How to start a straw making business plan

Straw making business

Friends, there are many types of businesses, which can be started very easily and earn well. No special education is required, but you must have good understanding power.

The straw making business is also a type of business that can be started very easily and you will not need much money to start this business.

Straw is something that almost everyone uses. Hence it is in great demand in the market, as it is used from malls to small shops.

Today I will tell you about how to make straw, what material is required to prepare it and the necessary machines and other things.

First we will learn about the types of straw

What are the types of straw?

There are two types of straw are found in market one is of paper straw and other of plastic straw. If  compare both these straws then paper straws are quit right from the point of view of environment but it is not used that much.

But plastic straws having very high demand in the market. The paper straws are more prone to breakage and damage, but in plastic straws there is no such danger of breakage and damage. So if you want to start a business straw making then, making plastic straws will  be more beneficial.

How to start a straw making business plan

Raw material for straw making business

Now you must have come to know very well that if you do the the straw making business properly, you can earn a lot of money from this business. To do this business, firstly you will have to know about the required materials to make the straw.

To make paper straws, a thin tube of paper is required. And to make plastic straws, a type of polypropylene, usually made of petroleum, is needed. Polypropylene in quantities approved by the Food and Drug Department is considered food-safe.

Below,  we will discuss about the machine and material associated with this trade.

Straw making machine

The best thing is to know about required machine before starting any business. Therefore we will know about the required machine to make straw.

To make a straw generally there are required two types of machine, out of which one is to make straws and other for cutting them.

Straw making machine price

The price of machine to make straw is around 4 lakhs while for cutting machine price is starting from rupees 50 thousand.

Where to buy straw making machine

You can buy  this machine from the market or online also from Amazon or India mart.  Below some link is given from there  you can also buy.

https://dir.indiamart.com/impcat/pp-straw-making-machine.html

https://www.alibaba.com/showroom/straw-making-machine.html

https://www.tradeindia.com/manufacturers/straw-making-machine.html

Straw making raw material and price

Straws are prepared by a formulated blend of plastic resin, colorants, and other additives.

Plastic

Earlier straw was made from paper, but today most prefer to use polypropylene plastic. Polypropylene is suitable for making straws. Polypropylene is a resin that is a polymerizing, or stringing together, molecule of a propylene gas. This resin is lightweight and fair abrasion resistant and provides good dimensional stability and good surface hardness.

Therefore it can be melted and made into various shapes. And polypropylene is approved for indirect contact with food and drinking straw.

Colorants

Colorants are added to give straw a beauty look. However, colorants in the USA can be used from food grade quality food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved pigment lists. These pigments are usually supplied in powder form and very small quantities are required to apply bright colors.

Using multiple colorants, you can make multi-colored straws.

Other additives

There are used some additives to control physical properties of finished straws. Plasticizers can be used to improve flexibility which keep the resin from cracking. And to reduce harmful interactions between the plastic and oxygen in the air, an Antioxidants are used.
Other stabilizers like ultraviolet light filter is used to shield the plastic from the effect of sunlight and prevent radiation from the plastic.

Finally to increase bulk density of plastic, inert fillers can be used, where all these materials must meet

appropriate FDA requirements.

Straw manufacturing process

For making a straw, first of all you will have to put plastic beads and colorants together in the straw making machine where both these things will be mixed very well and then both of them will be melted by the machine.

After melting of  those two items, you need to give shape of straw with the help of molded machine. After getting shape of straws you need to cut with the help of another machine.

After doing above two process your straws will be ready for packaging.

Product packaging

After making straws, packaging part is very important. It can wrapped in paper sleeves for individual use and can be packed in plastic pouches or in cardboard boxes for bulk use.

Precaution is also necessary as a precaution.

To start any type of business, it is very important to take precautions on many aspects therefore you should take care also while making straws. Since plastic items catch fire very quickly therefore should take care that there is no fire item near straws.

Other things related to business – (straw making business facts)

Before starting any business, you need to do a good research on following things—

Location for business – To start any business, selection of the right place is very important. When you select  a place to run your business, keep in mind that facilities like electricity and water are easily present at that place. Apart from this you also need to do research on the transport facility in that place.

Appointment of people – Before starting any business, you must decided that how many peoples are required to run this business. After deciding, you need to appoint people in your budget.

Market research – By the market research you will get an idea about which type of straw is being bought more. Apart from that you need to develop a good contact with some shopkeepers or people who buy straw. So that when you start your business, you will get benefit to sell these people the product you have made.

License and Permit – Before starting any business it is necessary to get license and permit by the government.

Marketing and promotion – To increase sell of your products you need to do marketing and promotions. Therte are many ways to promote your products as advertisements in local newspaper and social media etc.

Business budget – (total cost of straw making business) – There is required least eight lakh rupees to start a straws making business. This eight lakhs are inclusive of all expenses like machine, the cost of the place, the expenses incurred in the process of obtaining the license, the rent of the place and the other expenses etc.

And if have any problems of investment then, you can also take a loan from the bank or the government

 

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