Our site often receives requests for the purchase of tea packaging equipment. In this article, we share our many years of experience and talk about the features of creating a packaging production.

• You need to obtain the status of a legal entity or "Individual Entrepreneur".
• Select the necessary equipment.

There are many offers for the sale of equipment for the production of tea bags. The main selection criterion is the ability of the company that sells the equipment to you to provide after-sales service, education and professional training of your specialists. The most popular are automatic equipment and automatic equipment. On this equipment, you can pack large and medium-leaf teas - in pyramids or STICKs, as well as small-leaf, herbal or fruit teas - in filter paper bags.

In order to select equipment, you need to determine for yourself the following parameters:

1. In what price segment do you intend to position the products (economy, premium or super premium). The answer to this question will determine the type of filter bag and, accordingly, the equipment.

2. How many are you going to sell per month? There are machines for packing tea with a capacity of more than 1000 bags per minute IMA C50, C51, etc.

After answering these questions, you turn to and you are selected equipment that can bring not only money, but also pleasure.

• Room requirement:

The room in which it is planned to organize the production of tea must comply with the requirements of the SES.

The room should have several rooms: a warehouse for raw materials and consumables, a warehouse for finished products, a production site, staff rooms, a toilet, and a shower.

The room must have electricity and water supply, sewerage and aspiration.

• Staff

For technological work in the tea production workshop, the following employees should be on staff:

Director (general management, product sales),

Technologist (composes tea recipes, controls the quality of raw materials and finished products),

Mechanic

Workers - 3 people (engaged in the production and packaging of products).

• Obtaining permits for packing and selling tea.

Specifications (agreed and registered) (TU).

Technical instruction (TI).

Hygienic conclusion of SES for production.

Declaration of Conformity

The entire package of documents will be prepared for you by a specialized organization. We provide similar services in Moscow and the Moscow region.

• Raw materials for packaging

Our firm will pick up various teas for you from economy to premium class.

• The contingent investment costs are:

Packaging equipment EU-12 (used from 1992) - from 700,000.00 rubles

About 180,000.00 rubles

From 120.000.00 rubles

Compressor from 25,000.00 rubles

Obtaining accompanying permits RUB 50,000.00

Repair of the premises (according to SES standards) about 200,000.00 rubles

Creation of a commodity stock, unforeseen expenses of the order of 300,000.00 rubles

Total: 1.575.000.00 rubles

Reference:

• the productivity of the selected automatic equipment EC-12 is 120 bags per minute or 6 packs of 20 filter bags
• for a full month (21 working days) with 7 hours of work on this equipment, 52.920 tea packages can be produced
• with a selling price of 25.00 rubles per pack, monthly revenue (subject to 100% sales of manufactured products) will be 1,300,000.00 rubles
• The cost of tea production includes the cost of raw materials, consumables, logistics, tax costs, electricity, etc., which on average is about 50 - 70% of the cost of the finished product.
• The economics of tea production in numbers per month:

Revenue 1.300.000.00 rubles

Cost price 547,000.00 rubles

Semi-fixed expenses 65,000.00 rubles

Staff salary 80,000.00 rubles

Taxes with payroll 24,000.00 rubles

Utility expenses 14,000.00 rubles

Accounting (outsourcing service) RUB 12,000.00

Transportation costs (total) RUB 18,000.00

Performance tax (USN) RUB 79,000.00

Profit after tax 448,000.00 rubles

Profitability 34.5%

* the profitability of sales ratio characterizes the efficiency of production and commercial activities and shows how much the company has a net profit per ruble of sales. In other words, how much money remains with the enterprise after covering the cost of production, paying interest on loans and paying taxes. The profitability of sales indicator characterizes the most important aspect of the company's activity - the sale of the main products, and also allows you to estimate the share of the cost in sales.

