Compact and lightweight plastic utensils are very popular in the world and Russia. It is widely used in everyday life and grocery business. In dynamics for 2005-2016 The volume of the market for these products in our country grew. On average, by 10-15% annually, it continues to grow even now.

Under these conditions, open a small plant for the production disposable tableware seems interesting idea. The article will tell about the features of the production of plastic products, about the situation on the market. In it you will find economic calculations business payback.

Sales market

Disposable market plastic tableware began to develop rapidly in the country after 2000. Apart from Russian manufacturers were engaged in the supply of these products European countries. Among the main exporters are Germany, Italy, Finland. The market grew steadily even during the 2009 global financial crisis.

Now a barrier has been set up for foreign producers - high import duties. It opened additional features for domestic enterprises.

Now Russian market disposable tableware is open to new members - it is approximately 75-80% full. A large share of the products produced in the country goes to the EAEU market, mainly to Belarus and Kazakhstan. Consumption volumes in Russia continue to consistently increase.

Potential consumers

Among the main consumers of disposable tableware:

• points Catering- share more than 50%;
• catering (holiday events, cooperatives) - 20-25%;
• seasonal outdoor cafes - 15-20%
• retail sales in stores - about 10%.

The entrepreneur needs to count on selling goods to stores in bulk.

You can also highlight the direction of vending - the sale of food through vending machines. In Russia, this direction is only developing, so the prospects are extremely bright.

There is a comparison of the situation in the Russian and Western markets, in our country the level of consumption is noticeably lower. This suggests that the market has room for growth.

Benefits of disposable tableware

The high popularity of disposable tableware is due to its undoubted advantages:

1. Light weight and no risk of breaking it. Plastic dishes are convenient to take with you on picnics, hiking. With a high capacity, it is compact, taking up little space in luggage.
2. Hygiene. It is suitable for single use, then thrown away. Therefore, there is no risk of “picking up” an intestinal infection.
3. Chemical resistance and heat resistance. The dishes are easy to use for hot dishes.
4. Multifunctionality. Cutlery (spoons, forks, knives) and other utensils (glasses, plates) of various sizes and shapes are made of plastic.
5. Safety. In accordance with GOSTs, plastic utensils are safe for health.
6. Low price. The main advantage is that a person with any salary can buy disposable tableware.

Initial Costs

Setting up a small disposable tableware factory will require a substantial initial investment. The main items of expenditure are the acquisition of high-quality equipment and the payment of wages to employees. A high salary should be set for the chief technologist - a specialist on whom the quality of the finished product directly depends.

Table 1. Calculation of the initial investment to start production.

The cost of renting a room is for a provincial city with a population of up to 1 million people.

registration

You can start a business both in the form of an IP, and as entity(LTD). Work as individual entrepreneur suitable for starting a small production workshop. But large catering companies as well as retail chains prefer to work with legal persons.

The OKVED code upon registration is 25.24.2 (“Production of plastic table and kitchen utensils, toiletries”).

You do not need to obtain a license, but the work should be brought into line with GOSTs. industrial production you can start after receiving from Rospotrebnadzor a certificate of product quality and its compliance with GOST.

All wholesale buyers will request certificates of conformity, they will not buy without them.

Documentation

Below is a list of standards that are important to study and take into account when organizing the production of disposable tableware:

1. GOST R 50962-96 - “Utensils and household items made of plastic. General technical conditions”;
2. GOST 15820-82 - "Polystyrene and styrene copolymers";
3. GN 2.3.3.972-00 - instead of SanPiN No. 42-123-4240-86 "Permissible amounts of migration (DKM) of chemicals released from polymeric and other materials in contact with food products and methods for their determination”;
4. SP 2.2.2.1327-03 - "Hygienic requirements for the organization of technological processes, production equipment and workplace";
5. GN 2.2.4.1313-03 - "MAC of harmful substances in the air of the working area".

room

It is better to look for a production facility outside the city, far from residential areas, because the production of plastic utensils is accompanied by harmful fumes. In addition, the work of the workshop in such places is cheaper - both in terms of rental cost and size. wages personnel. It is not necessary to locate the object too far from sales markets in order to avoid the growth of logistics costs.

