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Manufacturers of blankets and pillows are large. Business idea: Production of pillows with eco-friendly natural fillers

Volumetric pillows and thick woolen blankets are gradually losing their popularity. Traditional natural materials, which have certain disadvantages, have given way to more modern raw materials, as well as cheap synthetic fillers that have large quantity benefits. As a result, the process of manufacturing bedding was greatly simplified and automated, which made it possible to reduce the cost of organizing our own production.

Textile business in our country is a profitable investment. Bed linen has always been in high demand. Blankets and pillows are purchased by all people, regardless of their financial situation. This product, unlike other textile products, does not depend on fashion trends, which avoids extra costs to involve designers in its development. The main changes may concern only the filling of bedding, which does not require the modernization of production equipment. According to research data, the textile industry produces about 40% of the total volume of products manufactured in the industrial sector.

To create a garment production for the production of bedding, you will need a room with an area of ​​​​about 100-150 square meters. meters. Keep in mind that blankets and pillows are a fairly large, albeit lightweight product, so you will need separate rooms for warehouses of finished products and consumables in addition to the workshop.

Of all bedding products, blankets are the most difficult to produce. As a rule, blankets are purchased for a long time, so consumers place strict requirements on their quality. Presented on the Russian market wide selection blankets that differ in season (lightweight summer, demi-season for autumn and spring, insulated winter), density, size (children, one and a half, double), filler. Blanket sizes may vary depending on what standards are adopted in a particular country.

For example, in our country there are double blankets of the following sizes: euro (200 x 220 cm), which is most common throughout the world, "English" or "Soviet" size (175 x 205 cm), which is very popular in our country, euro-maxi or king - size (220 x240 cm). Slightly less common are double blankets measuring 180 x 210 cm. In Germany and Italy, for example, square blankets measuring 200 x 200 cm are the most common. Standard sizes one and a half sleeping blankets - 143 x 215 cm and 150 x 200 cm. Baby blankets are available in sizes 110 x 140 cm, and blankets for newborns are 120 x 120 cm. In addition, models of non-traditional shapes and sizes can be found on sale - round, oval various diameters. But in most cases they are made to order, as they are only suitable for certain beds.

The assortment of the manufacturer of blankets should include models for different seasons. So, for example, summer blankets are the lightest. Demi-season ones are a little warmer. They are used in the spring and autumn seasons. Winter blankets are considered the warmest. Often, such models are labeled, depending on their warming properties. For example, one dot might represent lightweight duvets for the warm season, and five dots for the cold season. The warming qualities of a product depend on the density and type of material from which it is made. And the latter determines the price of the product.

There are the following types of blankets: open wool blankets (from dressed skins, winter and summer wool blankets and blankets), filled blankets (cashmere, camel, merino, silk, double silk, fur and lyocell), synthetic blankets (polyester, polyester, acrylic).

The most common in our country are blankets with fillers. And the most expensive among them are cashmere products, which are made from a rare natural material, harvested by hand. Cashmere fabric is pleasant to the touch, perfectly retains heat, does not cause allergies and is practical to use. In second place are “closed” blankets with camel hair. This raw material consists of coarse hairs and a soft undercoat. For the manufacture of bedding, both harder wool (usually sheared from adult animals) and softer wool with a large admixture of fluff are used (it is collected from non-working camels, and it costs much more than hard wool). First camel hair is combed and then quilted with the top and bottom layers of fabric. In both cases, the creation of one blanket requires a lot of wool, which causes its high cost. The advantages of such products lie in their good warming qualities. Merino lambswool blankets are just as warm and slightly less light, and they cost less than camel wool blankets.

Quite often, in the production of woolen blankets, the technology of thermal bonding of wool is used. The raw material is coarser wool, which is cheaper than fluff. It is mixed with synthetic pile. Then the resulting layer is driven between two heated shafts. Under the influence of high temperature synthetic material melts and reliably “glues” woolen villi, turning the base into a woolen layer. Some manufacturers skimp on virgin wool and make blankets using thermal bonding technology, which are mostly made of synthetics.

Down duvets are made from natural down of white or gray geese, goose or duck down. The most stringent requirements are imposed on products made of down. They must fully comply with Russian GOSTs. For the production of down bedding, raw materials are first collected. The down of white geese is more valued, as these birds live in colder regions and have denser plumage.

