Aromatic plant extracts for textile industry Opportunity Description: Aromatic plant extracts for textile industry – Local substitute for industry feedstock which is financially competitive |
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  PRODUCT: Organic dyes from extracts Sector: Sustainable Agriculture and Food Processing Market: Textiles Initial Investment Required: Above 500,000 EGP Details Available: |
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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 |
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