On an area of ​​120-150 sq. m will be located directly manufacturing facility, warehouses, staff quarters, administrative rooms.

When choosing and arranging the territory for a mini-factory, the following requirements are taken into account:

• the presence of a concrete floor or flat tiles;
• wall covering with tiles or other fireproof material;
• ceiling height not less than 4.5-5 m;
• availability of serviceable engineering communications - powerful ventilation and power supply (three-phase network, 380V).

Raw material

Polystyrene or polypropylene are used as raw materials for the manufacture of plastic tableware. You can use granular polystyrene (granulate), which is processed into a film. From the film and form products.

Can you already buy finished semi-finished product- polystyrene film. It is more expensive, but the production process with it is accelerated. It is recommended to buy all the equipment, to provide a full production cycle. In the future, it will pay off and will reduce the cost of finished products to a minimum.

The most important thing when choosing raw materials is the absence of harmful impurities. You need to choose only food grade polystyrene.

Equipment for the production of disposable tableware

The main item of expenditure in organizing a business is the purchase of equipment. On sale there are expensive German equipment, cheaper Chinese. You can buy used equipment, but in this case you will have to budget for unforeseen expenses - for repairs.

Under the terms of our business plan, a ready-made line for the production of disposable tableware is purchased. It will automate the process and high quality output product. The cost of such a line is 4 million rubles, the productivity is 30 thousand units of products per hour. Its design includes an extruder, an injection molding machine, a trimmer, presses, and an edge bending machine.

You can also buy a shredder and an image printer. Although the work of the workshop is possible without them.

Production technology

1. Raw materials are added to the extruder. The plastic balls heat up and melt. Using a screw press, they are mixed into a mass until smooth. In addition to white balls, you can add multi-colored ones. This allows you to create dishes of a specific color.
2. Liquid viscous melt is passed through a press. This is how a canvas, a film, is created, the thickness of which is up to 2 mm. It is rolled up or sent for further processing.
3. In the thermoforming machine, the film is reheated and pulled into the molds.
4. The canvas with rows of shapes extruded in it enters the trimmer, which cuts out blanks.
5. The blanks are sorted and modified on the conveyor - the edges are bent. Then the packaging is done.

Unused plastic trimmings from the trimmer can be reloaded into the extruder for melting.

Staff

Table 3. List of workers required for production.

Job Title	Main functions
Manager, 1 person	Control over work, interaction with contractors
Chief technologist, foreman, 1 person	Control over the process and manufacturability of production
Workers, 2 people	Work on equipment
Loaders, 2 pers.	Supply of raw materials, unloading and loading operations
Driver, 1 person	Logistics, delivery of goods
Sales manager, 1 person	Search for buyers, conclusion of supply contracts
Cleaners, 2 pers.	Cleaning and keeping the shop clean

Total - 11 people. The functions of the manager (director) can be performed by the entrepreneur himself (at first). The accountant should be hired by outsourcing.

The main task is to find qualified workers. You can “make” the chief technologist yourself by sending your person for training to the manufacturer. Subsequently, he will train workers from scratch.

Financial plan: profitability and payback

Initial costs amounted to 5.28 million rubles.

Monthly expenses are made up of the following items:

• purchase of raw materials for production;
• rent price;
• staff salaries;
• additional and unaccounted expenses.

In total - 1.3 million rubles.

In 22 work shifts, 5,280,000 items will be produced.

30000 × 8 × 22 = 5.28 million pieces

The average retail price of 1 item (cup, plate, cutlery) is 31 kopecks. When selling products produced in a month, you can earn 1.63 million rubles.

Net profit is 330 thousand rubles. Accordingly, the business for the production of disposable tableware will be able to fully pay for itself in 16 months, then it will begin to bring a stable monthly income to its owner.

Possible risks

The main risks for a businessman are:

1. Competition. There are many large manufacturers of disposable tableware in Russia, which have already established themselves and have a good reputation. It's about how about domestic companies, and about foreign ones, which continue deliveries to the Russian Federation, even despite high duties. In addition, some foreign manufacturers simply placed factories in Russia.
2. Uncertain prospects and status. Abroad (including in the states Western Europe) thought about banning the use of disposable plastic tableware. Replacing it with paper is a way to reduce harm to the Earth's biosphere. There is also talk about this in Russia, although it is more difficult for us to implement the idea due to the lack of a mechanism for separate collection garbage.