For the production of high quality products price category pure goose down of intravital plucking is used without the admixture of fine feathers. After the raw material has been collected, it is sorted by down content and sometimes by color, and cleaned. During the pre-cleaning process, stiff flight feathers and the remnants of the wing liner, crushed feathers and feathers without an awn are removed from the raw material.

The sorted pen is washed, treated with an antistatic agent and disinfected in a special solution. It includes shampoos for washing down feathers, which remove grease and prevent feathers from falling off. Then they are rinsed, squeezed in a centrifuge and dried in a damper at a temperature of about 90 degrees Celsius. This is necessary in order to remove all living organisms from the plumage of birds, pathogenic viruses and bacteria. This stage is carried out extremely quickly, since the pen does not withstand prolonged exposure high temperatures and may be damaged. Immediately from the cooling chamber, the feathers are sent for sorting, where they are divided into fractions. On the modern productions this process is automated.

Then the batch of raw materials undergoes laboratory technical control, as a result of which the quality of the filler is checked. The proportions in which it is mixed are determined by the requirements of GOST. After sorting, the finished mixture, checked by specialists, enters the stuffing shop for filling into cases. Small manufacturing companies prefer to buy ready mixes from suppliers, do not carry out laboratory quality control of the stuffing of their products, save money on rent by renting a smaller area.

The duvet cover is made from natural strong fabrics that are well breathable and absorb moisture. On the other hand, they do not allow fluff to get out of the case. Most often, such covers are sewn from satin, knitwear, cotton with the addition of lyocell, cambric, silk or jacquard using a special line with an inner piping that prevents the fluff from penetrating out. After filling the covers, the almost finished blanket is sent to the sewing production.

According to the sewing method, the following types of blankets are distinguished, which do not depend on the type of filler: cassette, quilted and karostep. The most reliable are blankets with a cassette assembly type, which, as mentioned above, are sewn together in separate sections (cassettes). Each filler cassette is insulated from the rest, which allows you to hold the "content" without letting it lose its shape or clump inside the case. Karostep trim looks like a design or decorative pattern on the surface of a quilt at first glance, which is why it is also often referred to as pattern stitch.

The main disadvantage of this sewing method is that the filler can come out through the holes that remain on the fabric after the needles. The quilt is quilted with a stitch on special machines, which prevents it from being knocked down to the corners. There are two main ways of quilting - square and parallel stitches. A blanket quilted in the form of squares is considered to be of higher quality and more durable than a product sewn with parallel stitches. At the last stage, the blankets are packed in thick polyethylene bags, where labels are also inserted, and sent to the warehouse.

Natural and environmentally friendly filler such as bamboo or eucalyptus fiber is gaining more and more popularity. These materials perfectly pass air, absorb moisture, hypoallergenic, do not collect dust, have antistatic and antibacterial properties and increased wear resistance. Of course, bamboo fiber (like eucalyptus) is not extracted from a plant in its pure form.

First, the soft core is removed from the stalk, which is successively treated with steam and pressure, as a result of which cellulose is obtained. For production, only raw bamboo is used, not older than 3-4 years. The resulting cellulose is processed into yarn, from which the bamboo fabric is woven. For sewing covers of inexpensive blankets, including those with bamboo filler, teak is used - dense fabric plain weave type, which does not allow the filler to migrate outward. In more expensive types quilts are more often used satin - a fabric with diagonal threads and less often other, more exotic types of fabrics (for example, from the same bamboo fiber).

Another natural material that is used to fill pillows and blankets is silk. One can list its advantages for a long time, including hypoallergenicity, resistance to creasing, the ability to prevent the formation of fungus, the reproduction of pathogenic microbes and dust mites, etc. The only drawback of silk as a filler is its high price. As a rule, two types of silk fiber (silk) are used for bedding - mulberry and tussah. Strictly speaking, only the Mulberry variety can be called true mulberry silk. This silk has three quality classes A, B and C. The best material is class A, which is also called long-staple mulberry silk.

Sometimes as a filler silkworm of a wild silkworm, which lives in natural conditions, is used. This kind of silk is called tussah. The cocoons of this silkworm are reddish-brown in color and require bleaching, as a result of which the structure of the silk is broken and its best qualities are lost.

