Google Search

Search

Already a Member ?

General

NPCS Newsletter - Issue 37

If you are unable to view this email, you can view this newsletter at: NPCS Newsletter Issue 37

NPCS Newsletter - Issue 37

Project Profiles of below projects can be viewed/ downloaded from http://www.niir.org/profiles/

Flexible Polyurethene Foam

During the past 40–50 years, foamed polymers have found increasing importance in the world market place due to the unique characteristics and properties they provide when compared to solid plastics. While most thermo sets and thermoplastics can be made in a foamed or cellular structure under certain conditions, the materials known as polyurethanes have become predominant for many applications in this field. Through the proper selection of the starting materials, foamed polyurethanes can range in characteristics from extremely soft, resilient cushioning products to very tough and rigid structural members. As varied as the products are, so too are the machines and processes used to produce them. Certain other systems, such as polyureas, are also processed with the same equipment as polyurethanes. The word polyurethane is somewhat misleading since, unlike most plastics, the final product is not made by polymerizing a monomer. Instead, the products contain a number of polyurethane groups in a complex structure that is controlled by the choice of starting materials and the production conditions.

The global polyurethane foam types are significantly penetrating their end-user industry market. These have different characteristics as per the manufacturing and their application requirement in the end products. The Asia-Pacific market is expected to dominate with its growing demand for polyurethane foams in different applications especially bedding & furniture, and building & construction. The polyurethane foam demand in terms of value and volume depicts the current and future projections according to the parallel economic and industrial outlook. This analysis covers major developments, expansions, agreements & mergers, and acquisitions of the leading global companies. As a whole it is a good project for new entrepreneurs for investment.

Maize and its By Products

(Maize Starch, Modified Starches & Animal Feed)

Corn starch, corn flour or maize starch is the starch derived from the corn (maize) grain. The starch is obtained from the endosperm of the corn kernel. Corn starch is a popular food ingredient used in thickening sauces or soups, and is used in making corn syrup and other sugars.

Maize Starch is a mixture of polysaccharides about 74% amylopectin and 26% amylose. It is a fine White Powder, odorless, taste slight and characteristic and microbiologically suitable as Pharmaceutical grade, useful in Pharmaceutical and Food Industry as a binder, thickener, disintegrating agents in tableting and various formulations.

Starch derivative is a growing industry, and with technological advancements taking place, new products are being launched on a regular basis. The various stakeholders in the industry are the raw material suppliers, processors, and the product manufacturers. Starch derivatives are applied in food & beverages, feed, and non-food applications like, pharmaceutical, cosmetics, paper making, bioethanol, and other industrial applications. Asia-Pacific Holds the largest market share in the global starch derivatives market, by geography, and is also estimated to achieve the highest growth rate. Any entrepreneurs venture into this field will be successful.

RUBBER POWDER FROM WASTE TYRES

Rubber is polymer of butadiene and one of the most important chemical ingredients, which is widely used in the different field of modern advance world. Rubber is specially used in the tyre Industry, which is used in the different type of vehicles. Rubber products require rubber as a raw material. Either natural rubber, which is often cultivated on large plantations – with all the problems associated with a monoculture or alternatively synthetic rubber, which is produced using crude oil. Both processes use a high amount of resources. At the end of the chain, mountains of used car tyres crop up on the landscape. These waste sites are taken on by used tyre and rubber recycling plants nowadays.

There is a rapid market increase of rubber powder in India. Demand of rubber powder in India is increased by 5%-8%. There is fair scope of this product. Presently reclaim rubber is used in the manufacture of tyres, butyl tubes, cycle tyres and tubes, battery containers, tread rubber, belts and hoses, moulded and extruded products. India ranks third in production and fourth in consumption of natural rubber in the world. Rubber plantations are spread over 5.9 lakhs hectares in 16 states. Production of natural rubber is dominated by small holdings (average holding size of 0.5 hectare), which account for 88 percent of the production. As a whole it is a good project for entrepreneurs for investment.

Ayurvedic Medicines

(Chyawanprash, Cough Syrup Herbal, Ayurvedic Hair Oil, Jawahar Mohra & Mukta Shukti Tablets)

Man has always been keen to keep himself free from all miseries. It has been a constant endeavor to discover better ways to prevent and cure human disease. Human history is full of examples of foods developed for one or the other health benefit. Greeks used garlic in the first Olympic Games as they considered it as a performance-enhancing drug. Egyptians used honey to heal wounds.