It is expected that in the next decade in our country the demand for plastic tableware will remain high. Under such conditions, production on an industrial scale (with its proper organization) will allow a businessman to gain a foothold in the market, gain valuable experience and a large gesheft for further expansion and diversification. Our business plan for organizing the production of disposable tableware will allow you to better understand the issue, evaluate your investment opportunities, the approximate amount of work and potential profit.

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How to start a production of disposable plastic tableware

The production of disposable tableware is one of those business ideas that do not lose their relevance and provide the business owner with high profits for many years.

Brief business analysis:
Business setup costs:5.5 - 7.5 million rubles
Relevant for cities with a population: from 200 000
Situation in the industry:the manufacturing sector is saturated
The complexity of organizing a business: 4/5
Payback: 10-14 months

As a rule, today, novice entrepreneurs, being in search of promising directions for organizing their own business, pay more attention to the consideration of such projects that have all the signs of startups (you can learn about startups here):

• Fast return on investment
• As little competition as possible
• Raising funds for the implementation of business "from outside".

Well, impatience and energy are inherent in the younger generation. Meanwhile, experienced entrepreneurs value stability and prospects more. The production of disposable tableware just has these characteristics.

Advantages of disposable tableware

First you need to clarify the question, why is disposable plastic utensils so good that their use is gradually replacing the traditional utensils made of plastic, glass, porcelain, etc. familiar to most people?

• First of all, the advantages of disposable tableware include its sanitary qualities. The buyer, purchasing food or drink in disposable plates, cups, using disposable forks, spoons, and knives, will be 100% sure that no one has used them before. The “worm” of doubt about the quality of dishwashing in this establishment will not “sharpen” his brain in the process of eating.
• Safety of disposable tableware. It cannot be broken and cut on the sharp edges of the fragments (this is especially attractive for children's food establishments).
• There is also a benefit for entrepreneurs - there is no need to purchase dishwashing detergents. Which, by the way, are now quite expensive.

Demand for disposable tableware

To imagine the scale of the future business, first of all, you need to determine your target audience - buyers who will purchase wholesale lots of your products from you. It's ridiculous to even talk about retail trade in plastic utensils by a manufacturer. Therefore, consider opening your own outlets we will not.

Work with the regular customers and increasing the number of these customers through various marketing campaigns is the main priority once production is launched. These wholesale buyers include:

• Various catering establishments - cafes, snack bars, pizzerias, canteens, etc.
• Kiosks that sell takeaway food
• Mini-bakeries engaged in the production of culinary products
• Services fast delivery food to order
• Catering companies
• Super- and hypermarkets with their own culinary production
• Fruit and vegetable vendors

As you can see, the range of buyers to whom you can offer your products is quite wide. It remains only to involve them all in your proposal. But more on that later.

From the outside, it may seem to some skeptics that this business is seasonal, but we can safely say that this is not so. Look at the consumers of disposable tableware listed above - they all work all year round. This means that there can be no talk of a drop in the volume of purchases in critical indicators. Some increase in sales in the spring-summer period due to picnic lovers can be considered nice bonus.

Raw materials for production

The raw material for the manufacture of disposable plastic tableware is granular polystyrene, somewhat similar to foam balls. The cost of 1 ton of such material now ranges from 45 to 100 thousand rubles, depending on the diameter of the granules, their brand, etc.

This type of raw material is used for the production of tableware in the full production cycle, which includes the stages of melting polystyrene granules and making a polymer film from them, from which disposable tableware is made.

There is also an incomplete production cycle, which uses another type of raw material - a finished polymer film from the same polystyrene or polypropylene. The price of such a film is from 100 to 190 thousand rubles per 1 ton.

Manufacturers of both types of raw materials can be selected both domestic and foreign - depending on the proposed terms of supply.

How to organize production

The implementation of the project for the production of disposable plastic tableware consists of several stages:

1. Business registration
2. Finding a production location
3. Acquisition of the necessary equipment
4. Recruitment

Let's consider each stage separately.

