Water bottling plant is a physical factory used to produce bottled water, we also call it bottle water manufacturing factory. The official definition of “water bottling plant” is any machine and production line that produces bottled applied water. “bottled water” is defined as water stored in sealed containers in a bottling plant that is safe for human consumption. In some states of the United States, the government requires bottled water production plants to provide bottled water test reports to consumers.

The bottled water industry is a very attractive industry, which can also create great wealth. As we all know, the richest man in China is a large group company that produces bottled mineral water. The big boss, Zhong Shanshan, is the richest man in China with assets of US $81.7 billion.

If you are going to join the bottled water industry, you need to focus on consumers. Gain insight into their needs and feel the industry trend. Although bottled water looks mediocre, it requires special attention in bottle design, label design, cultural communication and marketing.

• What kind of water do consumers want, mineral water, pure water or sparkling water?
• Do they like the price very much?
• Do they want to be easy to carry or do they need a large capacity to meet their drinking needs throughout the day?

Once you have thought deeply about these questions, it shows that you have started, and then you can start looking for the process needed to build a water bottling plant.

 Water bottling factory price?

To build a factory, you first need to have an open space, on which you can build your own factory building, which can be made of steel or reinforced concrete. These costs are very low, you can contact the local construction company to get an offer. The interior of the factory building is an open form, with as few inner columns as possible, and a factory gate that can be opened and closed.

The machines needed to build a water bottling plant include.

• Water treatment equipment and water cans.
• Bottle blowing machine.
• Washing and sealing all-in-one machine.
• Bottle conveyer.
• Labeling machine.
• Inkjet printer.
• Packaging machine.
• Packaging materials: bottle preform, cap, label, shrink film, etc.
• Production equipment: forklifts, trucks, etc.

Small-scale start-ups can consider using more manpower instead of fully automated equipment to save initial equipment investment. In countries with high labor costs, water bottling plants usually consider a fully automatic water bottling production line, with a total cost of about $200,000. With the expansion of the scale of operation, if a higher production capacity of water bottling line is needed, the cost can reach millions of US dollars or more.

In addition to the cost of the production line, you also need to consider the cost of water (well water or tap water), the cost of factory electricity, factory registration fees, sanitation permits, and packaging materials.

Is the PET bottle the only option?

Of course not, PET bottle is essentially a kind of plastic bottle, in recent years, with the increasingly stringent environmental regulations, many countries have issued a variety of “plastic ban”. PET is a bit lightweight and cheap, and discarded PET bottles can be manually recycled into other plastic products. At present, it is a form of water packaging that can not be completely replaced.

Now more and more bottled water startups are exploring other containers, such as glass bottles and aluminum cans. The bottles made of these two materials are more environmentally friendly and can be recycled. The disadvantage is that the cost of the bottle itself is high, so it is only suitable for the production of medium-and high-end bottled aquatic products. And the investment cost of glass bottle water bottling line and water canning line is much higher than PET water bottling line.

Recently, many customers who have come to consult have the idea of investing in bottled water plants, but they are not very clear about what processes and procedures are needed to run a waterworks. Today, I will briefly introduce to you some of the processes and procedures that need to be dealt with in running a waterworks.

1. Before building a water bottling plant, we should make a good plan, make a good investment budget, and find a good source of water and factory buildings. Select the source of water (natural water, groundwater, tap water, etc.), go to the water conservancy bureau according to the source to apply for the water intake permit, and go through the formalities of land examination and approval according to the location of the factory.
2. The water bottling factory need to apply for “production license”, “Health Certification” and “employee Health Certificate”. The products produced by the enterprise shall apply to the local Bureau of quality and Technical Supervision and submit materials for a “production license” (that is, “SC” certification, formerly known as “QS”). Staff need to go to the local health bureau to apply for a “practitioner health certificate”, one person per person.
3. Then register the enterprise and apply for a business license. Register the company according to the actual production situation, bring the relevant materials to the local industrial and commercial bureau to apply for the business license, carve the official seal, and go to the tax bureau for tax registration.
4. Build the factory building according to the production scale and the water source. The factory building should be built at the nearest distance of the water source. After the production scale and water source are determined, the water bottling line manufacturer can make a production line layout plan for the production workshop, and the waterworks can be decorated according to the plan to make the plant clean and spacious as far as possible. The requirements in the workshop are clean, dust-free floor, smooth drainage and no stagnant water. Mostly use aluminum alloy doors and windows.
5. Select suitable production equipment. According to the water quality analysis report issued by professional institutions, select and purchase suitable water treatment equipment. According to the production needs of the waterworks, purchase bottle blowing machines, filling machines and packaging equipment to meet the production requirements.
6. Establishment of a laboratory. Quality inspection is an important quality guarantee for one’s own products. The quality of the ex-factory water should be tested and tested, that is, the inspection of microbial indicators, the specific verification indicators are the total number of bacteria, E. coli and so on.

The founder of FESTA started the R & D and manufacture of the production line of the water bottling plant in 2006, and gradually absorbed a large number of industry experts to join FESTA in the process of the development of the enterprise. Most of them have more than 30 years of manufacturing experience in bottling machines and packaging machines.

The bottled water production line, beverage filling line and beverage canning line made by FESTA sell well all over the world and have been widely praised. FESTA is committed to solving customers’ problems and helping customers achieve success. our machines and production lines have the following characteristics:

• Mainly made of food-grade stainless steel, corrosion resistant and more hygienic.
• The machine has the advantages of compact structure, high production efficiency and low noise, which can adapt to different production workshops.
• The machine configuration can be customized according to the needs of customers.
• Provide one-stop solution without customers patching together to purchase equipment, saving customers’ time and investment costs.