ARECA ECO-CONCEPT

“Sustainability is our lifestyle.”

 Our Idea
 Creation Of Sustainable Areca Leaf
Plates.

 Will capitalize in Nandrul village,

Himachal Pradesh.

 To address the waste issues in the local

areas.

 An alternate to plastic or paper plates.

 Use of shreded areca leaves.

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 Philosophy
• We love to care for our
environment where waste is the
major concern.
• Disposables are the part of our
daily life and one of the major
source of waste.
• Ensuring the use of completely
biodegradable disposables.
• As the population and the
consumption of food and hence
the disposables is growing.

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Company Ownership
•Areca eco-concept will be based in Nandrul village of
Kangra district privately owned by four principal creators.
•The startup costs would be financed equally by four
principal creators.

Mission
To provide excellent quality leaf plates and create rural
employment opportunities.

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 FEASIBILITY ANALYSIS

Smart
Market Cooperating
selection of
No penetration with recent
location-
competitors. pricing environment
Nandrul
strategy. trends.
village

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RAW MATERIALS
Sal
Leaves

Bamboo
sticks

Areca Tree
Leaves

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 MACHINE
LEAF PLATE MAKING MACHINE

Model: LPM2 (automatic)

Machine cost: Rs. 15000.

Machines purchased: 4

Average output: 80 plates per hour.

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 PERSONNEL PLANNING

 3 workers for preparing the leaves that

are to be fed in the machines.

 4 operators for operating the leaf-plate

making machines.

 2 workers for packaging and cleaning of

the prepared finished goods.

 1 supervisor

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 WHY ARECA/SAL?
• Perfect alternative to
plastics/polymer.
• Light weight, sturdy and non-
crushable.
• Can hold liquid items for 4 hours
without leakage.
• Good for hot and wet food items.
• Healthy and hygienic.

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MARKET ANALYSIS
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• Target Market : It will comprise of
Himachal tourism tie-ups including
hotels and restaurants.

• Market Trend: due to the increase in

disposable plates, there is a major
focus on sustainable disposables.

• Competitors- other disposable plate

manufacturers.

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 TARGET MARKET

21% 30% 29% 7% 13%

Local Himachal Other cities Students Local

Residents tourism Businesses
tieups
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PRODUCT A
Leaf Plates
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4 P’s
PROMOTION
PRICE
Word to mouth
advertising.
Rs 3 Per Unit I
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Kangra district, M
Himachal
tourism tie ups. I
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 SWOT ANALYSIS
Threat
Weakness
• Organic, • Heavy demand for
Sustainable, sustainable
• Product range products, • Competition from
waste to wealth. other disposable
uniqueness,
availability of raw manufacturers.
material.

Strength Opportunities

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FINANCIAL
ANALYSIS
 FIXED CAPITAL COSTS

S.No Description Quantity Value

Rs.

1 Scissors 5 500

2 Carpet 5 1500

3 Racks ( 5 rows ) 2 1600

4 Machine 4 60000

Total 63600

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 WORKING CAPITAL.
Labor cost: 53000

Material cost: 21000

Overheads cost: 3350

Rent :5000

Total estimated cost per month: 82,350

Total estimated cost per year: 9,88,200

Total investment per year: 10,51,800

Estimated revenue/year: 15,12,000

ROI: 43.75 % FIRSTUP 19

CONSULTANTS
Website Layout For Areca -
eco Concept
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EXPANSION GOALS
 Partition plates.

 Variable sizes

 Customized products

 Online sellers

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THANK YOU

Team Members Jaismin Kaur

Neetu Saini
Aashita Jhamb
Yatin Dhingra