CHITIN & CHITOSAN (TECHNICAL & MEDICAL GRADE)

     Chitin is a white, hard, inelastic, nitrogenous, polysaccharide found in the outer skeleton of insects, crabs, shrimps and lobsters and in the internal   structures of invertebrates. It is the second most abundant organic compound next to cellulose. It is a macro molecular linear polymer of_ (1-4) N acetyl D glucosamine and is insoluble in water and many organic solvents. Chitin itself has only a few applications; it acts more as a precursor of Chitosan, its  most   familiar derivative.

Chitosan is deacetylated chitin, and is polymer of _(1-4) acetyl – D glucosamine. It has multifarious uses in the cosmetic, pharmaceutical and medical industries. It is even considered as a wonder drug of the twenty-first century due to  its  versatile utility.

Chitin   is a chemical compound belong to   glucosamine polysaccharide  group categories. It contains about 7%  nitrogen, and is structurally similar to cellulose.

It is the principal constituent of the shells of prawn fish, shrimps, crabs,  lobsters, beetles and other sea fishes.  It is also found in some fungi, algal, and yeasts.

Way back in 1811 it was discovered by a French botanist that the fibrous                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   material in the shell of prawn is chitin which is a polymer of N-Acetyl glucosamine. But it was only in 1974 that the CIFT came out with a simple technology for extraction of chitin from prawn shell waste and its conversion to chitosan.

Fish is a valuable and easily accessible source of  food, rich  in  proteins.  India has abundant marine and inland fish resources.  It has a coast-line c.  4,667  km.  long  and   a continental  shelf  2,59,000 sq. km. or more  in  area,  offering considerable scope for the establishment of fisheries. The Bay of Bengal  and the Arabian Sea abound in fishing grounds; gulfs  and bays all along the coast and a large number of islands with their mangrove swamps and coral reefs, are rich sources of marine fish.

INTRODUCTION
PROPERTIES & CHARACTERISTICS
USES AND APPLICATIONS
APPLICATION OF CHITOSAN
MEDICAL AND PHARMACEUTICAL USES
CHITIN SYNTHESIS INHIBITORS
B. I. S. SPECIFICATION
MARKET SURVEY
MARINE PRODUCTS EXPORTS CROSSED 2.67 BILLION IN 2010-11
GLOBAL CHITOSAN MARKET
PRESENT MANUFACTURERS OF CHITIN AND CHITOSAN
CATHAY INDO ESSENCE BIOTECH PRIVATE LTD
FOREIGN PRODUCERS OF CHITIN & CHITOSAN
SPECIFICATION AND TEST FOR MEDICAL GRADE CHITOSAN
RAW MATERIALS
MANUFACTURING PROCESS
PROCESS FLOWSHEET FOR MANUFACTURING OF
CHITIN-FROM PRAWN FISH SHELL WASTES
MANUFACTURING PROCESS OF CHITOSAN    (MEDICAL GRADE)
CHITOSAN MANUFACTURING FROM    CHITIN(MEDICAL GRADE)
THE PROCESS
ILLUSTRATION OF THE PROCESS
PROCESS IN DETAILED
DEPROTEINIZATION OF CHITIN FROM      SHRIMP HEAD WASTE
PRODUCTION METHOD OF CHITIN AND CHITOSAN FROM SHRIMP SHELL IN BATCH CULTURE OF LACTOBACILLUS PLANTARUM
EFFLUENT TREATMENT PROCESS
PLANT LAYOUT
SUPPLIERS OF PLANT AND MACHINERY
SUPPLIERS OF RAW MATERIAL
ADDRESSES FOR CONSULTANT & TURNKEY PLANT

APPENDIX –A

01.    PLANT ECONOMICS
02.    LAND & BUILDING
03.    PLANT AND MACHINERY
04.    OTHER FIXED ASSESTS
05.    FIXED CAPITAL
06.    RAW MATERIAL
07.    SALARY AND WAGES
08.    UTILITIES AND OVERHEADS
09.    TOTAL WORKING CAPITAL
10.    TOTAL CAPITAL INVESTMENT
11.    COST OF PRODUCTION
12.    TURN OVER/ANNUM
13.    BREAK EVEN POINT
14.    RESOURCES FOR FINANCE
15.    INSTALMENT  PAYABLE IN 5 YEARS
16.    DEPRECIATION CHART FOR 5 YEARS
17.    PROFIT ANALYSIS FOR 5 YEARS
18.    PROJECTED BALANCE SHEET FOR (5 YEARS)