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PROJECT PROPOSAL
FOR
PVC PIPE AND IRRIGATION CONDUITS PRODUCTS
MANUFACTURING FACTORY
FEBRUARY 2015
FINFINE, ETHIOPIA
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
TABLE OF CONTENTS...............................................................................................................2
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY.............................................................................................................4
1. INTRODUCTION...................................................................................................................5
1.1. Project Justification......................................................................................................................6
1.2. Objective of the Project...............................................................................................................8
1.3. The Economic Significance of the Project....................................................................................8
2. The project............................................................................................................................10
3. LOCATION OF THE PROJECT AREA...............................................................................11
A. Location....................................................................................................................................11
Figure A. LOCATION MAP OF THE AREA................................................................................................12
4. MARKET STUDY, PLANT CAPACITY AND PRICING.................................................14
5. PLANT CAPACITY AND PRODUCTION PROGRAM.....................................................16
5.1 Plant Capacity............................................................................................................................16
5.2 Production program...................................................................................................................16
6. TECHNICAL STUDY...........................................................................................................17
6.1 Technology and Engineering......................................................................................................17
6.3.1. Technology..............................................................................................................................17
6.2 Engineering............................................................................................................................18
7. Raw Materials and Inputs........................................................................................................19
7.1 Raw materials............................................................................................................................19
7.2 Utilities.......................................................................................................................................20
8. OGANIZATION, MANAGEMENT AND MANPOWER...................................................20
8.1 ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT........................................................................................20
8.1.1 MAN POWER REQUREMENTS WITH QUALIFICATIONS............................................................21
8.1.2 Skilled and Unskilled, Permanent and Temporary Employee...................................................21
8.2 ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE..................................................................................................22
9 FINANCIAL REQUIRMENT AND ANALYSIS.................................................................26
9.1 Total Initial Investment Cost......................................................................................................26
9.1.1 Fixed Investment...................................................................................................................27
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
1. Project Name PVC Pipe and Irrigation Conduits manufacturing Factory
2. Project Owner Ali Mohammed Kiyar
3. Nationality Ethiopian
4. Project location Burayu , Oromia Special Zone
5. Project Composition Manufacturing of different size and type of PVC Pipe and
Irrigation Conduits i.e The pipes are produced with varied sizes
ranging from 0.5” to 18”
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1. INTRODUCTION
The project profile is planned to establish PVC pipeline and irrigation Conduits Manufacturing
plant. With the growth of industrial, commercial and household activities the demand of PVC
pipeline and Conduits has increased considerably. These items find their extensive use in
industrial, commercial and household activities.
PVC pipes are made out of a material known as polyvinyl chloride, a durable, strong this project-
like substance. Pipes are constructed from this material and used in various applications from
plumbing to construction. The pipe is designed to be universal. All pipes are designed around
specific requirements to ensure that multiple pipe sections will fit together. The ends of the pipe
can either be smooth or grooved (similar to a screw). Additionally, there are several different
pipe sizes ranging from very small (one-fourth inch) to very large (10 feet).
The general purpose of conduit, or duct, is to provide a clear, protected pathway for a cable, or
for smaller conduits, sometimes called innerducts. Advances in cable technologies, as well as the
expense of repairing sensitive cable materials like fiber optic cable, have driven preferences for
protective conduit over that of direct burial. Polyethylene (PE) conduit provides mechanical
protection to fragile cable materials like fiber optic and coaxial cables, as well as protection from
moisture or chemicals and even, in some cases, animals. Furthermore, the permanent pathway
provided by conduit also facilitates replacement projects or future installations of additional
cable or duct.
Buried conduit evolved from terracotta tile, cast concrete and Transit to this projects in the
1960s. Originally, PVC was utilized, but ultimately, PE has emerged as the material of choice
due to its distinct advantages in installation options, versatility and toughness.
PE conduit can be installed below ground by a variety of methods, including open trench,
plowing, continuous trenching and directional drilling. Also, its flexibility and availability in
continuous coiled lengths facilitates installation into existing conduits or ducts as inner duct. In
addition PE conduit provides many above ground or aerial options.
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The use of piping infrastructure is a fundamental part of our built environment with many
thousands of kilometers of pipes of different types and sizes laid throughout the country. One of
the biggest areas of pipe use is in our urban residential environments for the delivery and
disposal of water and sewage. Various piping materials are available and utilized at different
stages of this whole process. In many situations, different piping materials and sizes can be
interchanged to provide the same solution. Deciding upon which material should be utilized
could involve many considerations.
