Making paper bags from scratch: a business plan. How to choose equipment for the production of plastic bags

The demand for plastic bags does not decrease over time, any store needs them. If there is a large production in a particular region, there is still enough space for small or medium-sized businesses. For example, mini-production of T-shirt plastic bags can be organized even in a garage or basement.

Business specifics

No special knowledge is required for the business owner or employees to produce this packaging material. But in any case, at least minimal marketing research is needed to determine what products are produced by competitors and at what price they are being sold. This will allow you to choose a type of finished product, which is produced in small quantities, but there is a demand.

Although experts believe that T-shirts or banana bags are best suited for mini-production, you can diversify them by taking orders for applying customer information in the form of a logo and contact information. But it must be borne in mind that large production requires a large amount of initial capital, which is unprofitable and even dangerous for a beginner entrepreneur.

The easiest option- make bags from finished film. But this approach can be used only at the initial stage, since it does not provide an opportunity to compete in the field of the cost of finished products. If you produce polyethylene yourself, the cost of bags is reduced, and this makes it possible to set a lower price upon sale. The most profitable option is custom production. But for this it is necessary to conclude appropriate agreements not only with stores, but also with other organizations.

Documentation

To produce plastic bags, you need to register an individual entrepreneur or LLC, indicating the preferred taxation system and OKVED codes (25.2, 25.22 and 51.47). In addition, the manufacture of plastic bags requires permits from the SES, administration, energy supervision, environmental service, and fire protection. Finished products must comply with the requirements of GOST 10354-82. But the corresponding certificate is issued only after the production has started (product samples are required for examination).

Room selection

Special requirements apply to the production area. It cannot be located in a residential area, it must be equipped with water, heating, good ventilation, three-phase connection to the mains. Walls, floors and ceilings must be finished with non-combustible materials, and the possibility of quick evacuation in the event of a fire must be ensured. The area of ​​production facilities depends on the volume of production. For full-cycle production, the area should not be less than 300m2.

Raw materials and manufacturing technology

If you organize a full production cycle, then it will consist of several stages:

• loading pellets into the extruder, heating up to 180-250 ° C and converting into a viscous mass, which is squeezed out of the device in the form of a film;
• polyethylene is cooled, then rolled out using rollers and wound into rolls;
• a drawing is applied to the material (paint diluted with alcohol is used);
• the material is wound a second time into rolls, which are transferred to a bag making device, which forms templates of a certain size;

• handles are cut using a branding press, the edges are sealed.

In this business, you can use only two types of raw materials for production: low density polyethylene (HDPE) and high density polyethylene (LDPE)... Prices vary between 420-750 dollars (per ton). If you plan to produce colored film, you will need a dye. In the manufacture of garbage bags, the use of recycled granulate is allowed, which is sold at a lower cost.

Equipment

A fairly wide range of equipment is offered, the price of which varies from several tens of thousands to a million or more rubles. For full-cycle production, the best option is to buy a line for the production of plastic bags:

• extruder (transformation of pellets into film);
• flexo printing machine (image creation);
• cutting device;
• punching press (cutting out handles for "T-shirt" -type bags).

Do not forget about additional equipment for offices, warehouses, workplaces.

You can save money if you refuse to make plastic bags with a logo. Flexo printing machine stands from 65 thousand dollars, therefore, it is quite possible to postpone its purchase if there is a shortage of funds.

If the production is incomplete, then you can buy a multifunctional machine for the production of plastic bags, which is able to carry out all operations, except for extrusion.

Business plan for the production of plastic bags

The business plan should include not only the cost of equipment ( from 1.5 to 3.8 million rubles), but also rent, costs for water, heating and electricity, wages, taxes, which will amount to about 230 thousand rubles a month.

The prime cost and the selling price of the finished package depends on the type of raw material, film density, size, absence or presence of handles and the peculiarities of their fastening, presence or absence of color printing, sizes.

To calculate the payback, you can take an opaque bag with a cut handle 40x60 cm. Its cost price is only 13-24 kopecks, and it is sold for an average of 70 kopecks. For an eight-hour shift of such packages, you can make 33,600 pieces, that is, earn about 18 thousand rubles. The initial costs in this business pay off in a year and a half.

Hardly any of our contemporaries can imagine life without plastic bags. Manufactured goods stores, grocery supermarkets, production halls - plastic packaging is used everywhere. Many companies order bags with logos or symbols printed on them.

Equipment for the production of plastic bags is not in short supply, so the business of manufacturing these products has long ceased to be a rarity. But due to the huge demand for packages, despite high competition, it remains very profitable.

