§1What this business is

White paper is coated black and then white with coating chemicals, the grid is printed on a graphing machine, and the paper is slit to size and wound into 50 mm × 20 m rolls. Two graphing machines make 360 rolls a day. Rolls are made to customer specification and sold to hospitals, clinics, diagnostic centres and ECG machine suppliers.

Capacity: 1,08,000 rolls (50 mm × 20 m) a year; single shift.

§2Is it right for you?

Who it is for

Someone with medical-supply contacts among hospitals and diagnostic centres.

Who it is not for

Someone without a buyer list — rolls must match specific machines.

Advantages

  • Low investment and a small team of six
  • A medical consumable bought again and again
  • The report says the process causes no pollution

Drawbacks

  • Each ECG machine model needs its own roll size and grid
  • Check which paper type (coated or thermal) the machines in your market use before buying machines
  • Hospitals buy through tenders and approved suppliers

Skills you need

  • Paper coating and grid printing accuracy
  • Slitting and winding
  • Medical-supply selling and tenders

Why difficulty 2/5: Small, clean process; selling to hospitals is the main work.

§3Market

Who buys

  • Hospitals and nursing homes
  • Clinics, cardiologists and diagnostic centres

How it sells

  • Surgical and medical-supply dealers
  • ECG machine suppliers

Good to know

  • The report links rising demand to more heart disease and ECG being the first test used.

§4Raw material & machinery

ItemQtyCost
Graphing machine2₹3,00,000
Coating machine2₹50,000
Mixer1₹60,000
Slitting machine1₹40,000
Winding machine4₹50,000
Testing equipmentlot₹50,000

From: DC-MSME project profile — Electro Cardiogram Paper (E.C.G. Paper) (2003)

  • White paper rolls (100 m × 0.3 m)300 rolls a month at ₹600 each in the report
  • Coating chemicals₹20,000 a month (lump sum)

From: DC-MSME project profile — Electro Cardiogram Paper (E.C.G. Paper) (2003)

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§5Licences & registration

  1. Udyam registration
  2. GST registration
  3. Trade licence from the local body
  4. Check with the State Drugs Controller whether your product needs medical-device registration

We can do this registration for you

§6Schemes & subsidies

PMEGP fits (₹13.80 L, under the ₹50 L manufacturing limit); MUDRA up to ₹20 L; CGTMSE for a loan without collateral; Stand-Up India for SC/ST and women founders.

§7Money

How the investment is worked out: Fixed capital ₹6.75 L (machinery ₹5.00 L, electrification ₹50,000, furniture ₹50,000, testing equipment ₹50,000, pre-operative ₹25,000) + working capital for 3 months ₹7.05 L = ₹13.80 L. Building rented (₹3,000 a month).

Working capital: Working capital for 3 months ₹7.05 L; white paper and chemicals ₹2.00 L a month.

Prices from 2003 — machinery, material and selling prices will be much higher now.

How to prepare a loan file

§8Export potential

Confirm the HS code in the DGFT ITC(HS) lookup before you export

4823.40Rolls, sheets and dials, printed for self-recording apparatus

Export council / board: Not verified yet

  • Confirm the 8-digit ITC(HS) line with DGFT or your customs broker before shipping.
  • The export promotion council for paper products has not been checked yet.
  • You need an Import Export Code (IEC) from DGFT before the first shipment.

§9Risks — where people fail

  • Grid misprint making rolls unusable
  • Shift in machines to other paper types
  • Late payment from hospitals

§1030 / 60 / 90-day plan

A general plan that applies to any business. A plan for this business will be added after research.

  1. Days 1–30: Visit a working ecg paper rolls unit, ask 10 buyers about price and quantity, and get quotations from 3 suppliers.
  2. Days 31–60: Udyam and the licences you need (Udyam registration, GST registration), a project report (DPR), and the scheme or loan file.
  3. Days 61–90: Space and machines, trial production, and first deliveries to 10 customers.

§11Who to connect with

Not verified yet

Associations, clusters and training institutes — the directory is being built. Connect

§12Watch

There is no episode on this business yet. Shows are coming soon on the Podcast page.

Want to start ECG Paper Rolls?

DPR, loan file or registration — ask us on WhatsApp.

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Sources

  1. DC-MSME project profile — Electro Cardiogram Paper (E.C.G. Paper) (2003)

Data review: 6 October 2026. Spotted a mistake? Report it. For information only — not legal or financial advice.