7.3. Payback

• net profit according to the conditional calculation is 448,000.00 rubles
• capital investments according to the conditional calculation amount to 1,575,000.00 rubles
• payback according to the conditional data used is about 4 calendar months

Peter Binder GmbH offers modern tea packaging equipment at reasonable prices. Today we are ready to offer you the best solutions for your production. Our equipment for packing tea in two-chamber filter bags has all the parameters for the production of high quality products:

• The production date is printed on hot and cold stamped boxes using a printer.
• The weight of the finished product will be accurately calculated thanks to the rejection device and scales, and to stabilize the weight of medicinal and herbal teas, it is possible to install a product agitator in the dispenser.
• To switch to a different number of two-chamber tea bags in a box, format parts are used
• Cleanliness in the production is maintained with the help of special equipment for collecting dust and a vacuum cleaner
• Finished tea products are loaded into the dispenser hopper by a vacuum loader

We offer you a wide range of machines for packing tea in two-chamber bags.

The site presents devices from a German manufacturer, which have a high degree of flexibility, which allows you to pack any kind of tea in various formats at an accelerated pace. We provide equipment for both large businesses, implementing lines for the production of tea, and for small businesses.

Peter Binder's dual chamber tea bagging machines offer the following benefits:

• Dosing and packaging accuracy
• Economical energy consumption
• German production using electronics from leading manufacturers: Siemens, Omron and Festo
• Packing of any kind of tea
• Opportunity to learn production techniques

Call! We will answer all questions regarding the capabilities of the devices, we will help you find the best solution for your production.

Tea packaging / cost

The United Tea Company offers tea packaging - a full production cycle: packaging, packaging, shipment of finished products to the transport provided by the customer.

According to your order, we will develop a recipe for bagged or loose tea, or any other tea drink.

We will assist:

• in placing orders for the production of packaging materials in printing houses,
• in the acquisition of tea raw materials,
• in blending tea according to your recipe,
• in obtaining a declaration of conformity of finished products.

The cost of packaging in maxi filter bags with a label in polypropylene envelopes for dummies is available on request.

The cost of packaging in filter bags with a label in metalized envelopes (sachets).
The dimensions of the outer metallized sachet are 65x75 mm, f/bag 50x62 mm

• pack 25x2g 1f / package - 0.33r,
• pack 25x1.5g 1f / package - 0.32r,
• pack 100x2g 1f / package - 0.32r,
• pack 100x1.5g 1f / package -0.31r,

The cost of packaging in filter bags with a label and without outer envelopes (sachets):

• pack 25x2g 1f / package - 0.31r
• pack 25x1.5g 1f / package - 0.30 rub
• pack 100x2g 1f / package - 0.30 rub
• pack 100x1.5g 1f/package - 0.29 rub

The cost of packaging in filter bags without a label and without outer envelopes (sachets):

• pack 25x2g 1f / package - 0.28r
• pack 25x1.5g 1f / package - 0.27r
• pack 100x2g 1f / package - 0.27r
• pack 100x1.5g 1f / package - 0.26r

The minimum lot of packing - 200 kg of one name.

The cost of packaging services includes:

• filter paper (density 16.5-17 g/m2)
• thread (when packing with a label)
• film for wrapping packs
• scotch
• work: packing, stacking in a pack, drawing the production date, cellophaneing a pack, stacking packs in a corrugated container, sticking stickers on a corrugated container, unloading and loading operations.

The customer provides:

raw materials, label (when packing with a label), metallized film (when packing in outer envelopes), packs, corrugated containers, stickers for corrugated containers.

Equipment for packing tea in disposable filter bags

Equipment for packing tea in filter bags

In its modern form, the tea bag was invented in 1929 by engineer Adolf Rambold, who worked at the Teekanne company (Germany). In the same year, he also created a filling machine. After 20 years, this company patented a two-chamber bag. Today, tea bags account for over half of all sales in Russia, almost 80% in Europe and 90-96% in the UK. This serves to explain why equipment for packing and packaging tea in bags with a label and a thread is in great demand, and not only among large manufacturers of tea products.

