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itself was designed for handmade works most of its processes are
directly done hand and manually. The machines are used for calendaring,
cutting, punching and printing works only, whereas the dyeing, folding,
gluing, creasing, sorting and assembling are done by hand.
BCP
has 6 sections in production department i.e. Recycle, Dyeing, Local,
Machine, Hand and New Product. The annual rated capacity of BCP
has been considered at 240,000 sets of Greeting Cards and stationeries
items. In addition decorative paper products come around 30% of
total production capacity.
Market Aspect
Bhaktapur Craft Paper Ltd is producing greeting
cards, stationeries and other decorative paper products made of
Nepali handmade paper and export them in Europe and other foreign
markets. Most of its products (more than 80%) are sold to UNICEF
Geneva Switzerland and distributed worldwide from there. The market
of the products is growing annually because of its renowned, exceptional
durability, lively and special texture.
In future, BCP anticipates more achievement by promoting its products
in international market and wants to penetrate new foreign markets
to supply its products world wide.
Financial Aspect
Initial investment of the fixed assets of BCP was 10 million Nepalese
Currency. The working capital is at 80% capacity and the break even
point at rated capacity is 48%. The authorized capital is Rs. 20
million and the issued capital is Rs. 1.28 million
Socio-Economic Aspect
BCP, as per its objectives of establishment, is helping communities
to revive and revitalize paper making and block printing as a stimulus
to economic and community development. It provides directly as well
as indirectly employment opportunity to more than 400 families both
in rural and urban areas. Moreover, BCP has been improving the quality
of life at community members of Myagdi, Baglung, Parbat, Lamjung,
Gorkha and Bhaktapur districts by gradual fulfillment of their basic
needs such as drinking water, education, sanitation and health through
community development programs.
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