In India, the use of various herbs in daily diet for prevention and treatment is well known for ages. Cultural beliefs, experiences and availability of various herbs in India has made herbal preparations a part of Indian daily food supplements. The use of functional foods and nutraceuticals can be traced back to ancient Indian system of medicine. Ayurveda, a 5000 year old medical science. The classic texts of Ayurveda are full of references of the effects of food in various health conditions. Ayurveda clearly defines the use of food products for improving quality of life and general rejuvenation.

Today, ayurveda is an officially recognised system of medicine in India. Globally, the World Health Organization (WHO) recognises it as Traditional Medicine (TRM). It is estimated that the total market size of the Indian ayurvedic market size is Rs 8000 crore and it is growing substantially between 10-15 percent, with the same growth rate targeted for the next 10 years. Thus, due to demand it is a good project for entrepreneurs to invest.

Activated Carbon from Wood

Activated carbon, also called activated charcoal, activated coal, or carbo activatus, is a form of carbon processed to be riddled with small, low-volume pores that increase the surface area available for adsorption or chemical reactions. Activated is sometimes substituted with active. Activated Carbon is a unique material because of the way it is filled with “holes” (voids, spaces, sites, pores,) whatever the size of molecules.

Activated carbon is a non-graphitic form of carbon, which could be produced by activation of any carbonaceous material such as coconut shells, bamboo, wood chips, sawdust, coal, lignite, paddy husk etc. The process of activation is carried out in two stages. The raw material is first carbonized and then activated either by chemicals or by steam to derive the highly porous structure. Shell-based activated carbon is extensively used in the process of refining and bleaching of vegetable oils and chemical solutions, water purification, recovery of solvents, recovery of gold, in gas masks for protection against toxic gases, in filters for providing adequate protection against war gases/nuclear fall outs, etc.

A wide variety of activated carbon products are available exhibiting markedly different characteristics depending upon the raw material and activation of technique used in their production.Activated carbon has been used to purify different products since Roman times. Carbon treatment is primarily based on anaturally occurring phenomenon called adsorption, in which molecules of a liquid or gas are trapped by either an external orinternal surface of a solid. The phenomenon is somewhat similar to iron filings being held by a magnet. Activated carbon has a very high internal surface area and is thus an ideal material for adsorption. For Purification of liquids, the powdered form of activated carbon is added to the liquid to be purified and the mixture is agitated and finally filtered. Granulated activated carbons are used for purification of gases or liquids and are used in a vertical carbon packed column.

The global activated carbon industry is estimated to be around 1.1 million metric ton. Demand for virgin activated carbon is expected to rise by around 10% annually through 2014, worldwide. The U.S is the largest market, which will also pace global growth based on anticipated new federal regulations mandating mercury removal at coal-fired power plants.The domestic market for activated carbon is fast expanding with rapid growth of several end user industries. The demand from the vegetable oil industry – the largest consumer of activated carbon is 24,000 tones. The capacity utilization ratio is reported to around 85%. Thus, due to demand it is a good project for entrepreneurs to invest.

Petroleum Distillation Plant (Oil Distillation/Refinery Plant)

Petroleum, oily, flammable liquid that occurs naturally in deposits, usually beneath the surface of the earth; it is also called crude oil. It consists principally of a mixture of hydrocarbons, with traces of various nitrogenous and sulfurous compounds.

Crude oil is one of the most valuable commodities in the world, but only after it has been refined into petroleum products. Crude oil refining is a key transformation step in the Midstream Sector of the oil and gas value chain because it adds commercial value to the oil by transforming it into many different marketable products.

While just about every country in the world depends on oil, not all countries produce it. The top five oil producing countries are: Saudi Arabia, Russia, United States, Iran, and China. It is important to note that the term production here refers to crude oil extracted from oil reserves. The top five oil consuming countries are: United States, China, Japan, Russia, and Germany.

Light Liquid Paraffin Oil

Light Liquid Paraffin Oil IP is highly purified mixture of liquid saturated hydrocarbons obtained from petroleum and is highly paraffinic in nature. Light Liquid Paraffin oil is transparent, & free from fluorescence in day light. It is colourless, tasteless, and odourless when cold. Light liquid paraffin oil IP highly refined hydro-treated oil has excellent thermal & chemical stability, having high flash point & is soluble in Chloroform & solvent Ether.

Light Liquid Paraffin Oil is an inert colourless odourless fluid suitable for use as a mould releasing agent, in manufacture of antistatic oils, Petroleum Jellies and Aggarbatties, as ainsulant, as a defrothing agent in vinegars, etc. Its multiplicity of end uses makes it a product of versatile usage.

