There is no uncertainty involved if you engage in the acrylic buttons manufacturing. Acrylic never runs out of fashion. They are irreplaceable fabric fasteners.
Acrylic buttons as a fabric fastener was, is and will always be irreplaceable. The use of hooks came into the picture as the fabric fastener but the place of acrylic buttons in the garment industry is intact. The acrylic button has huge demand from readymade garment industry. They are their major buyers. Just like fashion clothes comes with a bang in every season of every year, just like clothing industry never experiences recession period, the acrylic buttons manufacturing business can never run out of operation. This is because acrylic buttons is an essential and inseparable in the preparation of garments.
With its evergreen prosperous nature of the business, getting engaged in acrylic buttons manufacturing will be money spinning opportunity. To get started with the business, the first that you need to do is formulation of business plan. Decide upon your scale of operation, know your business domain in which you are going to enter, do market research for machinery and raw material that you need in your manufacturing process, learn about legalities involved, conduct feasibility studies. Feasibility studies gives you an idea about how much you are going to make from your investment.
If you know nothing about this business even then it’s not a problem. It doesn’t involve complex technical application. You can easily learn about it within a short time period.
Let’s get started with on how to start Acrylic Button Manufacturing Business.
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Making your business, a legal entity
Enlist your acrylic buttons manufacturing with Registrar of companies, obtain trade license from pollution board and municipal authorities, get certification from BIS, get your business Aadhar linked, and register under MSME to benefit from government schemes and financial assistance.
Capital investment
It is a kind of business that can be started with just low capital investment. You can get started with minimum capital of Rs. 14 lacs.
Location
Your manufacturing plant location should comply with all the rules and regulations of the state so as to avoid future legal trials and complexities. Location should have easy accessibility of transportation, availability of raw material and labor.
Raw material and machinery requirement
The important raw material required is acrylic sheet and packaging material and machinery required is acrylic sheet cutting machine, buttonhole making machine, button’s edge trimming machine, drilling machine, containers, etc.
Acrylic buttons manufacturing process
First step involves the cutting of acrylic sheet. Then the blanks are cut out from the sheet. Blanks are cut out in different size and shape depending upon your requirement with the help of cutting machine. Further, you need to cool down these blanks. To cool it faster, you can put them in salt water. They are dried to soak out the moisture content.
When they completely cools down, they are cut into a desired design, depending upon the needs of the customer. After this button is in edgy and rough form so to it make it smooth, the buttons are put into the water filled drum container that keeps on rotating along with abrasive material and foaming agent. The buttons are left into the drum for one complete day. After that they take out and dried completely. After this, the buttons are not ready to be packed.
Acrylic buttons manufacturing business is very profitable business idea. You will be amazed to know that there is a profit margin of more than 60% minimum. You can really make a huge deal out of it if can capture a good market share which is only possible when you provide a quality product to your targeted customers. It would be in your favor if you make links with garment factories, tailors, and purse and bag manufacturers.