§1What this business is

Coir yarn hanks are wound onto spools; the yarn is chopped to the pile height and planted upright into a PVC resin or latex layer on a Teflon conveyor. The sheet passes through heating and cooling zones, then is rolled in continuous length or cut into mats. The machine runs automatically from creel to delivery and makes 50 cm wide mats.

Capacity: 250 sq m a day, 2 shifts — 1,50,000 sq m a year. Sale ₹330 and raw material ₹300 a sq m.

§2Is it right for you?

Who it is for

Someone with access to coir yarn and doormat buyers, comfortable running a single automatic line.

Who it is not for

Someone without a technician for machine upkeep.

Advantages

  • Automatic machine — only 8 workers
  • PVC coir doormats sell in India and abroad
  • Pile height and PVC thickness are adjustable

Drawbacks

  • Raw material is 91% of the price
  • Machine breakdown stops all output
  • PVC heating needs fume control

Skills you need

  • Tufting machine operation
  • PVC/latex mixing
  • Heat and conveyor control
  • Selling to retailers and exporters

Why difficulty 3/5: Automated line with a small team, but thin material margin and single-machine risk.

§3Market

Who buys

  • Homes and offices (doormats)
  • Retail chains and home-furnishing shops
  • Mat exporters

How it sells

  • Furnishing wholesalers
  • Online marketplaces
  • Supply to exporters

Good to know

  • Mats can be rolled in continuous length or cut to mat size, so one line serves both roll and mat orders.

§4Raw material & machinery

ItemQtyCost
Creel stands to carry yarn spools——
Pre-heater to remove moisture from yarn——
Motorised stirrer/pulveriser for PVC or latex emulsion——
Cutting head to cut yarn to pile height——
Belt joining device——
Teflon conveyor——
Heating panels——
Cooling zone——
Roll winding device——
Electrical panel board (total machinery ₹19,45,000)——

From: PMEGP project profile — Mini Tufting Unit (prepared by Coir Board, Ministry of MSME) (2018)

  • Coir yarn hankswound into spools before tufting
  • PVC resin or latex emulsionbase layer; total raw material ₹300 a sq m

From: PMEGP project profile — Mini Tufting Unit (prepared by Coir Board, Ministry of MSME) (2018)

In our raw material database

PVC resin (suspension) →

§5Licences & registration

  1. Udyam registration
  2. GST registration
  3. Registration with the Coir Board (needed to export; also opens Coir Board schemes)
  4. State Pollution Control Board consent (check the category for your process)
  5. IEC code if you export

We can do this registration for you

§6Schemes & subsidies

PMEGP (this profile was made for it), MUDRA loans up to ₹20 lakh and CGTMSE cover fit; Stand-Up India suits women and SC/ST founders.

§7Money

How the investment is worked out: Coir Board profile: work shed leased or owned + machinery ₹19.45 lakh + working capital ₹5.55 lakh = ₹25.00 lakh.

Working capital: Working capital ₹5.55 lakh (bank ₹5.27 lakh).

Prices from June 2018 — machinery costs will be higher now.

How to prepare a loan file

§8Export potential

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

5703Carpets and other textile floor coverings, tufted

Export council / board: Coir Board

  • Coir exporters register with the Coir Board and take its registration-cum-membership certificate.
  • Confirm the exact 8-digit code in the DGFT ITC-HS schedule before you ship.

§9Risks — where people fail

  • PVC resin price swings
  • Single-machine dependence
  • Cheap synthetic mats
  • Teflon belt wear

§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 mini tufting unit (coir pvc mats) 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

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§12Watch

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Sources

  1. PMEGP project profile — Mini Tufting Unit (prepared by Coir Board, Ministry of MSME) (2018)

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