TEA BLENDING AND PACKAGING UNIT
[CODE NO.3728]
Tea is one of the most popular beverages and is consumed by nearly half of the world population. India was the first country to cultivate the tea as far back as 2737 B.C. Tea is made from the young leaves & unopened buds of the plant 'Camelia Binerisies'. This plant is grown in tropical and subtropical regions. It is considered to be native of Assam and upper Indo- China.
This is the reason why packaging of tea has grown multidimensional in last few years. India is self-sufficient in manufacturing automatic weighing & packing machines today & such machines are being even exported to various neighboring countries. The Indian machine manufacturers are mostly in large scale sectors & a few in small & medium scale too. Simple packing machine to Duplex tea packers are all equally competent for the purpose & are manufactured by leading tea processing machine manufactures of India. Automatic tea packing machine is the latest advancement in the field, which makes packing faster & secured. Small packs in 50, 100, 250, 500 grms & 1 kg packets are usually prepared in paper board packets where as packing of large quantities are usually done in tin containers for retail selling. Tea chets of plywood are preferred for shipment of processed tea in substantially large quantities. Since tea industry is an evergreen industry hence the packing of tea continues round the year irrespective of reason or weather. That is why it is considered to be a very stable industry & the men working in the line are employed on permanent basis & are quite experienced in the job. This industry can be set up in small scale as well as large scale unit, but it remains basically a labour intensive industry with a very attractive profitability. The machines used are available indigenously in a very wide range of performances & qualities. Some leading manufacturers of these machines produce machines of quantities comparable to any grid machine in the world.
As far as raw materials & other consumables are concerned, everything is available indigenously & at reasonable rates too. Since this industry creates a limited pollution of air & can be controlled effectively by the use of dust collector type of arrangements. There is not much difficulty in getting clearances from various government offices before setting up the plant. In this way this industry seems to be much suitable for India.
This industry could be set up in any part of the country where normal utilities could be made available.
COST ESTIMATION
Plant Capacity 6 Ton/Day
Land & Building (1500 sq.mt.) Rs. 2.55 Cr
Plant & Machinery Rs. 1.04 Cr
Working Capital for 1 Month Rs. 4.09 Cr
Total Capital Investment Rs. 7.80 Cr
Rate of Return 44%
Break Even Point 35%
INTRODUCTION
DESCRIPTION OF TEA
BLACK TEA
CTC PRODUCTION
QUALITY / DURATION OF STORAGE
PROPERTIES
COMPOSITION OF FRESH TEA LEAF
COMPOSITION OF FRESH TEA LEAF (TEA FLUSH)
FLAVANOLS
OTHER POLYPHENOLS
CAFFEINE AND OTHER XANTHINES
THEANINE (5-N-ETHYLGLUTAMINE
CAROTENOIDS
CHLOROPHYLL
VOLATILES
LIPIDS
PHYSICAL
CHEMICAL COMPOSITION OF GREEN LEAF
USES & APPLICATIONS
B.I.S SPECIFICATIONS FOR TEA
SCOPE
TERMINOLOGY
REQUIREMENTS
REQUIREMENTS FOR TEA
PACKING MARKING
SAMPLING
TESTS
PREPARATION OF GROUND SAMPLE FOR ANALYSIS
DETERMINATION OF TOTAL ASH
DETERMINATION OF WATER SOLUBLE ASH
DETERMINATION OF ACID INSOLUBLE ASH
DETERMINATION OF ALKALINITY OF WATER SOLUBLE ASH
TERMINATION OF WATER EXTRACT
DETERMINATION OF CRUDE FIBRE
GRADES OF TEA
GRADES OF TEA ARE CLASSIFIED BY
CHANGING TRENDS IN TEA PACKAGING
OVERVIEW OF TEA INDUSTRY (INDIA & GLOBAL)
EXPORT OF TEA FROM INDIA
IMPORT OF TEA IN INDIA
TOP FIVE TEA PRODUCING COUNTRIES
TEA BLENDING
PROJECTED DEMAND OF TEA IN GLOBAL MARKET
MARKET POTENTIAL OF TEA INDUSTRY
PRODUCTION COST
PRESENT BLENDER AND PACKAGING UNIT
METHOD OF TEA PACKAGING
SORTING AND GRADING OF TEA
PRECAUTION TO BE TAKEN WHILE SORTING
GRADES OF TEA
ORTHODOX WHOLE LEAF GRADES
ORTHODOX BROKEN GRADES
ORTHODOX FANNING
CTC GRADES
CTC BROKEN
FANNINGS
CTC DUST
LEGGCUT GRADES
LEGGCUT FANNINGS
LEGGCUT DUST
PERCENTAGE OF VARIOUS GRADES
STALK EXTRACTION
GREYING OF TEA
BLOOM
GREYNESS
SORTING PROCEDURE
SORTING OF LEGGCUT TEA
SORTING AND PACKAGING STAGES
PROCESS FLOW DIAGRAM
CTC FIBER EXTRACTOR AND COMBINATIONS
TABLE SHOWS THE SIZES OF THE SORTING TRAYS.
PACKAGING
BEST METHODS OF TEA PACKAGING
FLAVOURED AND SCENTED TEAS
FLOWERS
HERBS
OTHER FLAVOURANTS
TEA MANUFACTURING PROCESS
PLUCKING
WITHERING
ROLLING
FERMENTATION
DRYING
GRADING (SIFTING)
PACKING / DESPATCHING
PLANT LAYOUT
SUPPLIERS OF RAW MATERIALS
SUPPLIERS OF PLANT AND MACHINERY
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)