Packing equipment from the company "Industriya-Service"

Our company specializes in the supply of automated equipment for equipping conveyor and production lines in various industries, as well as its installation, adjustment and maintenance. Among them are machines for packing tea in filter bags and individual bags. Our catalog includes automatic equipment for packing tea:

​ in flat four-seam bags;

​ in flat three-seam bags;

 in flat bags with an individual envelope.

This is by no means an exhaustive list of our offerings. If necessary, we will supply equipment of other types, which are more suitable for the requirements of the customer. The units presented in our catalog have the following characteristics:

​ dosage adjustment range - 1–10 grams (by weight) or milliliters (by volume);

​ productivity - from 30 to 120 packages per minute;

 Possibility of completing with additional devices for grinding packaged products.

Every one we offer tea bag filling machine performs a full cycle of operations, including quality control of tea bag seam welding, logo placement, as well as packaging of finished products in containers designed for this purpose. The electronic control of filling machines provides settings for the desired mode of operation. They are served by one operator.

Scope of filling equipment

The difference in the price of packaged and weight tea is significant. You can turn it into your profit. For this you will need tea bag packaging machines. They are not that expensive, so they have a fairly short payback period. Such equipment can be used by enterprises for the following purposes:

​ for packing traditional teas - black and green;

​ for packaging phytotherapeutic (herbal) mixtures, including flower ones;

​ for blending and packaging branded teas;

​ for portion packing of sugar, spices and other bulk products.

All parts of the machines that come into contact with products are made of S/S304 alloy steel or its analogues, which guarantees absolute sanitary and hygienic safety of production. The equipment offered by us is distinguished by efficiency, reliability, high dosing accuracy.

Benefits of buying filling equipment from Industry-Service

If at the moment our catalog does not contain the equipment you need (for example, you would like to purchase semi-automatic tea bags), we will definitely find the required equipment. There are no unsolvable tasks for our company. In addition, for many years of work, we have carried out our own selection of equipment and its manufacturers, so we are confident in the quality and reliability of the units we offer. We also provide official guarantees for all products.

In addition, among the services of our company - supervised installation, adjustment and maintenance of equipment, training of personnel to work on filling machines and other equipment from any manufacturer. Here you will find packaging equipment for food and industrial products, production of cardboard and containers from it, automatic lines for the production of pasta, sugar pressing and much more. Managers of our company will help you with the choice and purchase.

Despite serious competition and a large number of major players, the tea production market is considered attractive for investment. Especially when it comes to tea bags. No wonder there are so many tea bags on store shelves, from cheap to expensive brands.

Our consumer is driven by the convenience of using tea bags, so the volume of its consumption is constantly growing. The average Russian annually consumes up to 130 liters of tea. That's about three glasses of tea a day.

And yet, for those who decide to open their own production of packaged tea, it is important to solve three main problems (in order of importance): who to sell tea to, where to buy raw materials, what equipment to choose. The first question is the most difficult. The greatest profit will come from cooperation with federal retail chains, but entry into them is actually closed for small businesses. It remains to be content with local grocery chains and tea shops, which are not interested in a large volume of supplies. But they will be interested in the price and quality of your products, and most importantly, the demand for your tea. And in order for your tea to be bought, the consumer must know about it, so you should immediately think over an advertising campaign and all kinds of promotions. You need to act comprehensively and work out all the stages of starting a business - from searching for distribution channels for products to finding the organization's personnel.

How Much Do Tea Manufacturers Earn?

The productivity of even small modern lines is about 60 thousand packs of tea per month, if you work 22 days in one shift. The wholesale price for one pack of inexpensive tea starts from 20 rubles. It turns out: the monthly volume of production in monetary terms is 1.2 million rubles. A rough calculation shows that profit, taking into account 100% sales of all products, is 20% of the specified amount (the rest is spent on raw materials, wages, utility bills, etc.). Thus, the potential monthly profit is from 200 to 300 thousand rubles.