Registration of entrepreneurial activity

Choosing between the two most appropriate forms of management entrepreneurial activity for the production of plastic disposable tableware is primarily due to the planned production volumes, and, as a result, profits. For a small business the best option there will be registration as an individual entrepreneur, for a larger one - LLC. You can find out the difference between IP and LLC at this link.

Select suitable system taxation you can in this, and how to combine several tax regimes can be found.

OKVED code for an enterprise producing disposable tableware:

25.24.2 - Manufacture of plastic tableware and kitchen utensils and toiletries

No special permissions or licenses are required to organize a business. However, it should be taken into account that the finished product will require a certificate of conformity with its standards imposed by SanPin and GOST.

Where to locate production

As a rule, most enterprises engaged in production are located on the outskirts of settlements. The following factors speak in favor of this location:

• Larger in comparison with buildings located in the city, the choice of suitable parameters (area, power supply, etc.) of the premises
• Lower rent
• The absence of complaints from the residents of nearby residential buildings about the noise produced, the smell, the approaching cars, etc.

The area of ​​the factory for the production of disposable tableware must be selected taking into account the fact that the following buildings should be located in one building:

• Manufacturing facility
• Finished goods warehouse
• Raw material warehouse
• Staff room
• Administrative office for customer service

Taking into account the peculiarities of production and the raw materials used for it, the following criteria are presented to the workshop:

• The floor must be filled with concrete or tiled
• Ceiling heights in industrial premises must be at least 4.5 m - this is due to the equipment installed in it
• The walls must be finished with fireproof material to a height of at least 1.5 m
• The workshop must have a ventilation system and be connected to the water supply network
• The electrical network of the workshop must have 3 phases (380 volts)

As I said above, production is divided into full and incomplete cycles. Equipment for the production of disposable tableware in a full cycle includes:

• Granulator
• crusher
• extruder
• Thermoforming line (or punch presses instead)
• Packing line

For an incomplete production cycle, only the last two items from this list are needed.

Depending on the type of product being produced, additional equipment may be required. So, for example, the production of plastic cups will require:

• Apparatus for bending the top edge of cups
• Cup counting and packing machine
• Special printers for printing on dishes advertising inscriptions and images

The manufacture of plastic cutlery - forks, spoons, knives will require the purchase of bulk molds. A complete set of equipment can cost 5-7 million rubles, not counting other expenses for organizing a business - rent for premises, purchases of raw materials, etc.

A few words must be said regarding the choice of equipment. Firstly, you can always try to save money by purchasing used devices. But no one will give you a guarantee that such equipment for the production of plastic utensils will not require repairs every month. The second question concerns equipment manufacturers. Making a choice between domestic and foreign offers is quite simple - you just need to correlate the price, warranty period, and reviews of previous customers, and everything will become clear to you.

Recruitment

Recruitment is a little more difficult. The professions of operators of such production lines are not taught anywhere, so you will have to train specialists yourself. However, many equipment manufacturers offer their customers training on how to work on their equipment.

In conclusion, I want to say that even despite the huge investments in the implementation of this project, its payback is (of course, with a competent approach to business) only about 1 year. So if you want to start similar production and shortage start-up capital you can think about obtaining credit funds from banks or from private investors. How to borrow money correctly can be found here -. And for today I have everything. I wish you success in business!

And here is how the stages of production of disposable tableware look like

Pneumatic vacuum forming machines series JDX and JMDX- high-speed machines designed for vacuum forming of plastic products. The devices are used for the manufacture of lunch boxes, trays, substrates, trays, correxes, cake boxes, blisters, pastry boxes, gifts, dishes, decorative and other packaging products from plastic rolls.

The machines are equipped with high quality pneumatic and electronic components manufactured by companies such as NORGREN, OMRON, SIEMENS. This greatly improves the operation of the machines, makes them easier to operate and guarantees the production of high quality products. The productivity of the devices is determined by the depth of the molded products.