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As such, and once again, the a remarkable growth performances in the economy in general, and the speedy
expansion of the activities that are readily linked in terms of using piping systems of conduits products,
including the agriculture sector for irrigation, water supply and distribution as well as cable casings tends to
have resulted in a new revolution of the demand for rigid pipes and fittings to have steadily been gathering
momentum all along. This has in turn been reflected in an increased import demand for this project pipes and
booming of the this project industry with newly propagating manufacturing plants since the recent past. In
effect, the resultant outcome of the combined factors so mentioned coupled with favorable investment policy
environment in the manufacturing sector has resulted in huge demand sink, thereby by attracting new
It can thus be safely assumed that, the combined effect of both these factors readily vindicate the need for
venturing in the area of establishing a rigid pipes and fittings manufacturing plant domestically as a viable
move.
In active socio- economic environment, like the one currently exist in Ethiopia, the
development of industry and supportive manufacturing sector has a great role to make
the overall economic growth to be persistent.
The manufacturing of Pvc pipe and Irrigation Conducts through blow molding business
is a viable business provided that it is operated with a good business acumen that
involves having a thorough knowledge and experience of the product range, technical
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requirements, operational procedures and also managing the jobs with the right type of
technical manpower. When these factors combine with good and effective business
development skills, the business is expected to give considerable profits which are
expected to grow over the years.
Besides, the numerous properties of these product have made it possible to virtually
make every product conceivable. Some properties of this project that distinguishes them
from other materials are:
Attractive
Hard
Soft and rubbery
Easy to clean
Flexible
Good insulators of heat or electricity
Light weight
Hygienic
Easy to shape and color
Economical and Recyclable
Apart from some of the properties of the project mentioned above, one important
feature of this project is that it is a non-rusting material which makes it a very usable
commodity especially in coastal areas where there is a lot of humidity.
As stated earlier, the use of this product is increasing all the time as they replace
materials such as metal, wood, paper, ceramics and glass in a wide variety of uses.
More over the overall demand and local supply gap that prevails in the market remains
largely unmet which also provides opportunities for entering in to this business.
The government of Ethiopia has a conducive investment polices and guidelines that
promote the private sectors involvement in the economic development through the
various investment and business endeavors.
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The main objective of this factory is to manufacture, cost effective, market oriented,
client based and quality this project products for local market and international market.
The envisaged project deemed to contribute to the economic development of the nation
in general and the region in specific with following ways:
1. Value Add
In the production of this project based products from virgin resin and recycling wastage
as raw materials, the project will add value in the This project industry.
By supplying customer oriented, high quality and cost effective this project products, it
will satisfy the demand for different purposes like building construction, agriculture,
supply and sewerages of the citizens in particular and the nation in general.
3. Source of Revenue
As public policy of any nation, the government collects different forms of taxes from
different business organizations and individuals. Among the different forms of taxes,
business income taxes, payroll tax and VAT are collected from undertaking business
activities. Therefore, the project will serve as sources of revenue for both the region and
nation as a whole.
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4. Employment opportunity
One of the problems that our country faced is unemployment. Therefore, the current
objective of the government is working on tackling the problem of unemployment and
fostering the development process either through creating self employment or
employment in other organization. Hence, this project will hire 97 citizens.
Some types of the envisioned products(Produced by the project) are imported from
abroad. By producing in Ethiopia, the factory will save the foreign currency of the nation.
By minimizing the market demand and supply gab for these products, the factory will
help to reduce the nation’s foreign exchange cost to import these products. This will
save the foreign exchange resource of the nation.
Moreover, the nation can generate foreign currency when the factory start exports these
products to international market.
7. Environmental benefits
The factory uses both virgin resins and recycling of wastage this project materials, the
factory will benefit the region as well as the region in environmental conservation.
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This factory has positive externality in the zone that will encourage the economic
movement of local economy. There will be economic relationship and transactions
among different actors.
9. Technology Transfer
By producing this project products locally the project will train and develops the capacity
of the technical staffs. By doing this, the company will add value in technology transfer
for the nation/region in this area.