Technological process

The technological process of manufacturing polyethylene bags consists of the following transitions:

• production of polyethylene tubular films. Polyethylene of both high (LDPE) and low (HDPE) pressure is used as a raw material. If the end product is a T-shirt bag, then at this stage the film sleeve is folded. If it is necessary to apply a pattern to the product, the sleeve is pre-crowned;
• printing(if necessary). The drawing is applied to the package using the flexography method;
• cutting film sleeves with simultaneous formation of the bottom of the package. T-shirt packages require one more operation - the formation of two welded seams on the side of the "handles". Cutting of the sleeve with the printed pattern is carried out with the participation of a special photocell, which determines the location of the seal;
• cutting the throat of the package(the operation is performed in the production of "T-shirts" or bags with cut-through handles).

Video: "Technology for the production of plastic bags"

Plastic bag making machines

Since the production of plastic bags is a continuous process, it is advisable to use automatic lines for their production. They are completed with the following modules:

• extruder: serves for the processing of polyethylene raw materials supplied in the form of granules and the formation of a sleeve or open film;
• cutting-soldering machine: designed for cutting film or sleeves into pieces of a given length. The same machine seals the workpiece on one side, forming the actual package. With only an extruder and a cutting-soldering machine, you can produce bags without handles (including plastic garbage bags);
• punching press: included in the lines for the production of bags like "T-shirt" or with cut handles;
• flexographic machine: It is intended for applying various types of company logos or drawings to the surface of the package. Production of plastic bags T-shirt with a logo is possible only if this device is included in the equipment set.

Equipment manufacturers

The main suppliers of equipment for the production of plastic bags to the Russian market are Taiwan, Turkey and China.

Gur-is makina

The Turkish company was founded in 1988. It is a family business that, thanks to the active implementation of advanced technologies, has been able to achieve great success in the production of high quality equipment. The machines for the production of bags of this company are in demand in the countries of Asia and Africa, the CIS, America (North and South), in many European countries. In addition to standard lines, Gur-is makina manufactures custom-made equipment for specialized tasks.

Hyplas

Hyplas is one of the leaders in Taiwan in the production of equipment for the production of bags, bags, bags from LDPE and HDPE, rotogravure and flexographic machines. The products of this manufacturer have high performance. Moreover, its cost is very democratic. The simplicity of installation and the commissioning process makes Hyplas equipment particularly attractive.

Mingde Machinery Company

A Chinese manufacturer of polymer products manufacturing equipment is well-known in the domestic and international markets. The list of the company's products includes a large number of modifications of extruders for the production of polyethylene film, machines for the production of OPP bags, T-shirt bags and with a loop handle. The company also produces extruders with a drawing device. They also sell equipment for recycling with subsequent granulation of polyethylene waste. The company's specialists practice custom-made equipment design.

Domestic manufacturers

Russian factories are quite successfully mastering the production of equipment for polyethylene bags. For example, the Aleko group of companies has been occupying a worthy place in the market for at least 20 years. The structure of the group includes the APO Aleko-Polymers complex and the Aleko Extruzhen Technology plant specializing in the manufacture of polymer equipment. At the moment, the group is one of the country's leading developers and manufacturers of equipment for the processing of polyethylene waste, the production of polyethylene bags, flexographic equipment.

Equipment for the production of plastic bags: approximate price

In Russia, the cost of a set of equipment for the manufacture of polyethylene bags starts from 400 thousand rubles. The price is influenced by the technical parameters of the machines, the completeness of the line and the manufacturer. The most expensive item in the kit is a flexographic machine: its average cost is about a million rubles.

Name		Productivity, pcs / min	Manufacturer country	Cost, USD
Bag making machine	HEMINGSTONE HM-500VA-SV
Bag Making Machine
Automatic line for the production of polyethylene bags HDPE and LDPE for supermarkets and under the individual order type "three-layer automatic" (with flexographic printing and plastic waste processing modules)	On order

The most expensive are automatic lines equipped with machines for drawing and recycling polyethylene waste. But entrepreneurs wishing to open a plastic bag plant can start with a minimal set and then expand it.

Any type of activity requires the development of a special project, on the basis of which it will be built. In today's article, we propose to study a business plan for the production of plastic bags. Polyethylene products have long and firmly entered our life. Let us consider in detail how and what you should pay attention to when drawing up a project for this type of activity.

general information

Today, polyethylene products are used everywhere: in stores, supermarkets, for gift wrapping and food storage. There are even special garbage bags that are used by almost all housewives. Long gone are the days when rag bags were in use, and cellophane bags were carefully folded and stored.

Currently, the plastic bag fulfills its direct purpose - it is a one-time means for convenient transportation of the product and its packaging. This means that the demand for this product will be stable for many years to come, without a tendency to decline.

Choosing the production of bags as a business, you need to understand that, in addition to the obvious functions, the product has become a means of advertising. Almost every large company, boutique or supermarket offers its customers a branded package with the company's logo printed on it, contact details and a list of services. This method is considered effective and mobile advertising.