Advantages of the devices:

• convenient automatic control
• precise digital time control
• quick manual and automatic shutdown
• central lubrication system, central gas control system
• infrared heating with individual temperature control of heating elements
• secondary lifting and lowering of the mold, secondary blowing, secondary vacuum function (purpose)
• vacuum holding, electromagnetic brake
• special design solutions that ensure the creation of products with constant quality.
• separate chilled water supply, inlet cooling and atomization
• Powerful blowing mechanism, effectively improving the performance and cooling time of the mold.
• JDX-1200B has upper and lower heating zones of the sheet of formed material, which significantly improves the quality of the final product and increases the maximum depth of its molding
• automatic punching of molded sheets.

Raw materials used: all colored sheet materials such as PET, PVC, PS, PP, etc.; environmentally friendly sheet materials such as APET, PETG, etc.; biodegradable materials; luminous materials.

Optional equipment: for the operation of the apparatus, a supply of compressed air and water must be provided. For cutting products, mechanical cutting machines and pneumatic punching presses are used.

A less productive and flexible in setting version of the pneumovacuumforming machine is a semiautomatic device. JDX-600.

Specifications.

Feature / Model	JMDX-1120	JMDX-1220	JDX-900	JDX-1120	JDX-1200		JDX-600
					A	B
Length of the formed area, mm.	750 - 1120	750 - 1220	450-900	760-1120	760 -1200		700
Width of the formed area, mm.	560, 600, 660		300-560	480-700	500-700		600
Forming depth, mm	60		100	165			150
Cycle time, sec.	10-15		9-60				40-100
Max. Ave, cycles/hour	360		400				90
Productivity, pump vacuum, m 3 / hour	100		63	100			20
Vacuum pump power, kW, kW	3		1,5	3			1
Compressed air consumption, m 3 /min.	0,8 - 1,2		0,6	0,8	0,8-1,2		0,6
Sheet thickness, mm	0,1-1
Heating power, kW	24		18	22	24	24 +18	18
Water consumption, m 3 / h	0,8
Power Specifications	380V, three-phase
Overall dimensions, mm.	6400 x 1600 x 2000	6500 x 1600 x 2000	5400 x 1200 x 2200	7800 x 1400 x 2200	7220 x 1400 x 2500		3000x1300x2100
Weight, t.	4	4,2

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Russian factories of plastic utensils

Companies have established mass production and wholesale sales. The goods were entered by 20 enterprises in the catalog for 2020. The list includes plastic tableware factories:

• "Introplastic".
• LLC "Interm"
• "BYTPLAST".
• "Polymer Holding", etc.

The industry has mastered the production of plastic containers, glasses, cups and other products. Firms make plates, cutlery from food-grade plastics. Food plastics, polypropylene, polymeric materials are used. Plastic products, even disposable ones, are not inferior in safety to ceramic ones.

The Russian manufacturer covers 80% of the country's market. The companies penetrated and gained a foothold in the CIS markets. The products attracted food manufacturers as a reliable storage method. In addition, things made of polypropylene fell in love with catering organizations. The enterprises modernized the equipment, mastered the manufacture of packaging.

Federal transport companies will help with the delivery of the order in Moscow and the Moscow region, to the regions of Russia and abroad. The manufacturer encourages suppliers of raw materials and wholesale buyers to cooperate. Special prices and discounts have been prepared for dealers. The manager of the company or exhibition will answer questions about how to buy products in bulk, download the price list. Website, phone number, address - in the "Contacts" tab.

Can the production of disposable tableware be an idea for profitable business? The demand for such products is quite high. For example, in Lately disposable paper cups for takeaway coffee are very popular - they are in any coffee shop. Sets of plastic forks and plates are regularly required by people celebrating corporate parties in the office or going on picnics. How much does it cost to organize a disposable tableware enterprise and what equipment is required for this?

In some European countries, the authorities are trying to limit the use and production of disposable tableware - it is considered harmful to the environment. Indeed, plastic does not decompose, but for the manufacture disposable cups quality wood is used. But this trend has not yet reached Russia and is unlikely to reach in the near future. Disposable coffee cups and plastic containers seem to have become an integral part of urban life.

For this reason, the production of plastic tableware and paper cups is a profitable business idea. Disposable tableware is as much in demand as handkerchiefs or wet wipes. It is hygienic, easy to use, does not require washing and other care.