Investments

Tea production is an expensive project. To open a business, you will need to spend on:

• purchase of equipment (from 1.5 million rubles);
• renovation of the premises (from 200 thousand rubles);
• rental deposit (from 200 thousand rubles);
  advertising campaign (from 200 thousand rubles);
• purchase of raw materials (100 thousand rubles);
• business registration and preparation of permits (from 100 thousand rubles).

Also, a certain part of the funds must be allocated to the reserve fund: from 500 thousand rubles. Ultimately, the cost of opening a business starts from 4 million rubles. The return on investment should be expected no earlier than three years after the start of the business.

Business registration

The optimal organizational form is a limited liability company (LLC). Opening an LLC costs more than registering an individual entrepreneur, but this form has a lot of advantages:

• you can attract an investor or partner to the company by making it the founder (it will not be possible to develop the tea business without attracting investments);
• in case of failure, the LLC can always be sold;
• with legal entities (LLC is a legal entity, and an individual entrepreneur is an ordinary physical person), both suppliers and buyers of products work much more willingly;
• in the event of force majeure situations and litigation, an LLC risks only its authorized capital, unlike an individual entrepreneur, who risks all his property.

In addition to registering a business, you will need to obtain the appropriate permits for the production of tea. After all, we are dealing with food products, and regulatory authorities visit such facilities much more often. Therefore, in order to avoid unnecessary problems, it is necessary to prepare technical specifications for production, technical instructions, a hygienic conclusion of the SES and a declaration of conformity for products. For help in preparing these documents, contact specialized firms.

Raw material issue

First of all, you should find suppliers of two main components: tea products and packaging. Tea products are bulk bulk tea, which can be purchased in different versions. Tea can be large-leaf, small-leaf, granulated and for packing in filter bags.

Suppliers can be searched both among domestic and foreign companies. Few of us are engaged in tea bush cultivation, mainly, these are small farms of the Krasnodar Territory and the Altai Republic. Basically, bulk tea is imported to us from Asia: China, Vietnam, India and Sri Lanka.

It is best to buy tea from abroad directly, which allows you to get raw materials at a lower price. But none of the foreign companies will contact small purchases. Therefore, at the initial stage, it will be necessary to purchase raw materials from domestic companies - resellers, who add their margin to the batch. The estimated price of one kilogram of bulk black tea is from 50 to 70 rubles.

As packaging, you will need to purchase cardboard boxes and paper tea bags (if you are going to produce "tea in bags"). Packaging suppliers can be found on Chinese marketplaces like aliexpress.com. Packing for 100 empty bags costs from $2.

room

The premises for the organization of production must comply with all the requirements of the SES and fire safety standards, equipped with electricity and water supply, heating and ventilation systems. Room sizes start from 100 sq. m. The room is divided into a production workshop, a warehouse for raw materials and a warehouse for finished products, an office department, a staff room, a toilet room and an utility block. The main part of the premises is allocated for production, as the packaging equipment is large and requires large areas for installation.

Equipment

Manual labor is not acceptable for such a business, so you will have to spend money on purchasing a tea packaging line. The line includes filling equipment (automatic machines IMA C50, C51), blending drum, cellophane and compressor. In the new version, such a kit will cost from 2 million rubles. But you can save up to 50% by buying a used line. The average productivity of filling machines is up to 1000 bags per minute. Most of the budget lines that are on the market today are machines of Chinese origin.

Staff

To service the production will need to hire 10 - 15 people. The mandatory staff includes a technologist, a head of a production site, a mechanic, line operators (3-4 people), handymen (2 people), a storekeeper and an accountant. The average wage fund of such a team: 150 - 200 thousand rubles per month.

It takes from 3 to 6 months to search for personnel, therefore, the formation of a team should be started long before the opening of the line.