If you do not want to do a job and are in the mood to do business, then you can try your hand at this business with very little investment. You can start a business of cardboard boxes (cartons). The demand for cartons is increasing day by day in the country. Because in the last few years, the craze of online shopping has increased rapidly.
In fact, due to online delivery of even the smallest items, the use of cartons has also increased a lot in the country. Due to the increase in demand for cartons, people associated with this business are also earning a lot. In such a situation, this business idea can prove to be beneficial for you.
There is a lot of demand for cartons in the market
The demand for cartons for packaging is increasing rapidly in the market. If you start this business with hard work, dedication and good marketing skills, then it can prove to be a profitable deal. If we look at it, whether it is small electronic items, gifts, mobiles, TVs, shoes or any other product, these boxes made of cardboard are mostly used for packaging all of them.
As online shopping is expanding in India, this carton business is also witnessing a rapid growth. Companies also give orders to people associated with this business to prepare cartons according to their choice, designer or product shape and also pay a lot of money for this.
The government also helps
As it is very important to know about market research and every detail of any business before starting it, so before starting this Cartoon Business, you must have all the information related to it. Complete knowledge about its production to marketing can be useful in taking your business forward rapidly. For this, there are many institutes which offer short term courses, these courses of 3-6-12 months can be helpful in explaining every detail of this business.
This work has to be done before starting the factory
To start a cardboard box business, you will need about 5,500 square feet of space where you will have to set up a factory. Before starting this, you can get MSME registration done. By doing this, you can easily get the help provided by the government. Apart from these, you may need a factory license, pollution certificate and GST registration.
This much can be spent on starting a factory
To start a factory on your land, apart from the raw material for making cartons, you have to spend on the machines to make it. Usually, buying semi-automatic machines related to this work can cost up to Rs 20 lakh. At the same time, your budget may increase for fully-automatic machines. Talking about raw materials, mainly craft paper is used to make cardboard cartons. The better the quality of craft paper you use, the better will be the quality of your box. Apart from this, you will need yellow strawboard, glue and sewing wire.
Big income every month
The biggest part of the cost of starting a carton business is of the different machines that prepare it. For this, you need machines like single face paper corrugation machine, board cutter with reel stand light model, sheet pasting machine, sheet pressing machine, eccentric slot machine. You can easily purchase these machines from any B2B website. Talking about earnings, the profit margin in this business is quite good. On the other hand, its growth is also guaranteed considering the demand. If you make an agreement with good clients, then you can easily earn up to Rs 2 lakh every month.
Source (PTI) (NDTV) (HINDUSTANTIMES)