At the same time, competition in the field is quite high. A novice manufacturer will have to not only establish a technological process, but also think about a marketing campaign. From the outset, it is important to determine competitive advantages: unusual shape, beautiful colors, printing of corporate logos of establishments on glasses (very popular among coffee houses).

Disposable tableware is as much in demand as handkerchiefs or wet wipes.

Features of the production of plastic and paper utensils

Sets of plastic plates and forks can be found in every supermarket. They are made from polystyrene or polypropylene. The first material is more brittle, but resistant to moisture, temperature and is well processed by mechanical means. Polypropylene is stronger and cheaper than polystyrene.

In the production of dishes from these materials, the same equipment is used. The technological process is similar: raw material melting, sheet preparation, stamping and packaging. We will consider manufacturing technologies in more detail in a special section.

For the manufacture of paper utensils, laminated cardboard with a density of 120-280 grams per 1 m2 is most often used. This material is not affected by moisture due to lamination, and also allows you to print company logos on finished products in good quality.Cardboard is less harmful to environment A: Even laminated material decomposes within 3 years. On average, for the production of 100 thousand units of goods, about 1 ton of raw materials is consumed.

It is important to note that disposable plastic tableware is subject to mandatory certification. Plastic products must contain a mark on the class of the material from which they are made. So, the most dangerous and suitable only for a single use without heating, polyethylene terephthalate is suitable for storing vegetable oils and ketchups, and polystyrene is suitable for storing and heat treating any food.

The paper coffee cup has become an indispensable attribute of urban life.

How to organize production

The choice of equipment is of key importance for organizing the production of plastic cups and other disposable tableware. Modern production complexes are almost completely automated and do not require much human intervention. It is worth starting the organization of your business by drawing up a business plan, calculating costs and, of course, studying production technology.

The advantage of the business can be called almost complete automation production processes coupled with stable and high demand. Among the minuses, high competition is in the lead (in the production of plastic tableware, it is much higher than in the production of paper cups).

Technologies

What is disposable plastic and cardboard cups? Plastic production includes the following steps:

1. Heating of raw materials, melting and mixing in the extruder.
2. The finished raw material is pressed to the state of a plastic sheet.
3. The plastic sheet is placed in a thermoforming machine, where products (plates, glasses, cutlery) are formed from it.
4. Products are cut out of canvas and packaged.
5. The rest of the plastic is returned for remelting.

In this way, a fairly simple, almost fully automated and waste-free production is obtained. Paper cups made of cardboard are produced a little differently:

1. Laminated cardboard sheets are printed with a logo or pattern.
2. The resulting sheets are cut to the size of future glasses.
3. The blanks are wrapped around a round blank, the seam is fastened, the edges are formed, the bottom is inserted.
4. Finished glasses are packed.

Thus, the manufacture of cardboard dishes is much easier in terms of technological process, but more expensive - requires more expensive raw materials. Plastic lids are required for coffee paper cups, so it would be promising to organize the production of tableware from both types of raw materials at the enterprise.

Colored plastic utensils are more in demand than white ones.

Premises selection

Equipment for disposable tableware takes up quite a lot of space. To organize comfortable working conditions for employees, a workshop with an area of ​​at least 300 square meters, connected to all communications, will be required. It is divided into the following zones:

• work area with equipment;
• warehouse for storage of raw materials;
• warehouse for finished products;
• locker rooms and a lounge for employees;
• office space for management staff.

Production is conveniently located in a remote part of the city, but it is important to take into account the availability of convenient access roads. If an entrepreneur plans to produce only one type of tableware (only plastic or only paper), a smaller area can be dispensed with. It is important that the workshop is well lit and equipped with a ventilation system. This will make working conditions more comfortable.

Equipment selection

To organize the production cycle for the manufacture of plastic utensils, the following equipment will be required:

1. extruder. This apparatus melts plastic and forms a canvas out of it, from which disposable tableware is later molded and cut.
2. thermoforming machine. It heats the plastic sheet and makes recesses in it according to the shape of future products. The process takes only a few seconds.
3. Compressor. Extrudes products from the fabric after the thermoforming machine.
4. Packing machine. Packs ready-made dishes in batches. Sometimes this stage is done by hand, but this is much less efficient.
5. Crusher for plastic. Processes the remnants of the plastic web: melts them and forms a new web for products.