High-quality silk blankets are handmade. First, small silk blanks are stretched to right size, and then layers of fabric are laid on them crosswise. About 50 layers of silk fabric are used for a summer Euro-maxi size blanket weighing 1200 grams. Long-staple, evenly laid silk forms a homogeneous, durable mass, which is sewn to the blanket cover. Quilted silk blankets are cheaper, as they are filled, as a rule, with Tussa silk, and are not sewn by hand, but with the help of machines.

Synthetic blankets, unlike wool and down products, are hypoallergenic, durable, light and compact. They are made from cheap materials, which leads to their low retail value. But there are also disadvantages. The synthetic winterizer, which is often used as a filler for blankets, does not fall off and does not form lumps. However, this material is practically non-hygroscopic and poorly breathable. Under such a blanket, the body does not "breathe", and you can sleep under it only in very cold rooms. A new generation of polyester material (holofiber, comforter) is more expensive than synthetic winterizer, but it supports well temperature regime, passing air and not accumulating dust.

One of the main specialists in the production of such products is a technologist. The process of making high-quality pillows and blankets has many nuances, and it is very difficult to find masters of their craft. Therefore, most companies are abandoning the idea of ​​organizing a full production cycle, purchasing ready-made raw materials on the side. They themselves only sew covers for products, fill them and pack them.

For the production of bedding, you will need special equipment. You may need cutting tables or machines, edging equipment, a worktable for hooping blankets, a trimming machine, an edge trimmer, a 45-degree rewinder, computer-controlled quilting machines for blankets, machines for processing polyester fiber into filler for pillows and duvets, duvet dosing machines, feather pillow bactericidal plants, down sorting machines, duvet filling dosing machine, duvet sheet production line, packaging machines, etc.

The exact list of required equipment depends on the types of products you will be producing. You can buy both new and used equipment. The minimum set for the production of products of 2-3 types will cost 1 million rubles. Sewing equipment for the manufacture of bedding is produced in Russia, China and Europe.

In addition, there is an opportunity to purchase a ready-made tailoring business. So, for example, the production of mattresses, pillows and bed linen with a promised monthly profit of 300 thousand rubles and an average monthly turnover of 3 million rubles with a total staff of 20 people is offered for sale at a price of about 10 million rubles. Such production has lines for the production of blankets, pillows, mattresses, cutting equipment, sewing machines and overlocks. The leased area for such a workshop is about 350 square meters. meters at a rental price of 40 thousand rubles per month plus monthly utility bills in the amount of 10 thousand rubles. The salary fund for a staff of 20 people is 150 thousand rubles a month. The production of only bedding (without mattresses) will cost 1.5-2 million cheaper. However, with such production volumes, it is recommended to produce not only blankets and pillows, but also to sew bed linen, including sheets, pillowcases, duvet covers, mattress covers, etc. In this case, the payback period for production with a high profitability of up to 50% is about three years.

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Human sleep is such a mysterious and unknown phenomenon that for many scientists it becomes a matter of a lifetime, about which they write treatises, conduct lengthy scientific disputes, and hold symposiums. If we don’t talk about some individual characteristics of the body, then any insignificant detail can disrupt sleep, for example, an uncomfortable bed, a light that has remained on, lumps on a sheet or blanket, and much more that can poison existence.

Choosing a way to solve a problem

If there are any serious sleep disorders, then you need to contact professionals. And when the problem lies on the surface, you can try to solve it yourself. Many people succeed in this. First you need to analyze in what state you go to bed every day.

Even if you get a little nervous, you can become a hostage to your fears and worries, because of which your sleep will definitely be disturbed. In the morning a terrible headache, which can affect your appearance. From the side of relatives and colleagues, questions related to your circles under the eyes may appear.

An important role in the formation of a good deep sleep is assigned to your bed. Everything should be such that you can feel like a master in your bedroom, and not a slave, acting for the sake of fashion trends. Everyone knows that nothing is more pleasant and comfortable than a down pillow and a blanket.

They are excellent at retaining heat, which is good in winter time when it's cold around but warm in bed. In addition, they are so comfortable and pleasant that it would be a crime to part with them. The production of pillows and down duvets is still a fairly demanded business today.

Exist different kinds blankets, you need to choose a specific one in order to start its production. The main difference between these products is the filler, which determines the ease of use and the resulting heat. Each consumer chooses for himself the type of blanket that suits him best, and you, as a manufacturer, need to navigate in contemporary needs buyers to engage in the manufacture of goods.

