₦airaland Forum

Damiang:
karbaka,
Please i am interested in going into the pure water business, i need your advice and help.
my email address is emeksdot@yahoo.com. Thanks for your assistance.

AGARIfoods:
WE ARE STILL AROUND TO ASSIST WITH ANY ASSISTABLES EXCEPT THAT WE ARE TOO BUSY AT THE MOMENT PREPARING FOR THE SEASON STORM, YOU KNOW THIS YEAR IS GOING TO BE VERY HOT WITH LITTLE RAINFALL. JUST AFTER SALLAH AND WE SHALL BEGIN TO ENTER SEASON AND ALL PRODUCERS WILL SHOUT - THIS IS IT.

DO YOU STILL ATTEND MEETINGS?

evergreat:
This thread is interesting.

I have a sourcing company in China and I am running a construction company at Abuja and Sokoto.

Maybe I can give some help about the equipment and factory building for anyone who wants to start a water puring plant.

My Email: kopezh@gmail.com

samento:
kabaka I have thoroughly checked my e-mail but I could not set my eyes on the pure water issue you said you sent. Can you help me resend it please.

daddyk1:
@ KABARKA,  i left  LAGOS on the 20th day of july,

madam L:
By the way, does anyone here know any bottling line that has a conveyor system and works well? All my friends are weeping over what they were made to buy and some spent millions on theirs. I also will like to be shown where it is being used.

madam L:
Kabarka, good job!!! The business is lucrative but that is if and when you get a few things right. I have gone through the thread and I fear that there is a lot to learn and I hope new entrants to the biz will exercise enough patience to learn before starting.

It is possible to toil and sell a lot of bags in a month and still not make any profit. It happened to me when I started off and I wished I had seen anyone to advise me. It is good that producers are becoming more open minded now. I tried to visit a factory near me then and the owner was very angry and accused me of espionage of all crimes. I decided later when my biz started doing well never to hide information from beginners.

A few tips:

Look for high-yielding nylon. I will never accept anything below 23 bags per kilo. I also insist on being given credit facilities and have vowed never to violate trust in area of payment.

Check over-loading by sales staff. My biz was almost wiped out once by over-loading. One big van was over-loaded by 154 bags the day God helped me catch the thieving team.

Learn a lot about your vans and their parts. When I started, my mechanic rushed a four-bedroom house in less than six months due to my ignorance. I forced myself to learn and my woes ended then.

Know your route very well and get police, FRSC, VIO friends on the route or your boys will steal all your money claiming they used it to settle the road traffic kings.

Do not over-trust any staff.

Have an arrangement that ensures your vans and machines are repaired fast so you won't keep customers waiting.

Buy durable truck brands. For long hauls. mercedes benz products are good.

Do watch fuel use and have a good idea how many litres you really need. Ikotun to Island for instance can take 15 litres with a mercedes benz 608 carrying about 450 bags. You work out details or your boys will start excess diesel sales biz.

Let your trucks leave early. Mine all leave before 5am so as to beat hold up and all manner of traffic officials. Now, I operate more at night and have customers who pay in money to my account and get supplied at night. Breakdowns are low at night since everywhere is cool and there are no hold ups.


The list is long but whoever wants to venture must do some training in another factory. It is very important.

Hindsight:
Kabarka, Thanks for the info. The prices you qouted were fairly accurate. Though the automatic sealing machines i have come across here in kaduna comes with an installed  UV unit. I believe am ready for the second batch of info.

monopolist:
Blam Pure water producers.
Hold them very well
fine them