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Aromatic plant extracts for textile industry

Opportunity Description: Aromatic plant extracts for textile industry – Local substitute for industry feedstock which is financially competitive
PRODUCT: Organic dyes from extracts
Sector: Sustainable Agriculture and Food Processing
Market: Textiles
Initial Investment Required: Above 500,000 EGP
Details Available:
Market Potential: Sold to textile factories in the Delta. Competing products include Synthetic dyes.
Supply: Supplied from farms in Luxor/Qena, rest of Upper Egypt and the Red Sea, and in the Delta. Required inputs include Aromatic plants (leaves of: henna, guava, mango, onion & turmeric)
Process: Drying -> mixing -> evaporation -> distillation (low temperature,
High pressure, purifiers) -> organic dyes
Human Resources: Manual labour, machines operators, chemist/engineer
Financial: CAPEX is above 1m EGP, mainly cost of machine .OPEX is between 150,000 EGP and 500,000 EGP, processing of material.
Risk: Perfecting production technique and meeting industry specifications (quality control)
IMPACT: Environmental - Reliance on green chemicals reduce pollutants of synthetic
Chemicals
Social - Increase value added on agriculture produce, decrease import
Of chemicals required for high value-added industry