Duvet

This type is the warmest and lightest, because down is a natural filler. The duvet has a very good thermoregulation, so in summer it is not hot under it, and warm in winter. Despite the fact that the fluff is treated with anti-allergenic impregnations, people suffering from severe allergies should refrain from such an acquisition. Making duvets is the most complex process.

Blanket

If you choose the production of such products, then you should know that they are characterized by almost all the advantages of down, but are heavier. However, this point depends on the preferences of the consumer. And the content of lanolin in woolen blankets makes them good for health.

wadded blanket

The advantage of such products is low price, hypoallergenicity and good warming properties. Cons can be considered a tendency to absorb odors, reduced durability. However, many consumers choose such products for themselves, so it makes sense to produce them.

Synthetic blanket

Now there are a lot of fillers of synthetic origin on the market, but their properties do not differ much. At the moment, polyester has become the most popular filler. Blankets made of it are unpretentious in use, they can be machine washed, they are warm enough and do not tend to absorb odors. Due to poor thermoregulation, such blankets can be a real punishment for the consumer, since when it is cold or hot in the house, it will be uncomfortable under it.

Basic moments

Of course, you can start your own business in the field of production of products stuffed with down, but on this moment there are alternatives such as synthetic winterizer and holofiber. These are very simple and fairly cheap fillers for bedding. The production of pillows and blankets using these fillings can become quite profitable. Gradually, you will be able to receive tangible income.

So, if you decide to start the production of pillows and blankets, then you should first draw up the legal side of the issue. Only after obtaining permission to organize entrepreneurial activity you can expect peace of mind. After that, you can open and equip your workshop without fear of getting any fines.

What is necessary?

To open a workshop in which the production of blankets and pillows will be carried out, you will need a room with an area of ​​​​one hundred and twenty - one hundred and thirty square meters. It should have good electrical wiring, as well as a place to store raw materials. The current rules prescribe the obligatory presence of a bathroom and a washbasin.

You can start the production of blankets and pillows if you have technical specifications registered with the department of state standardization. You can compose them yourself, taking as a basis the acceptable technical conditions.

Pillows

Blankets are meant to keep you warm. There is a more important attribute for sleep. The production of pillows is a very important occupation, since it is this attribute that can turn relaxation into pleasure or torture. The filler for them can serve as the same materials as for blankets. Consumer preferences in this case are also very different. Some get small pillows that only fit the head, and for some it is important that the pillow is huge, warm. If your business is the manufacture of pillows, then hotels and inns can serve as points of sale in this case. The main thing is to find an approach to the management of these institutions.

  • The down and feather pillow market is over $15 million
  • Business profitability is estimated at 50%
  • One kilogram of down-feather costs an average of 250 rubles
  • The average European resident changes their pillow every three years. A Russian resident does this much less frequently.

Anyone who wants to organize their own business for the production of pillows will have to mentally prepare for the fact that serious financial losses at the start of the business cannot be avoided. The most common mistake for beginners - the choice of high-quality raw materials. Disinfection, washing, sorting, repeated rinsing, drying - all these operations must go through the ingredients of the future pillow. And if at any stage the standards were not met, then there will be no quality pillow. Checking the quality of the down filler is easy: just hit the pillow. If there is dust, then no one washed the raw materials ...

Equipment

The need for this or that equipment depends on the scale of production and the amount of start-up capital. For only 40,000 rubles, you can purchase an installation for cleaning and manufacturing pillows and featherbeds. Similar offers can be found on Avito. The unit can remove dust and foreign matter from the pen (sand, stones, needles, etc.). Additionally, you only need sewing machine for sewing covers. If you find the sale of a small amount of products, then you can start a small business even at home.

A serious business in the production of down and feather pillows involves large investments. The purchase of equipment alone will require at least $100,000. The required equipment includes an ozone chamber for disinfecting feathers, a mini-laboratory for determining the quality indicators of raw materials, a washing machine for washing feathers, a drying chamber, a cooler, sorting chambers, sewing machines, accumulative machines for pillow stuffing, scales, blowers, auxiliary equipment and inventory.

For such equipment, a room of up to 300 square meters is required. m. It is necessary to separately place warehouses for raw materials and finished products, a laboratory for analysis, a production workshop (washing and drying of feathers), a sewing workshop, a staff room, an office.

Technology

The production of pillows from down and feather is quite technologically complicated. The most difficult thing has to be done at the stage of preparation and processing of the future pillow filler.