Growing demand for cosmetics and personal care products is expected to drive the mineral oil market. Owing to the increasing disposable income and changing lifestyle of majority of global population specially the youth population is anticipated to drive the cosmetics industry. So any new entrants can venture in to this industry.

Onion Powder

The onion, also known as the bulb onion or common onion, is used as a vegetable and is the most widely cultivated species of the genus Allium. Onions are cultivated and used around the world. As a foodstuff they are usually served cooked, as a vegetable or part of a prepared savoury dish, but can also be eaten raw or used to make pickles or chutneys. They are pungent when chopped and contain certain chemical substances which irritate the eyes.

Onion is one of major bulb crop grown in India which presently attracting attention of all persons due to rise in prices. The price is directly related to supply-Demand of the commodity. An Indian farmer normally pays more attention to grow those crops which are fetched very good market prices during last season. To get the very good prices during present season, many farmers switch to grow Onion crop due to which supply in the market increases many fold and market glut fetches very low prices to farmers commodity such as onions. To stabilize the prices of fruits and vegetables and reduce the post harvest losses, drying of onion in form flakes and onion powder is adopted.

During the last few years the fruit and vegetable processing industry has expanded considerably. Bulk of the production consists of Jams/Jellies, fruit juices/pulps, ready-serve fruit beverages and pickles. The major outlets for the products of this industry are the institutional sectors such as Hotels, Restaurants, Defence Establishment and the Export market. The domestic and house hold sectors consume about 10% of the total production of processed fruits and vegetables. Food processing sector is one of the largest sectors in India in terms of production, growth, consumption, and export. As a whole it is a good project for entrepreneurs for investment. Any entrepreneur venture into this field will be successful.

Fiber Optical Cables

An optical fiber (or optical fibre) is a flexible, transparent fiber made of extruded glass (silica) or plastic, slightly thicker than a human hair. It can function as a waveguide, or “light pipe”, to transmit light between the two ends of the fiber.Power over Fiber (PoF) optic cables can also work to deliver an electric current for low-power electric devices. The field of applied science and engineering concerned with the design and application of optical fibers is known as fiber optics.

Optical fibers are widely used in fiber-optic communications, where they permit transmission over longer distances and at higher bandwidths (data rates) than wire cables. Fibers are used instead of metal wires because signals travel along them with less loss and are also immune to electromagnetic interference. Fibers are also used for illumination, and are wrapped in bundles so that they may be used to carry images, thus allowing viewing in confined spaces. Specially designed fibers are used for a variety of other applications, including sensors and fiber lasers.

Despite enormous potential generated by the growth of the end-user segments, the cable industry (both sectors - power and telecom cables) has remained sluggish. In the telecom sector, the processes of private entry encountered several policy roadblocks in the early stages. None-theless, the industry is on the move with the telecom sector getting globalised and transformed technologically with the shift from jelly-filled (JFTC) to optic fibre cables (OFC). Out of the total market of telecom cables, JFTC accounts for over two-third, while the balance goes to the optic fibre cables. The industry recorded a very impressive growth of 115% in 2004-05 over the preceding year. Thus,Fiber Optical Cables is a good project for entrepreneurs to invest.

Pencil Sharpeners (Plastic)

Generally, pencil sharpeners can be classified into electric pencil sharpeners and manual pencil sharpeners. Since the electric pencil sharpeners are not frequently used for sharpening pencils, they usually keep in a standby condition, which will consume powers of the batteries and is not environment protective. Conversely, hand-cranked pencil sharpeners are in a large market demand since they do not require any power supply and are compact and portable.

The pencil is inserted into the sharpener and rotated while the sharpener is held motionless. The body of the sharpener is often contoured, ridged or grooved to make the small block easier to firmly grip. In a Babcock Duplex Pencil Sharpener, the pencil is inserted into the chuck on the side of the machine. When the crank on top of the machine is turned with the right hand, the gang of six blades rotates, shaving the pencil, while the chuck holding the pencil revolves. As the cutting proceeds, the cutter is advanced toward the pencil by applying pressure on a feed bar with the left hand. The Duplex is 3” tall.

The Indian stationery industry is highly scattered and is largely dominated by the unorganised sector and the situation is quite alarming for the organised players industry. Factors like lack of modern production facilities, unorganised nature of functioning, marginal demands, government policies and international competition are largely contributing to the slow growth of the organised stationery industry in India. Established players are increasing their penetration by launching rural and urban-specific brands with different price tags so as to cater for both markets. The leading players are also increasing their manufacturing capacity to cater for overall growing demand for writing instruments in India.  Thus it is a good project for investment.

