CONTENTS

1. COMPANY PROFILE 2. MARKET RESEARCH 3. MANUFACTURING PROCESS &TYPES OF CANDLE 4. RAW MATERIAL & EQUIPMENT 5. MARKETING & SALES 6. CONCLUSION

1. COMPANY PROFILE
Name of the unit:K.V. Candles Pvt. Ltd Location:Plot No. 234, Shubam Nagar Kellkatalai Chennai Constitution:Partnership venture of two partners Name of the partners:S.Karthikeyan K.Vinoth Kumar Product to be manufactured:Wax Candle Bank Loan Details:Project Value: Rs. 3,00,000/Loan Provider: Tamilnadu Indutrial Investment Corporation

2. MARKET RESEARCH
We have conducted the market research which has given us the result that there is great demand for candles in rural as well as in urban markets due to frequent power cut in urban areas. Yet the candle has survived due to specific uses it is put to viz; in churches as a religious relic, an essential item at birthday ceremonies, to melt the sealing wax used to seal locks of factory go down etc. Now days candle is used for decoration in hotels and restaurant it is used in house as showpiece.

Apart from the above said uses the candles are the most required one during the power failure or the power shut down for maintenance. During this kind of situation candles are required in more numbers. In Tamil Nadu during the past 5 to 10 years there is a shortage of electricity for which wealthier people go for using inverter by which it cannot be accompanied by most people of the state. For those people candle is the only source of light during power failure.

In Tamil Nadu demand for candle has increased consistently and frequently required in more quantities which is not available now. So creating small scale industry on the front of candle manufacturing would be more profitable during. Hence we opted to develop a small scale unit of manufacturing candles.

3. MANUFACTURING PROCESS& TYPES OF CANDLE

For hundreds of years the basic "art" of hand pouring candles remained relatively unchanged. In simple terms making a candle involved melting wax, coloring, scenting and pouring into molds. Along the way, gradual changes were made in the process and in the industry such as pouring into glass containers, development of new types of molds and even pouring wax into sand to make candles. In our estimation, more changes have occurred in the hand pouring of candles in past number of years than the previous 100 years. Companies and individuals can now "accessorize" their operation to make the process of hand pouring much easier. Several of the early developments, which may not have been considered revolutionary at the time, have made life easier for the candle maker. Two examples include the pre-wick assembly and "blended waxes." The pre-wick assembly has made life much easier for companies of all sizes when making votives and container candles. Having the wick waxed, cut and a tab placed on it accuser

TYPES OF CANDLE The candle are made in variety of designs depending upon the die used for manufacturing the candle. Some of the types of candles are listed below. 1. Cross Candle 2. Devotional Candle 3. Figure Candle
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4. Creepy Candle 5. Different Shaped Candle

4. RAW MATERIAL&EQUIPMENT
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Hard paraffin wax Satiric acid Hydrogenated vegetable oil Perfume Color

Wax Melting Machine:The foremost equipment is wax melting machine.

Molding machine & Molds:These consist of two metallic blocks which when jointed together for a row vertical moulds. The melted wax is poured in to moulds in which the wicks are first set in the inside of the moulds cavities are smeared with little mineral oil like liquid paraffin, kerosene etc. or any vegetable oil to prevent sticking of the candles facilitating their easy removal . The moulds made of aluminum, bronze, rubber etc.

Materials&Equipment Hard paraffin wax Satiric acid Hydrogenated vegetable oil Perfume Color Wick Wax Melting Machine Molding Machine Molds

Price(Rs.) 250 per kg 200 per litre 100 per litre 150 per litre 100 per kg 50 per meter 55,000per machine 75,000per machine 500 to 800 per set
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Quantity 50 to 100kg per day 10 litres per day 10 litres per day 5 litres or less 5kg per day 100 meter per day 2 Nos 2 Nos 10 Nos in each type

Specifications:

Diameter of candle 10mm 10.5mm 11mm 12mm 14mm 15mm 16mm 17mm 19mm 21mm 23mm 24mm 25mm

Height of candle 190.5 190.5mm 215.9mm 215.9mm 215.9mm 241.3mm 241.3mm 241.3mm 266.7mm 266.7mm 292.1mm 292.1mm 304.8mm

No. of pieces at one time 300 284 240 200 184 160 160 144 120 96 84 72 60

5. MARKETIING & SALES

Now days the popularity of candles is increasing because of candles is increasing because of changing life style of people. People are not only use candles for lightening purpose but also for decoration purpose and in hotels for candles light dinner. So our target market is local hotels & restaurants churches candles are still using for power failure. We produce our product as per customer as per customer demand .we have our own transport facility because of that customer get. Product at lower price than other so our product demand increasing day by day. The products can be sold from the range of Rs. 2 to Rs. 20/- depending upon the size of the candle that is sold. The annual turnover can range from Rs.5 lakhs to Rs.10 lakhs depending on the sales and marketing strategy

6. CONCLUSION
When we establish our company market our first product is normal white candles after the success of those candles. Now we are launching perfumed candles. If we get good response from customer we planning for launch the new product that is colour flame candles.