§1What this business is

Steel or brass wire is drawn to size, cut, pointed on a grinder, bent with dies and electroplated. The same unit can make paper pins, U-pins, stove pins and hair pins, and later move into hand and sewing-machine needles. The profile says demand for pins is very high in both rural and urban areas.

Capacity: 9,00,000 pins a year (pack size not printed), value ₹9.08 lakh at full capacity.

§2Is it right for you?

Who it is for

A small metal-works or hardware trader who can sell through stationery, tailoring and general-store distributors.

Who it is not for

Someone who cannot handle plating chemicals safely.

Advantages

  • Everyday product used in every home and tailoring shop
  • Simple machines
  • Can widen into many kinds of pins and needles
  • Small, light product — cheap to stock and ship

Drawbacks

  • Very low price per piece; volume decides profit
  • Cheap imports and large factories compete
  • Electroplating creates chemical waste
  • Wire price changes hit margins

Skills you need

  • Wire drawing and die setting
  • Electroplating
  • Quality checks (point, spring, finish)
  • Bulk selling to distributors

Why difficulty 3/5: Simple product, but plating rules and import prices make it moderately hard.

§3Market

Who buys

  • Households
  • Tailors and garment units
  • Offices (paper pins)

How it sells

  • Stationery and general-store distributors
  • Haberdashery and tailoring-material wholesalers

Good to know

  • The profile says the scheme suits institutions, co-operative societies and individual entrepreneurs, and demand for pins is very high in rural and urban areas.

§4Raw material & machinery

ItemQtyCost
Plating bath1—
Wire drawer1—
Bench grinder1—
Tools and dies1 set—
Equipment total in the profile1 set₹1,50,000

From: KVIC Project Profile — Manufacture of Safety Pins (PMEGP)

  • Steel or brass wireraw material ₹4.50 lakh a year in the profile
  • Plating chemicals (nickel or similar)for a rust-free finish
  • Cards, boxes and labels₹25,000 a year in the profile

From: KVIC Project Profile — Manufacture of Safety Pins (PMEGP)

§5Licences & registration

  1. Udyam registration
  2. GST registration
  3. Trade licence from the local body
  4. State Pollution Control Board consent (electroplating)

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§6Schemes & subsidies

PMEGP fits (KVIC rural engineering profile); MUDRA and CGTMSE cover a loan of this size.

§7Money

How the investment is worked out: KVIC profile: building shed 1,000 sq ft ₹2.00 lakh + equipment ₹1.50 lakh + working capital ₹1.81 lakh = ₹5.31 lakh. Land own.

Working capital: Working capital ₹1.81 lakh (₹1,81,506 per cycle). Raw material ₹4.50 lakh and labels/packing ₹0.25 lakh a year.

Year not printed on the KVIC profile — 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

7319.40Safety pins and other pins

Export council / board: EEPC India

  • 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

  • Import competition
  • Plating effluent violations
  • Rust in stock
  • Wire price rise

§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 safety pin making 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. KVIC Project Profile — Manufacture of Safety Pins (PMEGP)

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