Product demand and sales market

Statistics show that the domestic production market has a lot of unfilled niches. 20% of the supply of polyethylene products falls on foreign countries. Turkey and China are considered the main competitors. Their product is very low in price and often of the same quality.

Unsoldered seams, torn off handles and falling out bottoms are just a few of the defects that buyers of such products face. Unfortunately, for our consumer the price is the decisive factor, so the demand for goods from foreign manufacturers is not weakening.

But it is worth making a reservation: this applies only to direct wholesale supplies of finished products. It is more profitable to work under the order, having concluded contracts for the supply of packaging material and finished products for various trade, construction, manufacturing enterprises. In this case, you can count on the "company image" rule to work. After all, not a single large and self-respecting company will offer a customer a product in bad packaging.

Polyethylene products are required in any region. Even if a large factory is already operating in your city, entrepreneurs of medium and small businesses will be able to freely find their niche by analyzing the proposals of competitors. There are many types of plastic bags:

• gift bags;
• T-shirt packages;
• banana packages;
• garbage bags;
• advertising packaging with a logo;
• multilayer, single-layer bags, etc.

At this stage, the main task of an entrepreneur is to identify products with the highest demand or to find a niche that is not covered by competitors.

Strategy

When developing a business plan for the production of plastic bags, you can use one of the ways to develop your business:

• build a complete cycle (which begins with the production of the film);
• to establish partial production (finished film is purchased).

We propose to consider the option of a full cycle as the most promising type of activity. It will require much more capital investments, but the final profit will increase significantly. In addition, sales opportunities will increase, and the variety of products produced will increase. The full-cycle enterprise will be able to become a supplier of films for companies working on finished polyethylene.

The film is used as a universal packaging material. Suffice it to recall how plastic bottles with mineral water, beer or juice are transported. Also, polyethylene is used for construction waterproofing, to protect against dirt and dust during repair work. In addition, the finished film is a good material for covering greenhouses, greenhouses and other needs of the agricultural sector.

Business registration

When registering an enterprise for the production of polyethylene products, you must indicate the correct OKVED codes. These are 25.2, 25.22 and 51.47. In order to start a workshop, you will need:

• permission from the local administration;
• certificates from the SES and the environmental service;
• permission of the fire department and energy supervision;
• production certificate.

Depending on the planned volume of production, you can register as an individual entrepreneur or as a limited liability company.

Premises

When developing a business plan for the production of plastic bags, you should know that the production of film is an environmentally harmful type of activity, so you need to pay special attention to the requirements that apply to the choice of premises:

• a workshop or plant must be located in a suburban (non-residential) or industrial area;
• the presence of exhaust and supply ventilation, humidity control in the shop and in the warehouse, heating;
• there must be a 3-phase electrical connection, grounding of the batteries;
• interior wall decoration must be made of non-combustible materials;
• ceiling height - at least 8 meters;
• equipment for the production of bags, an extruder, as well as the organization of workplaces must comply with GOST.

Equipment

For the manufacture of film with the further formation of plastic bags from it, it is necessary to purchase a production line, which consists of the following equipment:

• extruder - a device that converts raw material granules into a film by blowing from the bottom up;
• flexo printing machine designed for applying logos, drawings and other images;
• bag making machine (multifunctional) that allows you to make bags of various modifications, including garbage bags, bags with a double bottom seam, etc.

The approximate cost of the production line is 3 million 840 thousand rubles. The price includes delivery, setup and staff training. In addition to machine tools, it is necessary to purchase office, warehouse and exhibition equipment (racks, tables, stands). The purchase of additional devices will cost 60-70 thousand rubles.

Bag production technology

1. Polymer granules (raw materials) are loaded into a special hopper of the extruder and taken by the feed screw. The temperature inside ranges from 180 to 240 degrees. As it progresses, the granules soften and melt into a homogeneous mass. During extrusion, a film is formed in the form of a tube or, as it is commonly called, sleeves. On one extruder, you can make films of different widths and thicknesses, only by changing the settings.
2. The polyethylene sleeve gradually cools down and rolls out.
3. It is cut with a special automatic knife so that two identical canvases of the required width are formed.
4. The rewinder winds the finished film into rolls. When the width of the latter reaches the set size, the operator removes the roll. The winding process is repeated anew.
5. The next stage is drawing a picture. The paint of the desired color is diluted with alcohol. It is constantly mixed so that the viscosity is not lost.
6. Through the dispenser, the dye flows to the ink rollers, which print the pattern. After painting, the film is rewound into rolls.
7. Next, the bag making machine cuts the finished roll as needed. The template of the future product is formed and the bottom fold is highlighted.
8. The branding press makes holes for the handles (or cuts out a "shirt").
9. The welding surface seals the edge by heating up to 180 degrees. Finished products are formed in packs of 100 (1000) pieces.
10. At the final stage, a quality control is carried out, which involves checking the fasteners of the fastener and the seam adhesions.