2. The project
This is a project on the establishment of a rigid this project pipes and fittings manufacturing plant made of
polyvinyl chloride (PVC) to be used at four major areas, namely, water supply, drainage, electrical
conduits and tube wells. PVC pipes are long hollow cylinder shaped this project products used for
discharging fluid, gas etc. Rigid PVC pipes have super resistance to corrosion. They are nontoxic and in
no way react with the fluid being transported nor affect the taste, flavor and color. Since they have large
tensile strength, they are not subject to pressing or denting by pressure. They are light and this makes
transporting them and subsequent piping relatively easy. PVC is undoubtedly a very versatile thermothis
project material commercially available in a variety of compounded form to cover a wide range of flexibility
and hardness for host of applications. Its physical strength and resistance to water and most of chemicals
The pipes are produced with varied sizes ranging from 0.5” to 18”.
2.2. Objectives
The objective of this profile is to provide the basic information on the market, technical and financial viability of
investing on a rigid PVC pipes and fittings manufacturing plant , having installed production capacity of
8,000 metric tons per annum (equivalent with 900 km of pipes) per annum of varied product mixes
ranging from a diameter of 2” to 24” which are most commonly used in Ethiopia.
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A. Location
The factory is located in Oromia regional state, Finfine speicale zone, Burayu Town, a
specific the land available by the Town administration , which is around 18 km far from
the center. The main justifications behind the selection of this location are:
Strategically located to the central and largest market of the nation (Addis Ababa)
Relatively advanced development in infrastructure (Power, Water, Telephone
internet, road etc.
All road to the nearest market outlets
Availability of huge skilled labor force
Conducive investment policy and governance
Environmentally fit to this project products manufacturing
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4. MARKET STUDY
Generally speaking, the this project manufacturing industry is structured around three major product
types, namely, PE, PVC and conduits. Based on the information obtained from Investment Agency, as of
2010/11, the number of factories that manufacture this project pipes comprised six big factories (Bruh
Tesfa, Ethio-this project, APF, GIW, Excel this project, Techplast, and Natran) and two small ones. Once
again, the pipes are used and applied in four major areas: water supply, drainage, conduits and tube
wells whereby their variegated range in diameter and standard is categorized as,
Pressure pipes(for water supply, distributing purposes, including indoor uses and tube
wells)
Non pressure pipes (basically for drainage/ sewerage, irrigation and as conduits) .
Essentially thus, our market demand determination assessment for rigid PVC pipes and fittings is based
on consumption estimates of potential users of pipes which basically includes, agricultural sector(state
and private farm development using irrigation), water resources commission(water supply and sewerage
As it turns out now, the demand for rigid PVC pipes and fittings is met through local production and import
sources.
Based on the data obtained from Ethiopian Revenue and Customs Authority, and CSA the four year
average domestic production and import of this project pipes (including HDPE and PVC) for the years
2007-2012 was computed at 7628 tones. Assuming the sum of these sources as a closer proxy of the
total domestic consumption, average apparent/effective demand for rigid PVC pipes and fittings is thus
Importantly, the trend on the effective demand of rigid PVC pipes and fittings of all product mixes has
shown a yearly average growth rate of 13.4 percent for the years aforementioned. Hence, this average
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growth rate is adopted as a predictor of the domestic demand projection exercise, taking the year 2012
Accordingly, while current effective demand of 2012 has stood at 7,628 ton, it is expected to grow to
is averaged at Birr 52.00 per kg. To stand out the competition as a new entrant to the industry, the
recommended price for the new project is, therefore, Birr 45.00 per kg. The products will be distributed
It would be important to examine the possible level of price based on the competitor’s
action. In this connection, the existing average retail prices of similar factory were
assessed for the benefit of comparison. Based on the existing price in the market the
envisioned factory stetted the price as follows;
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Based on the assumption of machine capacity , employee 2 shift systems per 8 hrs and
300 working day in year the factory will produce a total of different this projects as
indicated in the table below: .
Based on demand projection indicated in the market study, and related technical considerations, the
suggested plant capacity is 8000 tons (900 km) per annum. The plant is envisaged to operate in three
Considering the gradual growth of demand and the time required to develop the
required skill the rate of capacity utilization during the first, second and third year of
production will be 55%, 80% and 100% respectively. Full capacity utilization will be
reached during the third year of operation.
