§1What this business is

PP resin with additives is extruded through a die into four straps at once, cooled in a quench tank, stretched in a hot-air oven, embossed, printed if needed, annealed and wound on cores. The rolls go to anyone who straps cartons — e-commerce, textile, appliance and FMCG packers.

Capacity: 2,40,000 kg a year at full capacity; year 1 1,44,000 kg (60%).

§2Is it right for you?

Who it is for

Someone in an industrial or logistics hub who can sell to packers in bulk.

Who it is not for

Someone without bulk buyers nearby.

Advantages

  • Every packer and transporter uses strapping
  • Growth of e-commerce and logistics adds demand
  • Simple product, continuous production
  • Printed straps can carry the buyer's brand

Drawbacks

  • PP strap loses tension over time and weakens in sunlight — PET strap competes for heavy loads
  • Needs 50 HP and a long line
  • Price-sensitive buyers
  • Polymer prices swing

Skills you need

  • Extrusion and stretching line control
  • Quality testing (breaking load, width, thickness)
  • Raw-material blending
  • Selling to businesses

Why difficulty 3/5: A continuous extrusion line and bulk selling.

§3Market

Who buys

  • E-commerce and courier firms
  • Textile and cotton bale packers
  • Appliance, FMCG and pharma packers

How it sells

  • Packaging material dealers
  • Direct supply to factories and warehouses

Good to know

  • The report says the cotton industry takes about 45% of PET strap use, followed by automotive and appliances.
  • It counts about 30 Indian strap makers, mostly in the western region.

§4Raw material & machinery

ItemQtyCost
Extruder1—
Quenching tank1—
First, second and third stretching units1 each—
Orientation unit1—
Printing unit and embossing unit1 each—
Air annealing oven with water chilling unit1—
Three-station PLC winder unit1—
Total plant & machinery (all of the above)1 line₹35,00,000

From: PMEGP sample project report — PP Box Strapping (prepared by Udyami/Samadhan)

  • PP resin with plasticizer, stabilizer and other additives2,40,000 kg a year at full capacity, ₹35 per kg

From: PMEGP sample project report — PP Box Strapping (prepared by Udyami/Samadhan)

§5Licences & registration

  1. Udyam registration
  2. GST
  3. Pollution control board consent
  4. Fire NOC
  5. Factory licence where applicable

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§6Schemes & subsidies

₹44.16 L: within PMEGP's ₹50 L manufacturing limit; CGTMSE for collateral-free credit; Stand-Up India for SC/ST and women.

§7Money

How the investment is worked out: Plant & machinery ₹35.00 L + furniture ₹1.11 L + working capital ₹8.05 L = ₹44.16 L (term loan ₹32.50 L, working capital ₹7.25 L, own ₹4.42 L). 2,000 sq ft shed own or rented.

Working capital: ₹8.05 L (bank ₹7.25 L); 10 days of stock.

Year not printed on the report; it quotes 2015–2020 market data — check current machinery prices.

How to prepare a loan file

§8Export potential

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

3920.20Plates, sheets, film, foil and strip, of polymers of propylene

Export council / board: PLEXCONCIL (Plastics Export Promotion Council)

  • Confirm the line for finished strapping rolls with your customs broker; some exporters use other Chapter 39 lines.
  • HS codes are from the WCO HS 2022 list; confirm the 8-digit ITC(HS) line with DGFT or your customs broker.
  • You need an Import Export Code (IEC) from DGFT before the first shipment.

§9Risks — where people fail

  • PET strap replacing PP for heavy goods
  • Polymer price rise
  • Low-price competition
  • Line breakdowns

§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 pp box strapping 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), 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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Associations, clusters and training institutes — the directory is being built. Connect

§12Watch

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Sources

  1. PMEGP sample project report — PP Box Strapping (prepared by Udyami/Samadhan)

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