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A cultured marble factory offers a great opportunity for those who
want to manufacture bathroom and kitchen building materials for their
local housing market whether they are in America, Asia, Europe or
Africa. One can manufacture an array of cultured products with the
right molds, equipment, training, support and raw materials. I have
found that there is a huge demand for someone who is honest,
hardworking, reliable and detail oriented who can guide those who are
already in the cultured marble business and those who want to
investigate the possibility of establishing a new factory. My
intentions are not to sell hundreds of marble factories but to help
those who want to get in to the business by buying the right cultured
marble molds and equip their factory with sufficient tools and
equipment for a viable business manufacturing cultured marble, granite,
onyx, densified solid surface, and other cultured marble formulas.
I
have seen many new cultured marble factories established over the years
and the biggest mistakes I've seen people make in starting a new
cultured marble factory is: (1) Being undercapitalized. (2) Paying too
much for their molds. (3) Buying too few molds to establish a viable
business. (4) Not having sufficient equipment to operate the factory
therefore relying on expensive labor. (5) Not having proper training to
produce quality products. (6) Believing hype and sales gimmicks instead
searching out the facts. (7) Lack of customer support.
1)
Before you start any new business, you need to have enough capital
to buy what is required to set up your factory sufficiently and to
maintain your business until it starts generating a profit. You'll want
to take into consideration your overhead such as mortgage or rent,
utilities, labor, advertising, etc.
2)
Nobody makes a mold comparable to those
made in the U.S. Most U.S. manufacturers produce a good mold
that will produce up to 5,000 parts over its lifetime so you'll get
your return many times over. Buy a larger selection of
molds to get a more diverse selection of products to offer your
customer. Always take your time and ask for references who are
using their molds.
3) You will need to have a sufficient
quantity of molds to produce enough product per day to sustain your
business. Most cultured marble factories gage their production on how
many ‘pounds per day' of marble they produce. Since you will be
purchasing all of your raw materials by the pound, it only makes sense to
track your production by the 'pound' (pounds-per-day or
kilograms-per-day) not by how many 'units' you produce each day. I
have seen too many new cultured marble factories who started with too
few molds and were not able to produce enough 'pounds per day' to sustain a business.
4) In manufacturing, you have to have the
right tools to do the job. Every cultured marble factory requires a
spray booth, vibrating tables, and a matrix blender. To be competitive
in today's market, you will need a manufacturing system that includes
conveyor lines and storage racks to move the molds through the manufacturing process. I recently talked to a struggling
factory who installed a total conveyor system in their factory one year
ago. The first week after installing their equipment, they finished on
Wednesday what it normally took them till Friday to complete. That's an
incredible 40% reduction in labor cost. The conveyor system with multi
level storage racks also required 75% less floor space. They have since
been able to increase their mold inventory, added more mold storage
racks, and have doubled their daily ‘pounds-per-day' production. This
type of equipment is quite inexpensive and will pay for itself in a
short period of time when you consider the increase in production and
the huge savings in labor cost.
5) There are a lot of cultured
marble type formulas that you can produce in your factory but what is
most important, especially in the beginning, is to learn the
fundamentals and basic principles and manufacture those products that
will give you the fastest return. There are many tricks-of-the-trade in
manufacturing any product and the same goes for manufacturing cultured
marble. There are many costs saving tips related to raw materials and
labor. Did you know that if a factory that produces 4,000 pounds per
day reduced their resin content by only 1%, they would save over
$1,200.00 per month? There are many senarios like this in a typical
cultured marble factory, and they all add up to big bucks.
6)
Before you dive in to the cultured marble manufacturing business, do
your research. Get the ‘facts' before you invest your money because
nobody cares about your money as much as you do. If someone touts that
their molds are made out of some space age kinds of materials, promises
they can be turned more times a day than anybody elses molds in the
industry, guarantees them for an unrealistic period of time, your
little antenna should go up.
I always recommend visiting a
marble factory. This will give you an idea what a cultured marble
factory looks like. I have taken many people on a factory tour and most
will tell me they learned more in a factory tour than they had in all
the reading they had done or pictures and videos they had seen.
7)
Support is crucial in manufacturing cultured marble especially if
you're establishing a new cultured marble factory. You need to be
assured that you're going to get the manufacturing support you require
before investing with any company. With all the various ways we have to
communicate worldwide today, there is no reason you should not be able
to get a reply from someone within a few hours, if not instantaneously.
I'm in touch with people all over the world on a daily basis. I can
call China or Africa today for less money than it cost me to call New
York a few years ago, and the sound quality is oftentimes better.
8) Mold selection is vital. There is a huge selection of mold types
and styles to choose from. Before making any commitment, research what
products and styles will sell well in your area and make sure these
molds are available. There are new trends in every commodity, and
cultured marble is no different.
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