Bottling Plant Advise
Submitted by lullavinay on January 25, 2010 - 20:51
Dear Sirs,
I am planning to setup a Packaged Drinking Water plant in Wada district Thane, which is located in Mumbai. The hardness of the water when tested resulted to 85. I need your opinion whether the RO process would make this type of water suitable for drinking.
Can you please mention the best RO process manufacturer as you'll would be best experienced.
I am already aware of all the norms by BIS so i wont have a question on it.
What information would help ideally is that i am not starting my own brand but would like to take up job works for various companies. Size of the company is irrelevant.
I just needed advise as to is there a true demand for CONTRACT FILLING or every brand prefers to set up their own brand.
The reason of not starting up my own brand is that i have a certain restriction to funds as a result of which i can just afford the machines but cannot invest in the working capital etc.
Also i was told that the water business in India is based on a NO CREDIT payment style of policy and that too if credit is offered would be on exception cases and for a short time to. How true is this ?
Anyone who can help me their feedback would be much appreciated.
Thans in advance to you all.
Regards,
Vinay.
Comments
1. The bottled water business.
Dear Vinay,
I see that you want to start a bottled water business.It is a business with far too many players,many of them small companies.I would suggest you ask around in the market and see what the situation looks like.It is a good decision not to market and sell your own brand but instead to bottle for others.I have been closely associated with this business and feel it is a 'cut throat' business where you have to give credit and find it is extremely difficult to collect money.
It is necessary to get a BIS certification and a testing lab approved by BIS before you start bottling.You should know all about this before you even start.
About water quality, BIS-10500 specifications specifies a whole lot of parameters and not just total hardness.If you have got your water tested by a certified lab, the test report will clearly show if your water conforms to BIS-10500 or not (particularly with reference to the 'Desirable levels" of key parameters such as TDS, Alkalinity, Total hardness,etc.If the water meets BIS standards,you may not need any RO system.
Lastly, how dependable is your source of water? if it stops yielding water after you are in business, it could affect your business.Make sure you have a reliable and good source of water before you start.
Regards
S.S.Ranganathan
S.S.Ranganathan
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