1. Product: Insecticide kills mosquitoes, flies and other harmful or undesirable insects.It contributes to maintenance of a sanitary living environment. Insecticide is sprayed from an aerosol can. The aerosol insecticides are convenient for domestic or any indoor use (in the house, hotel, offices.... etc).
2. Rationale: Mosquitoes and other flies are attacking large section of the Region and are hazardous to the health of many section of the population. At present there is no pesticide factory in the region that produces chemical to fight the hazardous health problem. The establishment of an aerosol insecticide making plant in the region will contribute a lot to reduce the crises. The people can purchase the aerosol insecticide in the nearby market and spray it in their homes, which will kill all undesirable insects including mosquitoes. Hotel and office can also use the insecticide.
3. Market: Current demand of aerosol insecticide is met from imports and some amount from domestic production in other regions. There is large demand by the population to reduce the effects of hazardous health problem derived from insects inside the houses. The demand for aerosol insecticides grows with growing urbanization and rising income of the population. The establishment of an aerosol insecticide making demand will have sufficient market in the region and can also trade it product outside the region.
IMPORT OF INSECTICIDE AND THE SHARE OF AEROSOL
INSECTICIDES (TONS)
Source:-Customs Authority
4. Source of Raw Material: The main raw material of the factory insecticide, synergist, perfume, propellant can valves and caps are imported. Refined kerosene and packing material are available locally.
5. Production Process and Production Technology: a) Production Process product making involves inspection, cleaning of empty cans and placing them on filling line mixing of prescribed volume of insecticide and other ingredient, filling of mixed solution on to cans; mounting of the spray mechanism valves, filling of propellant into valved cans, hot water bathing of cans, cleaning and weighing of cans, mounting of cap, serial numbering, inspecting and packing.
b) Production Equipment
- Mixing tanks with agitator (for insecticide solution)
- Pumping units for gas filling machines
- Automatic aerosol filler
- Filtration system
- Hot water bath
- Compressor unit
- Storage tank (for solution)
- Control equipment
- Inspection equipment
- Ventilation system
- Other (spray test and packing conveyors, gas containers work tables, racks... etc)
Except work table and racks all the machinery and equipment are assumed imported.
6. Estimated Investment:-The total investment of aerosol insecticide making plant is estimated to be from Birr 3 million to Birr 3.5 million
7. Location: Bahir Dar, Combolcha.