The production of construction waste bags is carried out in the same way. The difference is that there is no need to cut holes for the handles.

Financial business plan for the production of plastic bags

The cost of manufacturing a package is calculated for each order. The price depends not only on the raw materials (granules) used, but also on a number of additional factors:

• size, shape and design;
• film density;
• the presence of a bottom fold and a reinforced handle;
• color printing (number of shades, drawing area, etc.).

For an approximate calculation of the project's payback, let's take the production of a white opaque package 40 * 60 cm, 16 microns thick, with a die-cut handle. Its prime cost will be about 13 kopecks, and the wholesale price will be 70. The production line is capable of producing about 70 pieces / min. The profit for one shift and 22 working days will be approximately 421 thousand rubles.

Expenses (in thousand rubles):

• workshop rent - 45;
• electricity - 8;
• utilities - 12;
• salary - 128;
• taxes - 35.

Total expenses - 228 thousand rubles. It turns out that the net profit is 193 thousand rubles.

Profitability

Initial investments: purchase of equipment 3 million 840 thousand rubles. + add. devices 60 thousand rubles. + the cost of opening a company and obtaining permits 30 thousand rubles.

Total: 3 million 930 thousand rubles.

With a profit of 193 thousand rubles per month, the initial investment will pay off in about 21-22 months.

The Klim Plast company specializes in the production of plastic bags. We offer to buy serial products and carry out individual orders. You can get acquainted with the prices for services for the production of plastic bags directly on the website (by downloading the price list). If you have additional questions, please contact the manager by contact phone.

| Features of the production of plastic bags |

When manufacturing products, special attention is paid to such a parameter as density. Its standard value is 50 microns. At the same time, plastic bags with a density of 50 ... 100 microns can be made to order. This characteristic is directly related to the strength of the finished product and its durability. Denser products can withstand severe mechanical tensile stresses, while reducing the likelihood of rupture or material damage.

In the manufacture of plastic bags, low, medium or high pressure polyethylene is used:

In the manufacture of plastic bags, the size and design of products, the composition of raw materials and the method of applying the logo are determined based on:

technological capabilities

customer requirements

• lead times

It should be noted that these products are intended for repeated use.

We also manufacture a separate class of packaging products - plastic bags with a lock. They are great for packing clothes, packing small items and storing documents. High tightness guarantees the safety of the items placed in them.

| The Benefits Of Making Plastic Bags To Order |

Recognition of a company logo or product brand is one of the foundations of modern marketing. Using branded memorable bags is an inexpensive and effective advertisement. Packaging materials with the company logo will attract the attention of potential consumers at conferences, seminars, exhibitions. Custom-made plastic bags are often used in company stores.

First of all, our products will interest:

• store owners (including chain stores) of clothing, food, electronics, household chemicals, building materials and other popular goods;
• representatives of medium and large businesses wishing to increase brand awareness;
• advertising agencies and enterprises specializing in the organization of festive and public events, exhibitions, conferences, etc.
• representatives of the light and food industries and many others.

By ordering the production of plastic bags, you will not only contribute to the promotion of your products, but also please regular and new customers. Choose high quality and memorable packaging materials!

| Plastic bag making equipment |

The manufacture of such products is a high-tech process. The most modern equipment is used for its organization. A full-cycle plastic bag production line includes the following equipment:

extruders designed for the processing of raw material granules into a film;

flexo printing machine used to print logos, drawings and other images;

a special machine for the production of plastic clips for packaging materials;

multifunctional bag making machine, with integrated punching press, photo sensor, servo drive, thermo needles, conveyor. It allows the production of plastic bags of various modifications;

film cutting device and additional equipment.

To ensure that our products meet strict standards, we use a modern technological park and high quality raw materials. The manufactured products undergo control at all stages of production. They fully comply with sanitary rules and GOST R 50962-96.

| Plastic bag manufacturing process |

It is possible to manufacture plastic bags of different shapes, with different ways of attaching the handle. The cost of production depends on: film density, type and supplier of raw materials, package size, presence / absence of pens, volume and complexity of color printing. Other features are also of great importance, for example, a non-standard shape.

| Benefits of Cooperation |

Are you looking for a reliable partner to whom you can entrust the production of a batch of plastic bags? Use the services of Klim Plast LLC. For more than 10 years we have been producing various types of PE packaging. We have modern technological lines equipped, responsible and experienced specialists work.

For maximum convenience of payments, we offer several payment options. There is also a flexible system of discounts and promotions. If you are interested in making high-quality plastic bags, we are ready to meet in Moscow to work out and discuss the terms of cooperation.

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