Activated Alumina

Activated alumina is manufactured by dehydroxylating aluminium hydroxide in a way that produces a highly porous substance. The chemical composition can be represented by Al2O3•OH2. The term "activated aluminas" refers to the “activation” those results from calcination. Activated alumina has a high surface area to weight ratio due to its extensive pore structure, is resistant to thermal shock and abrasion, and will not shrink, swell, soften nor disintegrate when placed in water. The active sites consist of acidic alumina ions, basic oxide ions and polar Al-OH groups. Opened bonds from the alumina ions act as Lewis acids, while the Al-OH groups act as dipoles.

India ranked seventh in alumina production with a total output of 3 mn tonnes, a share of nearly 5% of the global production of 61 mn tonnes. In India the activated alumina is being manufactured by the limited firms only whose production is quite insufficient to meet the growing demand. The consumption is increasing rapidly while the production is not sufficient. In order to fill up the gap between demand and supply, few more units for the manufacture of activated alumina are needed. As a whole it is a good project for entrepreneurs for investment.

High Pure Dissolved Acetylene Gas

Acetylene (C2H2) is known as one of the simplest and most significant chemical in the acetylene series. A compound of carbon and hydrogen, acetylene is a colorless, highly flammable gas that dissociates at normal to low pressures and needs to be stored in high-pressure tanks containing some porous material and acetone. It has active chemical property; it is easy to polymerize, synthesize and cause chemical reactions.

Acetylene is the most common gas used for fueling cutting torches in both general industry and the mining industry. When mixed with pure oxygen in a cutting torch assembly, an acetylene flame can theoretically reach over 5700°F. Users of this type of equipment are generally familiar with the fire hazards associated hot flames and the production of hot slag. However, many users may not be aware of the unique characteristics of acetylene itself that create special hazards compared to other fuel gases.

The Indian industrial gases market is dominated by oxygen. Oxygen accounts for nearly 75% of total production of gases outside carbon dioxide in the merchant market. If the captive segment is included, oxygen enjoys an over 70% share in all gases (outside carbon dioxide). The gas industry in India has a large number of small plants spread all over the country. Also there are tonnage plants of global standards and capacity, which are set up in different parts of the country. Many fertilizer plants have created the facility to tap Argon through purge gas recovery units and some are also purifying the flu gas to produce carbon dioxide. The gas industry in India has kept its pace for growth to meet the requirement of growth of other sectors of the industry. Thus, due to demand it is a good project for entrepreneurs to invest.

Aluminium Foil Containers

Aluminium is the most widely used non-ferrous metal and is extensively used in packaging materials. It is an excellent material for creating all types of containers. However, despite the fact that about seven billion aluminium foil containers are produced annually, most packaging engineers and packaging users know very little about the advantages that these containers bring to the packaging and food service industries.

Today’s aluminium foil applications demonstrate the consumer friendliness. They vary from aseptic beverage cartons, wrappers, lids, blister and strip packs and more variations are in the pipeline. Also, aluminium foil is fully recyclable and modern separation techniques allow foil in household waste or separate collection systems to be extracted and recycled at a fraction of its original production energy. Very thin (laminated) foil based applications can also be incinerated with energy recovery. The aluminium foil industry in India was pioneered by India Foils, followed by Indian Aluminium Company. Currently, there are 4 major players who catering to the demand of the Indian market. The 4 major producers are, INDAL, India Foils, P G Foils, and Annapurna Foils. Thus, the aluminium foil industry is poised for spectacular growth in future.

Market Survey Cum Detailed Techno Economic Feasibility Report on above projects can be had from NPCS

Download Monthly Issues of Entrepreneur India (an Industrial Monthly Journal on Industrial Development Technologies & Project Opportunities)  fromhttp://www.niir.org/contact/entrepreneur.phtml

NIIR PROJECT CONSULTANCY SERVICES
AN ISO 9001 : 2008 CERTIFIED COMPANY
106-E, Kamla Nagar, Delhi – 110 007 (India)
Tel: 91-11-23843955, 23845886, 23845654, +918800733955
Fax: 91-11-23841561
E-mail: [email protected][email protected]  
Website: www.niir.org

FOLLOW US:

https://www.linkedin.com/company/niir-project-consultancy-services

https://www.facebook.com/NIIR.ORG

https://www.youtube.com/user/NIIRproject

https://plus.google.com/+NIIRPROJECTCONSULTANCYSERVICESNewDelhi/posts

https://twitter.com/npcs_in

To Unsubscribe or change your email preferences, please go to: http://www.niir.org/newsletter/