Set up your own brick factory
The market for ecological materials grows along with environmental awareness. The ecological brick is easy to sell: it costs less for the builder and makes the building look good.
up to 1,500bricks a day with a manual press
up to 2,500bricks a day with a hydraulic one
Opportunities
Who you can sell your bricks to
Besides the wall brick, the same press opens up several businesses in your region.
- Building material stores
- Contractors and builders
- Local governments, public works and community build days
- Fireplaces and barbecues
- Masonry furniture
- Lot boundary walls
- Facades with brick tiles
- Indoor and outdoor floors
- Building and selling houses
Before you start
How to plan your factory
Four steps to start your factory with confidence.
- 1Work out the costsLabor, soil, cement, water and facilities change from city to city.
- 2Write a business planSEBRAE (Brazil’s small business support service) offers free guidance for first-time business owners.
- 3Choose the pressStart with the manual one and move to the hydraulic when orders grow.
- 4Learn in the training coursePress buyers take the production course and have support after the purchase.
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