§1What this business is
Yarn on cones is made into a warp on a warping machine. The customer's design is punched on cards, and jacquard label-making machines weave labels 1 to 2 inches wide in a continuous length; some add a few zari ends for shine. The labels are checked and packed for garment, hosiery and leather makers and tailors, who sew them in to show the maker and material.
Capacity: 1,44,00,000 labels a year, worth ₹37.44 L at ₹260 per thousand.
§2Is it right for you?
Who it is for
Someone near a garment or hosiery cluster (Ludhiana, Tiruppur, Delhi-NCR) who can win orders from garment makers.
Who it is not for
Someone far from garment makers or without design skills.
Advantages
- Every garment and leather maker needs labels
- Growing garment exports raise demand (profile)
- No effluent; weaving only
- Repeat orders once a brand approves your quality
Drawbacks
- Each order needs a new design card
- Price per thousand labels is low
- Printed and heat-transfer labels compete
- Big garment exporters want tight colour and delivery standards
Skills you need
- Jacquard design and card punching
- Warping and loom setting
- Colour matching
- Selling to garment makers and tailors
Why difficulty 3/5: The looms are simple, but you must design to order and keep garment buyers.
§3Market
Who buys
- Garment and hosiery makers
- Leather goods makers
- Tailors
- Garment exporters
How it sells
- Direct orders from garment units
- Agents in garment clusters
Good to know
- The profile says few units make labels and every garment unit needs them.
- There is no BIS standard; quality depends on yarn and fast colours.
§4Raw material & machinery
| Item | Qty | Cost |
|---|---|---|
| Woven-label making machine with jacquard | 8 | ₹7,20,000 |
| Card punching and stitching machine | 1 | ₹35,000 |
| Pirn winder, 8" | 1 | ₹20,000 |
| Beam winding (warping) machine | 1 | ₹15,000 |
| Reel winder, 8 spindle | 1 | ₹12,000 |
| Creel stand | 1 | ₹8,000 |
From: DC-MSME project profile — Woven Labels (2003)
- Polyester yarn600 kg a month at ₹240/kg = ₹1.44 L
- Viscose yarn, 120 denier200 kg a month at ₹200/kg = ₹40,000
- Cotton, silk or nylon yarn; a few zari endsused instead or for shine, as the order needs
From: DC-MSME project profile — Woven Labels (2003)
Suppliers in Building Business Bazaar
Vardhman Spinning and General Mills Ltd · Ludhiana →Esslon Synthetics Ltd · Delhi →Govindwal Cooperative · Amritsar →Hamdard Textile Engineers · Amritsar →J.C.T. Ltd · Phagwara →J.K. Synthetics Ltd · Kota →Mahavir Spinning and General Mills · Hoshiarpur →Modi Cone Ltd · Modinagar →Nanak Chand and Sons · Ludhiana →Rajasthan Patro Synthetics Ltd · Delhi →Shree Shyam Filaments · Jaipur →
In our raw material database
Polyester filament yarn (POY, FDY, textured) →Labels and self-adhesive materials →
§5Licences & registration
- Udyam registration
- GST
- No-objection certificate from the State Pollution Control Board (the profile lists it)
- Trade licence from the local body
§6Schemes & subsidies
- PMEGPCentralActive15–35% subsidy
- MudraCentralActiveLoan up to ₹20 lakh, no collateral
- CGTMSECentralActiveNo collateral, up to ₹10 crore
- Stand-Up IndiaCentralClosed₹10 lakh – ₹1 crore loan
The ₹16.24 L project fits PMEGP, MUDRA (Tarun, up to ₹20 L), CGTMSE and Stand-Up India.
§7Money
How the investment is worked out: DC-MSME profile: machinery ₹8.10 L (8 woven-label machines with jacquard ₹7.20 L, card punching and stitching machine ₹35,000, pirn winder ₹20,000, beam winder ₹15,000, reel winder ₹12,000, creel stand ₹8,000) + electrification ₹50,000 + furniture ₹50,000 = ₹9.10 L; working capital for 3 months ₹7.14 L; total ₹16.24 L. Building rented.
Working capital: Working capital for 3 months ₹7.14 L; monthly spend ₹2.38 L, of which yarn ₹1.84 L.
Prices from March 2003 — machinery, material and wage costs will be much higher now.
§8Export potential
Confirm the HS code in the DGFT ITC(HS) lookup before you export
Export council / board: AEPC
- Confirm the 8-digit ITC(HS) line with DGFT or your customs broker before shipping.
- You need an Import Export Code (IEC) from DGFT before the first shipment.
§9Risks — where people fail
- Losing a big garment buyer
- Yarn price changes
- Rejects for colour or size errors
- Shift to printed or heat-transfer labels
§1030 / 60 / 90-day plan
A general plan that applies to any business. A plan for this business will be added after research.
- Days 1–30: Visit a working woven labels manufacturing unit, ask 10 buyers about price and quantity, and get quotations from 3 suppliers.
- Days 31–60: Udyam and the licences you need (Udyam registration, GST), a project report (DPR), and the scheme or loan file.
- Days 61–90: Space and machines, trial production, and first deliveries to 10 customers.
§11Who to connect with
Associations, clusters and training institutes — the directory is being built. Connect
§12Watch
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Data review: 6 October 2026. Spotted a mistake? Report it. For information only — not legal or financial advice.