The cost of equipment for the production of plastic dishes is approaching 1 million rubles

For the production of cups from laminated cardboard, other equipment is required:

1. Machine for flexo printing. Prints drawings and logos on sheets of cardboard.
2. Glass molding machine. Cuts cardboard into blanks of different sizes for the future product.
3. Spinning machine. Wraps the workpiece around the round roller, stitches and inserts the bottom.
4. Special apparatus for the production of plastic caps.

For the purchase of equipment that produces plastic dishes, it will take from 600 thousand to 1 million rubles. If we add machines for paper cups to this, we get an additional 500-800 thousand rubles. Prices for devices depend on the manufacturer and capacity. You can save some money by finding used machines. But in general, it will not work to pick up the cost cheaper and significantly cut spending.

Purchase of raw materials

Plastic tableware is made from polypropylene or polystyrene in granules. Buying granules and melting them yourself is much more profitable than buying a finished film. With this option, the production is waste-free (the remnants of the plastic sheet can be melted down and reused). One ton of granules costs 18-20 thousand rubles, and a ton of finished film costs about 45 thousand. The difference and benefit is clear. You can buy ordinary white granules or colored ones (colored dishes sell better).

Raw material offer Russian companies"Plast-plus", "RosEcoPlast", "TIS", "EuroPlast".

For the manufacture of paper cups, laminated cardboard is used, which is purchased in large rolls. An average roll weighing 1 ton is enough for 100,000 cups. The cost of laminated cardboard is approximately 30-40 thousand rubles per ton.

Required personnel

Modern production of disposable tableware is highly automated. Therefore, there is no need to look for workers with any special education. Any person can master the work of machines within a few days. Among personal qualities, one can single out ability to work, attentiveness and quickness.

The staff of the enterprise must include at least 8 workers, among whom areas of responsibility and equipment are distributed. Modern technology quite safe, but in any case, safety briefings and brief training are mandatory.

Sales of products

Manufacturers of disposable tableware have several options for distribution channels. The simplest of them is cooperation with shops and supermarkets. Through them, you can constantly sell large quantities of goods. Sets of plates and forks, as well as glasses are in the greatest demand. A promising variety can be called the production of disposable glasses - they are popular in corporate events and buffets.

Paper cups are made from thick laminated cardboard.

Paper Cup Customers - these are cafes and coffee houses selling coffee to go. They can buy both finished products and order glasses with own logos. When looking for first customers, it would be wise to contact commercial offer to establishments in your city.

Your own website can be a very good tool for increasing sales and finding customers. It would be helpful to set up contextual advertising: then ads for the production of tableware will be seen by users looking for similar products.

Calculation of the profitability of the enterprise

The purchase of equipment will require an average of 1.5 million rubles. To this amount you need to add the rent of the premises, payment utilities and the purchase of raw materials - approximately another 300-500 thousand rubles. Suppose that the entrepreneur spent 2 million rubles on the opening of production.

For an 8-hour shift, modern equipment can produce approximately 18 thousand units of products. They will be sold at an average price of 1 to 3 rubles, with a cost of 10 kopecks to 1.5 rubles (for paper cups, the amounts may be higher, especially if they are made with a company seal). For a shift, the enterprise produces products worth up to 54 thousand rubles, for a month - up to 1.6 million rubles.

With such volumes of production and well-established sales, it is possible to recoup investments and expand production in just 3-4 months. However, most likely the volumes of profitability will be lower: in most cities there are already disposable tableware enterprises, the products of which fully cover the local market.

Conclusion

The production of disposable tableware is an idea for a profitable and sought-after business. Having spent no more than 2 million rubles on the purchase of equipment, the entrepreneur has every chance of recouping them in 3-4 months. Equipment for the manufacture of plastic dishes and paper cups is sold separately or in ready-made lines. Both options are profitable, but first of all, when buying, you need to pay attention to the characteristics of the machines, the reputation of the manufacturer and its warranty.