CORK SHEET INDUSTRY [CODE NO.3787]
Cork is one of the few naturally grown closed-cell foams that have never been duplicated will synthetic material. It has been an item of commerce for at least 2500 years and was used by the early greeks for shoes, floats and stoppers. As referred to in this article, cork is the outer bark at the cork oak. Quercus suber, which grows mainluy near the Mediterranian Sea on the Iberian Peninsula and along the shores of North Africa. The cork oak is unique in that the outer bark of cork or the phellem can be stripped from most of the tree trunk and major limbs without harming the tree. Furthermore, the cork bark undergoes rejuvenation and can be stripped repeatedly tree reaches intervals. The harvest starts when a new tree reaches maturity (20-25yrs) and the first or vergin and made every nine years. The stripped cork bark is steamed, cleaned, graded and baled for marketing the yield for tree ranges from 15-100 kg. Mature trees of in trunk circumference and 10-20 m in height. The maintenance of trees and harvest of cork are now controlled to various degrees by the Government of growing regions. Many countries have tagged and registered each cork oak and have established laws to project the trees from being cut for firewood, lumber or other.
COST ESTIMATION
Plant Capacity 5000 Sq.ft/Day
Land & Building (700 sq.mt.) Rs. 94.00 Lacs
Plant & Machinery Rs. 48.00 Lacs
Working Capital for 2 Months Rs. 1.20 Cr
Total Capital Investment Rs.2.69 Cr
Rate of Return 47%
Break Even Point 44%
INTRODUCTION
ECO-EFFICIENCY OF CORK MATERIALS
APPLICATION OF CORK PRODUCTS
CORK MATERIALS FOR DESIGN
FIG. SCHEMATIC PORTFOLIO OF CORK MATERIALS
HIGH QUALITY AGGLOMERATED CORK SHEETS
SPECIFICATION OF CORK SHEET [IS 4253 (PART 2): 2008]
1 SCOPE
2 REFERENCES
3 MATERIALS AND FINISH
4 THICKNESSES
5 TYPES AND GRADES
6 PROPERTIES
7 SAMPLING
8 TESTS
9 FUNGUS-PROOFING
10 MARKING
11 PACKING
12 STORAGE
SCALE OF SAMPLING AND CRITERIA FOR CONFORMITY
A- 1 SCALE OF SAMPLING
A-2 NUMBER OF TESTS AND CRITERIA FOR CONFORMITY
MARKET OVERVIEW OF CORK SHEET
IMPORT DATA OF CORK SHEET
EXPORT DATA OF RUBBERISED CORK SHEET
CORK PROCESSING
FORMULATION OF CORK SHEET
MANUFACTURING PROCESS OF CORK SHEET
PROCESS FLOW DIAGRAM
GASKET RUBBER
PRESSURE COOKER GASKET
'Q' CHANNEL AND REFIGERATOR GASKET
AUTOMOTIVE, SEALS, RINGS AND GASKETS
RAW MATERIALS
CORK COMPOSITES OPERATION
DIE CUTTING
LAMINATION
MACHINING
MACHINING
CNC MACHINING
COMPRESSION MOULDING
OVERMOULDING
3D MOULDING
PLASTIC INJECTION MOULDING
BOARD ON FRAME
LASER ENGRAVING
PRINTING
PLANT LAYOUT
PRINCIPLES OF PLANT LAYOUT
PLANT LOCATION FACTORS
EXPLANATION OF TERMS USED IN THE PROJECT REPORT
PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION SCHEDULES
SUPPLIERS OF RAW MATERIALS
SUPPLIERS OF ACCELERATOR
SUPPLIERS OF ZINC OXIDE
SUPPLIERS OF SULPHUR
SUPPLIERS OF PLANT AND MACHINERY
SUPPLIERS OF RUBBER MIXING MILL
SUPPLIERS OF BOILERS
SUPPLIERS OF D.G. SETS
SUPPLIERS OF TESTING EQUIPMENT
INSTRUMENTATION AND PROCESS CONTROL EQUIPMENTS
100% EXPORT ORIENTED UNITS (100% EOU)
APPENDIX – A:
01. PLANT ECONOMICS
02. LAND & BUILDING
03. PLANT AND MACHINERY
04. OTHER FIXED ASSESTS
05. FIXED CAPITAL
06. RAW MATERIAL
07. SALARY AND WAGES
08. UTILITIES AND OVERHEADS
09. TOTAL WORKING CAPITAL
10. TOTAL CAPITAL INVESTMENT
11. COST OF PRODUCTION
12. TURN OVER/ANNUM
13. BREAK EVEN POINT
14. RESOURCES FOR FINANCE
15. INSTALMENT PAYABLE IN 5 YEARS
16. DEPRECIATION CHART FOR 5 YEARS
17. PROFIT ANALYSIS FOR 5 YEARS
18. PROJECTED BALANCE SHEET FOR (5 YEARS)