Here is how the process of acceptance and processing of raw materials is built at the Cariguz enterprise. First, raw materials enter the enterprise. The feather is purchased in the northern regions: it is of better quality there, since in the northern latitudes the bird has a denser plumage and is less susceptible to various diseases.

Upon receipt, the raw materials are weighed and transferred to a sealed ozonation chamber for disinfection. Then it goes to the laboratory and veterinary control, where the quality indicators of raw materials are evaluated. If the bird was sick, it is forbidden to use the pen. If everything is in order, then the raw material is sent for primary processing.

Next, the pen is washed. This is necessary in order to exclude odors, dirt and other impurities from the pillow filler. The washing cycle lasts at least 2 hours, during which the machine washes approximately 60 kg of raw materials.

After washing, the raw material is carefully wrung out and enters the drying chamber. There, the feather is subjected to thermal antimicrobial treatment at a temperature of 130 degrees Celsius. After the drying chamber, the raw materials are cooled and sent for sorting. Feathers are sorted in special plywood machines. With the help of air currents, large, medium, small feathers and down are separated.

In parallel with the preparation of the filler, pillow covers are made in the sewing workshop, leaving a hole on one side through which they are stuffed with down and feathers.

The finished pen of the same fraction enters the accumulative machine. This is where the pillow stuffing comes in. The cover is fixed on a special pipe leading to the storage machine. Dosing scales set the weight of the filler, and the feather begins to flow into the case through the pipeline. Filling stops when the required weight is fixed on the scales.

Then the pillow is weighed and handed over to the seamstress to sew up the hole. At the final stage, the product is placed in a blower to remove fluff from the surface of the pillow. Packed pillows are sent to the warehouse of finished products and sold to wholesale buyers. Blankets are produced using a similar technology.

Investments

Estimated costs for starting a down and feather pillow business include:

  • Deposit for renting premises (300 sq. m.) - 120,000 rubles.
  • Acquisition of basic equipment - 6,000,000 rubles.
  • Acquisition auxiliary equipment, office equipment and inventory - 500,000 rubles.
  • Purchase of raw materials and materials - 200,000 rubles.
  • Advertising - 100,000 rubles.
  • Business registration and other organizational expenses - 150,000 rubles.

Total - 7,070,000 rubles.

Not just down and feathers...

Another direction is the production of pillows for pregnant women, nursing mothers and babies. It's no secret that everything related to young children and pregnancy costs big money. And the high price is due to the increased demand for such products. It would seem that an ordinary orthopedic pillow on a synthetic filler, but it costs 2,500 rubles.

The main condition for the success of such a business is the presence of a competent technologist and designer. Appearance pillows should be not just unusual, but have a special configuration that will be useful and convenient for the future owner. The most common material for the manufacture of such pillows is holofiber. It is light, perfectly retains its shape, does not lose its qualities after washing and does not require special care.

Such production can be organized without even having large areas and expensive equipment. And the points of sale of products can be hundreds of private stores selling products for mothers and babies or an online store. Certain difficulties here can arise only when obtaining the appropriate certificates for products.

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Russian production of pillows

The catalog contains pillow manufacturers in Russia. The list includes 110 companies for 2020. Production and wholesale sales are underway. Negotiated prices. Famous brands of the Russian market:

  • "Nature's",
  • dreamline,
  • Kazanova,
  • "Ormatek",
  • "Agro-Don",
  • Sewing enterprise "Tefiya",
  • "Perrino" and other suppliers.

Domestic brands cover almost the entire market. Pillows with light swan down filling are popular. The fabrics of the top of the pillow and the cover are used - cotton, satin, calico, other textiles. Common materials - bamboo fiber, goose feather. The choice of product size - 68x68, 50x68, standard and euro, for children. Tailoring of goods to order on length and width is available.

Buy bamboo and down products in the bedrooms is available through the online store. Companies also produce bed linen, camel wool blankets, blankets, bedspreads, mattresses, mattress covers - so that the buyer can have good dreams! The production of new material is mastered. Furniture for pillows - beds, ottomans, sofas, etc. Production facilities carry out all-season promotions, discounts.

The manufacturer invites home goods stores and dealers to cooperate. The address, website, phone number of the companies are added to the "Contacts" tab. In order to buy products in bulk, download the price list - contact the manager. The list is updated constantly. Delivery transport companies- Moscow and the region, regions of Russia, CIS countries and far abroad.