§1What this business is

Moulds are designed on CAD software with the right gate, wall thickness, draft and texture, then steel or aluminium blocks are turned, milled, ground, spark-eroded, polished and heat-treated. Finished moulds are tried on the unit's own injection-moulding machines before delivery. Plastic processors making appliance parts, containers, auto parts and profiles buy them.

Capacity: 100 tonnes of moulds and dies a year for extrusion and injection moulding; runs at 40% in year 1 and 75% in year 5. Selling prices ₹150–800 a kg.

§2Is it right for you?

Who it is for

An ITI, diploma or engineering graduate with tool-room or plastics-moulding experience.

Who it is not for

Someone without precision-machining skills.

Advantages

  • Material is only about a third of sales — high value added
  • Plastic use keeps growing in every industry
  • Asia is gaining mould-making work worldwide (report)
  • Own moulding machines allow trials and short production runs

Drawbacks

  • Long design-and-trial cycle for each mould
  • Needs skilled tool makers and CAD/CAM designers
  • Large machine investment for small tonnage
  • Payment often comes only after mould approval

Skills you need

  • Mould design (gates, cooling, draft)
  • CNC, EDM and polishing
  • Mould trials on injection machines
  • Costing and quoting moulds

Why difficulty 5/5: High-skill precision work and nearly ₹2 crore of investment.

§3Market

Who buys

  • Injection-moulding and blow-moulding units
  • Appliance and electronics makers
  • Auto-component makers
  • Container, closure and profile makers

How it sells

  • Direct orders from processors
  • Vendor registration with OEMs

Good to know

  • The report notes that most plastic moulds are made of aluminium alloys except for high-pressure injection parts.
  • Training centres named: Indo German Tool Room (Ahmedabad, Rajkot, Chennai) and CTTC Bhubaneswar.

§4Raw material & machinery

ItemQtyCost
Hacksaw machines2₹1,60,000
CNC lathe1₹5,00,000
Precision lathes2₹6,00,000
Precision CNC machining centre with attachments1₹12,00,000
Heavy-duty milling machine1₹6,50,000
Wire-cut EDM / spark erosion machines2₹18,00,000
Heavy-duty radial drill1₹3,00,000
Precision hydraulic grinding machines2₹10,00,000
Lapping/polishing machines2₹2,80,000
Heat-treatment facility1₹3,00,000
Injection-moulding machines (for mould trials)2₹12,00,000
Tools and gauges1 lot₹3,00,000

From: SIDBI Stand-Up Mitra project profile — Tool Room for Plastic Die Making (2018) — private guide — confirm locally

  • Carbon steel₹50–85 a kg
  • Aluminium alloys₹120–250 a kg
  • Tool steels₹150–400 a kg
  • Beryllium-copper alloys (for fast-cooling areas)₹2,500–3,500 a kg

From: SIDBI Stand-Up Mitra project profile — Tool Room for Plastic Die Making (2018) — private guide — confirm locally

Suppliers in Building Business Bazaar

Indo German Tool Room, Ahmedabad · Ahmedabad →Indo German Tool Room, Indore · Indore →Central Institute of Tool Design, Hyderabad · Hyderabad →Central Tool Room & Training Centre (CTTC), Kolkata · Kolkata →Central Tool Room & Training Centre, Bhubaneswar · Bhubaneswar →Tool Room & Training Centre, Guwahati · Guwahati →MSME Technology Centre, Pudi, Vizag · Visakhapatnam →MSME Technology Centre, Bhopal · Bhopal →MSME Technology Centre, Rohtak · Rohtak →MSME Technology Centre, Kanpur · Kanpur →MSME Technology Centre, Baddi · Baddi →MSME Technology Centre, Durg · Durg →

§5Licences & registration

  1. Udyam registration
  2. GST
  3. State industrial registration with the DIC
  4. Factory plan approval and fire NOC
  5. Chimney or blower for the heat-treatment furnace (pollution rules)
  6. IEC code for export

We can do this registration for you

§6Schemes & subsidies

Too large for PMEGP; CGTMSE can guarantee the bank loan without collateral and Stand-Up India can fund SC/ST and women founders.

§7Money

How the investment is worked out: Land ₹30 L + building ₹60 L + plant & machinery ₹89.35 L + fixtures and electrical ₹4 L + preliminary ₹2.50 L + working-capital margin ₹9.11 L = ₹194.96 L. Finance: promoter ₹55.57 L, bank loan ₹139.39 L.

Working capital: Gross ₹14.87 L (inventories ₹2.08 L, receivables ₹6.52 L, overheads ₹4.19 L, less creditors ₹2.08 L); own margin ₹9.11 L, bank ₹5.76 L.

Stand-Up Mitra profile uploaded in 2018; the year is not printed on the profile. Machinery and material prices will be higher now.

How to prepare a loan file

§8Export potential

Export council / board: Not verified yet

  • No HS code or export body has been checked against an official list yet.

§9Risks — where people fail

  • Mould rework after failed trials
  • Delayed payment till approval
  • Losing key tool makers
  • Tool-steel and beryllium-copper price rises

§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 tool room for plastic moulds and dies 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), 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

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Sources

  1. SIDBI Stand-Up Mitra project profile — Tool Room for Plastic Die Making (2018)

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