The plant is expected to operate 75% and 85% of the installed capacity in the first and second years,
respectively. The plant will reach full capacity on the third year. The rationale behind such production
build-up is that the production equipment is new, and operators usually take some time to develop the
Description Year
1 2 3_10
Capacity utilization 55 80 100
(%)
Water Cans 1.5 liter 165,000.00 240,000.00 300,000.00
Water Cans 2.5 liter 137,500.00 200,000.00 250,000.00
Oil Cans 1 liters 82,500.00 120,000.00 150,000.00
Oil Cans 2 liters 110,000.00 160,000.00 200,000.00
Oil Cans 3 liters 165,000.00 240,000.00 300,000.00
Oil Cans 5 liters 165,000.00 240,000.00 300,000.00
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6. TECHNICAL STUDY
6.3.1. Technology
6.3.1.1. Type and Production Process of Technology
Rigid PVC and blends of polymer are used for extrusion of pipe and for molding articles. PVC resin is fed
into a twin screw extruder, where it is this project and forced through a die to form a pipe. The sizing of
pipe is done through calibration equipment. The pipe is then cooled off by passing it through a water bath.
The Haul off unit is responsible for pulling the pipe. A rotary cutter can be employed to cut the pipe into
standard predetermined lengths. Typically manufacturing process consists of the following steps:
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Extrusion process:
PVC resin granules are fed into twin screw extruder through a hopper and a dosage feeder, are heated in
different stages. Dosage feeder controls the feed rate to extruder. Material is heated, compressed, air
vented by vacuum and metered in the extruder barrel before entering into die. PVC pipe dies have many
parts/die sets, which can be changed to produce different diameter pipes with, desired wall thickness. Die
has thickness control bolts for control of circumferential thickness of pipes. The resulted melted paste is
passed through the die to obtain a very unstable hot end product. At this point the product is viable to
vacuum is applied for exact control of pipe diameter according to standards. The pipe is continuously
balanced by the haul off speed through which minimum thickness of pipe is controlled. The obtained
product needs to be cooled down immediately to strengthen it. For this purpose the pipe/product
is passed through the room temperature water. The cooling provides strength and toughness to the
product.
Printing:
After the product has been prepared as per the requirements the brand name, size, density is printed on
to the pipe. In normal practices the text is printed three times on a single pipe. Sometimes the printing is
done after the product has been prepared and tested per the customer’s requirements.
Cutting:
The pipes need to be cut into appropriate sizes. Cutting is done either manually or automatically. The
Pipe testing:
A sample of each batch is tested for opacity, gravity, toughness, heat reversion and hydrostaticity
6.2 Engineering
6.2.1 Machinery and Equipment
The major machinery and equipment required for the production of rigid PVC pipes and fittings is listed below
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Table 1. List of This project extrusion Machinery and Equipment requirement, and cost
No. Item Unit Quantity
Pipe Making Section
1 Twin screw extrude pcs 1
2 Molding dies pcs 1
3 Cooling unit pcs 1
4 Take-off unit Pcs 1
5 Cutting machine Pcs 1
6* Stacking unit Pcs 1
7 Auto unit Pcs 1
8 Socket forming machine Pcs 1
9 Socket forming dies Pcs 1
10 Scrap cutter Pcs 1
11 Crusher Pcs 1
12 Compressor pcs 1
13 Laboratory equipment set 1
Fitting making section
14 Automatic injection
15 Machine
16 Moulds
17 Water cooling unit balance
The basic raw material for the project is PVC compound. PVC Compounds, in general, may be divided
into two groups i.e. Granulated Compound where mix is fused and extruded in pellets form and Dry Blend
where resultant compound is often in free flowing powder form. No auxiliary material/chemical is added to
the raw material during the production process. Use of raw material for production does not practically
result in wastage as any wastage is reprocess-able. No shortage of material was reported by the
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Quantity price(Br.)
1 PVC Compound Ton 8,500 17,000.00 144,500,000.00
7.2 Utilities
Electricity and water are utilities required for the plant. Electricity is required as motive power and to
supply lighting and sockets. Water is required for human consumption and general purposes. The cost of
the annual consumption of electricity, water and fuel oil is estimated as in the following table.
The organizational structure should be in a way that the company able to achieve its
objectives as well as the satisfaction of standard requirement.
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The organizational structure of the project is designed by including all the necessary
personnel under the right division. At the top of the organizational structure, there will be
manager with the responsibility of supervising the overall activity of the plant.
Depending up on the nature of the center and the amount of work to be performs; there
exist auxiliary units under the general manager.
Employees under each unit will be supervised by the department head that is
accountable for the general manager. General Manager is appointed by board of
director.
Owner/s
General
Secretary
Manager
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Hence the following section deals with the duties and responsibilities of some
departments.
