & other recycle grades) Chemicals and other fillers and have to be dependent on Importers of the Same, with daily fluctuations of Prices taking advantage of Price fluctuations, due to demand & Supply factors leading to imbalanced input cost calculation. There is no specific online platform where Paper Mills Manufacturers, Duplex Manufacturers, and Coated paper Manufacturers can compare the prices and directly negotiate for the quantity or Contractual supplies of Paper Raw materials.

B) Publishers of School Books, Children's books publishers, competition book publishers, entrance Book publishers, Notebooks and Diary Manufacturers coaters, Disposable Cups and plates, straw Manufacturers, Box Manufacturers and packaging units, carry bag Manufacturers, newspaper printing Units and other allied Products consuming or converting Paper & Allied Products, continuously thrive for Timely Supplies of Raw materials, delay in supplies, Price fluctuations leading to either their orders cancellations or shifting of their orders to other converters, or Delay in Books by Publishers to schools due to delay in supplies of paper or Board, or price fluctuations leading to shrinkage of Margins on MOPs.as there are more than 500 sizes and more than 100 Grammage (GSM) in Paper, board, Kraft, Duplex boards, and Packaging Boards (Used In Publishing, Pharma, and FMCG packaging)

COPIER PAPERS: A4 /A3/ FS Copier Paper ( Printer paper for Home & office): the need of Every Home & office, every Working place nowadays, the basic necessity in the modern era, layering in the supply chain is affecting the buyer pattern, Material from factory to End customer reaches at Rs. 40 - Rs. 50 extra per packet along with daily price fluctuations ( 20 % - 25% more ) more than the cost and millions of A4 Copiers are sold every day, leading to delays in the Buying pattern of the actual users of same and Delivery Charges of Rs. 100 - 125 in Major Portals like Amazon, Flipkart & similar, on merely 2 kg - 2.34 kg packet making is unviable to be sold online due to inflated cost.

Improper / Disturbed chain of Imports

The share of paper imports from ASEAN in total paper imports for India has risen more than four times from about 5 percent in 2010-11 to about 21 percent in 2019-20, Paper & paperboard imports have gone up nearly 10 percent in 2019-20 to 1,637.3 tonnes from 1,478.2 tonnes. Over the last nine years, it has grown nearly 1100 %.

The share of paper imports from ASEAN in total paper imports for India has risen more than four times from about 5 percent in 2010-11 to about 21 percent in 2019-20.

Lack of Systemic supply chain management and lack of technological platform

No aggregator or B2B Portal specifically designed for 20 Crores 48 lac Meteric tonnes of Paper and paper board production globally. There is no B2B portal or Aggregator, only specific for the Paper Industry where mega Production capacities / Exporters / Importers / Traders can list their raw materials related to Paper and paper board requirements. Moreover, Pulp and Waste paper import in India accumulates for 8000 crore ( 1 billion USD), and Paper and Paper board used in Printing and packaging accumulates for 67000 crore ( 8.2 billion USD)

What are the company's VISION & MISSION as a Founder of Paper Arizona

Our Vision: Make raw materials like waste Paper, Occ Grades pulp, customized Paper, customized packaging boards, art Paper, Chromo Papers, and other specialty papers readily available or within the shortest lead time to Paper manufacturers and Ultimate Convertors of same at best possible prices.

Also To make A4 Copier Paper available to B2B & B2C at the lowest possible price by opening exclusive Copier Stores in the main Hubs of Businesses locations

To open Warehouses in Major Business cities where approx. 5000 metric tonnes of stock can be kept to serve the immediate requirements of Packing units / Customers.

To Install Slitting Machines to make customised sizes readily available to customers.

To assist import and to make the Global import of pulp, waste paper, Printing paper & Boards & specialty Papers to publishers, printers, packagers, Convertors, and packaging units along with the assistance of Finance by taking only 10 % as booking amount and balance on delivery.

The mission is to make Paper Arizona, the only B2B Paper Aggregator, the only place to trade Paper, Packaging boards and allied Products, with an estimated annual revenue of 1000 Crore + in upcoming years.