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Non-Woven Bamboo Trays

Tea/food serving trays are one of the common products used at homes, Hotels, Offices etc. Currently most of these trays used are made up of plastic. Bamboo being a woody grass, with strong fibre and long culms, is one of the best natural materials for making trays. Since the traditional times bamboo has been used for making many lifestyle products across the country, which is of utility value. The multiple properties of bamboo before and after conversion allows this material to create a wide array of products. Thus, in the modern world also we can expect this material to create wonderful products by using its indigenous properties and many of this plastic made serving trays can be replaced by a solid bamboo tray of various size and shapes.

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Capacity of the Plant/Unit (at 100% capacity utilization)

90

Year wise capacity utilization

Year

70%

Year

80%

Year

90%

Year

100%

Year

100%

Raw Materials Required

entreprenuearship

Bamboo
Cane
Boric Borax
Super Glue
Colour/Dye agent
Miscellaneous items
Varnish/Lacquer
Araldite/Resin

Final Product

Non-woven bamboo tray

Infrastructure Required

Shed

Plant & Machinery Required

Slivering/striping knives
Hand saws
Hand Planner
shaving knives
Electric cross cutter
Electric Splitting machine
4-side strip planning machine
Width sizing machine
Disc and Belt sander

Emploment Generation:

8 Hired labour – 6 semiskilled, 2 skilled

N.A.

Project Cost (subject to respective DPR) In Lakhs

Land (own)	0.00
Civil works and Buildings (500 sqft @200/sqft)	1.00
Machinery	6.16
Others	0.30
Sub-total (A)	7.46
Total Working Capital Req (B)	4.40
Total Project Cost	11.86

Means of Finance In Lakhs

	Amount	Percentage
TERM LOAN (75% of A)	5.59	47.1%
WORKING CAPITAL (60% of B)	2.64	22.2%
Total Loan	8.23	69.3%
Equity	3.63	30.7%
Total Own Contribution	3.63	100%

Financial Benchmarks

	Year	Year	Year	Year
Target Revenue	17	19	22	24
Break Even Point	50.86%	41.54%	33.97%	28.57%
DSCR including Principal Repayment	4.24	3.03	3.96	5.09

Basic Assumptions

Production of non-woven tray	8 labour will on average be able to produce 5 non-woven trays per worker per day, working 300 days in a year. Price of one tray is assumed to be Rs 200. Only the middle and bottom parts of bamboo are necessary. About 4-5 trays may be made from the bamboo.
Machinery	This is a profile of a comparatively larger enterprise with 8 hired labour. Entrepreneur will invest in planning machine to ensure quality of finishing of the strips.
Interest Rate Assumed	11%
Repayment Period	5 Years with 3 months moratorium

Others

Training Institutes	CBTC Meghalaya, BCDI Agartala, IIE Guwahati
Whether the service is inthe Negative list under NEIDS and MSME?	No

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