1. Manager
Duties and responsibilities
She/he will plan, organize, direct and control the overall activities of the factory
She/he will devise policies and strategies that will enable the factory to be
profitable.
She/he will incorporate modern technological innovation that will facilitate the
service delivery of the project center and increase customer’s satisfaction.
He/he will plan, organize, direct and control the human and non-human
resources of the plant so as to achieve the short and long run objectives of the
organization.
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The total amount of initial investment capital money that is required to establish the
envisaged factory is estimated to be Br. 81, 510, 787.70.
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The total cost of machineries and equipments listed in part 3.4 is estimated to be Br.
16,985,000.00
SN Description Oty Unit Price in Total Price in
Br Br.
1 Blow Molding Machine 12 500,000.00 6,000,000.00
2 Crusher 14" 2 150,000.00 400,000.00
3 Molds 8 75,000.00 600,000.00
4 Lathe Machine 8 Ft 5 1,000,000.00 5,000,000.00
5 Support structure (cutter, batteries, 3, 400,000.00
etc.)
6 Generator and other 1 1,985,000 1,985,000.00
Total 16,985,000.0
C. Vehicle
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Br. Br.
1 Managerial chair with tables 5 5000 25,000
2 Secretarial chairs with table 1 1650 1,650
3 Office Chairs with tables 12 1350 16,200
4 Computer with printer 10 15,000 60,000
5 Shelf 20 3500 7,000
7 Telephone machine set 15 1500 4,500
8 Filing Cabinets 2 2000 4,000
9 Assembly chair and table 55,000
10 Decoration(Carpet & Curtain) 30,000
Other 300,000
Total 503,350.00
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B. Depreciation
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0 - -
81,510,787.70
1 8,151,078. 6,928,416. 73,359,708.
77 95 93
2 8,151,078. 6,235,575. 65,208,630.
77 26 16
3 8,151,078. 5,542,733. 57,057,551.
77 56 39
4 8,151,078. 4,849,891. 48,906,472.
77 87 62
5 8,151,078. 4,157,050. 40,755,393.
77 17 85
6 8,151,078. 3,464,208. 32,604,315.
77 48 08
7 8,151,078. 2,771,366. 24,453,236.
77 78 31
8 8,151,078. 2,078,525. 16,302,157.
77 09 54
9 8,151,078. 1,385,683. 8,151,078.
77 39 77
10 8,151,078. 692,841. (0.
77 70 00)
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9.3.9 Profitability
According to the projected income statement, the project will start generating profit in
the 1st year of operation. Important ratios such as profit to total sales, net profit to equity
(Return on equity) and net profit plus interest on total investment (return on total
investment) show an increasing trend during the lifetime of the project.
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The income statement and the other indicators of profitability show that the project is
viable.
The factor planned to acquire a total of 10,000 m 2 areas of land. This land planned to
use as follow indicated in table below.
Number of
OBJECT Base area Total Area
floors
1. Offices and goods delivery building 90*40 1 1,500
B. Activities Plan
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PVC pipes manufacturing process is environmentally safe because it neither produces any smoke, dust or
other pollutants nor it discharges any unwanted chemicals into the water used in the production process. The
water used once is reusable after cooling in the chiller.PE is recyclable, both post industrial waste and post-
consumer waste is recycled. A process to recover this projects pipes from construction and demolition waste
is being used in the developed countries, which removes practically all this projects pipes from the waste and
produces granulated materials suitable for new pipe feedstock.PE is thermothis project materials and as such
is readily recycled. Being thermothis projects any waste generated in the manufacturing process is recycled.
Environmental aspects are fundamental for the sustainability assessment of the current
and novel designs of this project related plant. In this regard the factory will undertake a
separate and detail Environmental impact Assessment.
Virtually no (< 1 ppm) monomer is emitted from the finished product, but monomers can
be released in minute quantities through such activities as burning the polymer.
Monomer emission is always below what are classified as “harmful” levels. Generally
speaking, all manufacturing processes generate emissions. Studies have sampled vinyl
chloride levels in the air near this project factories. They demonstrated that levels were
lower than the worker health protection standards set by the health authorities. If
minimal monomer emissions are present in the atmosphere near production sites, the
vinyl chloride monomer tends to remain in the air for two days because it breaks down
very quickly. Its impact on stratospheric and greenhouse impact is thus negligible. The
potential impact of this monomer on tropospheric ozone has not yet been assessed.
In this regard the factory will undertake a separate and detail Environmental impact
Assessment.
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