How Start a Drinking Straw Production Business in Nigeria

Straw is a product of convenience which provides comfort for children that makes up about 40% of our entire population of about 165 million people and even adults while drinking the liquid content in a container.

A drinking straw is a short tube used for transferring a liquid – usually a drink from one location to another (such as from a cup, to one’s mouth).

One particular advantage of using a straw when drinking is the reduction of tooth decay. Many soft drinks have acidic properties, and using a straw reduces the liquid contact with the teeth, reducing tooth decay and the risk of cavities. There are basically two types. Those with a single colour and those with  Multiple colours produced by different machines. They can be produced from virgin or reprocessed materials.

The raw material is measured and poured into an extruder that is fitted with a die which produces a hollow tube shape. The resin pellets are dumped in a hopper on one end of the machine and are forced through a long channel by a screw mechanism. As the screw rotates, it moves the resin down the barrel. As the resin travels down the heated channel, it melts and becomes more fluid. By the time the resin reaches the end of the barrel, it is completely melted and can be easily forced out through the opening in the die. The resin exits the die in a long string in the shape of a drinking straw. It is then moved along by a piece of equipment known as a puller which helps maintain the shape of the drinking straw as it is moved through the rest of the manufacturing process. This elongated tube is then given a water bath, which brings us to our next stage of manufacturing..

Drinking straw cool off (chiller)

At this stage the hollow tube shaped resin undergoes a simple water bath. The resin is stretched through the water bath by the puller. The water bath stops the heat conduction process and ensures that the drinking straw will maintain a specified consistency and diameter. The puller plays a big role in this important step as well.

Drinking straw cutting

After being cooled, the long hollow tube can now be cut to make individual drinking straws. The length of each cut can be determined by setting the cutting machine to a certain speed. The slower the cut, the longer the drinking straw; the faster the cut, the shorter the drinking straw. The machine can be dialed in precisely, so as to get the same cut length every time a certain size drinking straw needs to be produced. The machine itself is just a simple cutting knife. The puller (mentioned above), pulls the long hollow tube into the cutting machine through rotating wheels at the set speed and the blade makes continuous cuts. The individual drinking straws then drop into a bin for collection.

The market for straws in Nigeria is large and expanding because of the large population of children whom are the chief users of the product in the country. The market continues to grow especially with the expansion and increase in the number of fast food outlets and restaurants occasioned by the large number of children and young adults they continue to attract daily. Straw is one of those products that you use once and dispose off and this would continue to make the product in hot demand.

The investor can choose to produce customized straw for fast food outlets or produce for the general public.

Extensive market research has revealed that drinking straw is an everyday consumer goods used by everyone. Thus, the market is ongoing and is not dependent on economic cycles and can be described as a FMCG (fast-moving consumer goods) commodity market. There is also the opportunity of broadening and expanding the product offering to fast food centre’s / eateries, schools, hotels and homes.

Get our practical training guide on Straw manufacturing in Nigeria. This feasibility report is to examine the financial viability or otherwise of establishing drinking straw production plant in Nigeria sourcing for polypropylene (PP) as raw material, with the use of master batch, after melting, extrusion, shaping, cooling, pulling to produce colorless, color, two-color, three color drinking straw. The production capacity of the proposed business is 35,000 pieces per hour with production diameter of 1 mm – 14 mm and Length of 3mm – 1000mm.

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