Candle Manufacturing Setup Equipment in India
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CSI buying guides · production setup
A candle production room is sized by its slowest ceiling — and very often that is the cure shelf, not the melter. Plan the shelves first.
★★★★★
"The jars were of good quality"
Soumili GopeVerified buyer · Mar 2026
Clear Glass Jar with Golden Lid
★★★★☆
"Product is very nice its working properly and melt wax very quickly . Plz launch same product in 2-3 litre also"
Priya SinghVerified buyer · Sep 2025
Mini Electric Wax Melter
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"I love all the products...I received it without any damages...love to reorder again❤️"
Kaushiki SatarkarVerified buyer · Apr 2025
Luxury Soy Wax Chunks
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"the quality of luxury soy wax and pillar candle wax is very good, and the packaging is also nice and clean.…"
Mahak agarwalSep 2024
Soy Pillar Wax
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"Quality wick, works very well"
AshwiniSep 2025
Eco Candle Wicks
★★★★★
"The jars were of good quality"
Soumili GopeVerified buyer · Mar 2026
Clear Glass Jar with Golden Lid
★★★★☆
"Product is very nice its working properly and melt wax very quickly . Plz launch same product in 2-3 litre also"
Priya SinghVerified buyer · Sep 2025
Mini Electric Wax Melter
★★★★★
"I love all the products...I received it without any damages...love to reorder again❤️"
Kaushiki SatarkarVerified buyer · Apr 2025
Luxury Soy Wax Chunks
★★★★★
"the quality of luxury soy wax and pillar candle wax is very good, and the packaging is also nice and clean.…"
Mahak agarwalSep 2024
Soy Pillar Wax
★★★★★
"Quality wick, works very well"
AshwiniSep 2025
Eco Candle Wicks
Reviews collected and published through Judge.me on candlemakingsuppliesindia.store. One longer review is shortened with an ellipsis; wording is otherwise unedited.
✓ Capacity maths labelled with every assumption ✓ Stated jar size & melter capacity only ✓ Bulk pricing & GST invoicing on WhatsApp
Candle Business Guides · Professional Production
A production room is six zones in a line, sized by a daily target. This guide lays out the zones, costs the equipment for each, and works through illustrative capacity maths for a room pouring 100 container candles a day — including the ceiling setups often hit first.
₹37,830.82
CSI equipment for an illustrative 100-candles-a-day container room — 20 kg melter, test melter, 50 wick positions, pouring funnel, instruments and finishing tools · ₹33,110.82 with a 10 kg melter · racks and tables sourced locally · CSI live pricing, September 2026
Quick answers — read this first
What equipment does a candle manufacturing setup need? For an illustrative 100-candles-a-day container room: a 20 kg Electric Wax Melter (₹25,960) and a 1 litre test melter, scales, thermometers and a mixer, 50 steel wick positions, a 4-nozzle pouring funnel and pitcher, a lighter for burn tests, and a hot air gun and wick cutter. From CSI that is ₹37,830.82.What limits daily output? In the worked example, cure shelving: four 5-tier racks hold about 1,920 jars, which supports 128 candles a pour day on a 21-day cure — less than the melter, wick positions or labour would allow.
How much space? Driven by the jar. The 150g jar used here states a 7 cm outer diameter, so a 1.2 × 0.45 m shelf tier holds about 96 jars.
Are these capacities fixed? No — they are illustrative, built on the assumptions stated beside every figure. Replace them with your own.
The short answer
Set a daily target and a standard jar first: every size in the room — melter, positions, shelves, storage — follows from candles per day and the jar's stated dimensions.
Lay the room out in flow order: store → weigh and melt → wick and pour → cure and test → finish and pack → dispatch. Wax should never travel backwards.
Size the cure shelves before the melter: a 21-day cure means three weeks of output on shelves at once. In the worked example below, it is the binding ceiling.
In this guide
- The straight answer
- Start from a daily target and a standard jar
- The room in six zones, in flow order
- Bill of equipment by zone
- Daily capacity: four ceilings, one answer
- Cure shelving: the ceiling rooms often hit first
- A week of raw materials: what the store must hold
- Power, heat and safety in the room
- FAQ
All capacity figures are illustrative, built on the assumptions set out in the capacity section: 150g candles at 8% (138g wax), a stated 20 kg melter load, 50 steel holders turned four times a day, two people at 2.5 hands-on minutes a candle, and four 5-tier racks of 1.2 × 0.45 m at a 7.5 cm jar pitch on a 21-day cure.
Zone 2 · a day's wax in one load
Electric Wax Melter · 20 kg ₹25,960
The jar that sizes the room
Clear Glass Jar 150g · ₹94.40 each
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Straight answer
What equipment and setup does a candle manufacturing unit in India need?
Start from a daily target and one standard jar, then build six zones in flow order. As a worked illustration, take 100 container candles a day in the Clear Glass Jar with Golden Lid, which states a 150g fill, 7 cm outer diameter, 8 cm height and hot pour up to 85°C. At 8% that is 13.8 kg of wax and 1.2 kg of oil a day. The melt zone takes the 20 kg Electric Wax Melter (₹25,960) — about 144 of these candles per load — plus a ₹2,360 test melter, scales, thermometers and a mixer. The pour zone takes 50 steel wick positions, the 4-nozzle pouring funnel and a pitcher. Finishing takes a hot air gun and wick cutter. That bill is ₹37,830.82, or ₹33,110.82 with a 10 kg melter run twice a day. The zone that often limits the room is cure: at a 21-day cure, about three weeks of output sits on shelves, and four 5-tier racks at the jar's 7 cm diameter hold roughly 1,920 jars — 128 candles per pour day in this example. Racks, tables and cartons come from local suppliers; CSI does not list shelving or candle-making machines. Every capacity here is illustrative; ask on WhatsApp for help with your own plan.
One line: pick a daily target and a jar, lay out six zones in one direction, buy ₹37,830.82 of equipment for 100 candles a day — and size the cure shelves first, because in this example they cap the room at 128.
Fitting out the melt and pour zones? Electric Wax Melter ₹25,960 (20 kg) or ₹21,240 (10 kg), Steel Wick Holders ₹1,250 for 25, Wax Pouring Funnel ₹1,888 and Clear Glass Jars with Golden Lid ₹1,888 for 20 — one supplier for the equipment and what runs through it.
See the wax melter
Start from a daily target and a standard jar
Nobody can size a production room from a floor plan. You size it from two numbers: candles per day, and the jar.
Every dimension of a candle room follows from those two numbers. The daily target sets how much wax you melt, how many wick positions you need and how many candles sit curing. The jar's stated fill and diameter set how much wax each candle takes and how many fit on a shelf. Change either and the whole room changes, which is why a setup plan starts with them written at the top — not with a list of equipment.
This guide uses one worked illustration throughout. Its assumptions are deliberately simple and clearly not measurements of any real room: replace each with your own and the method holds. The jar is a real CSI listing chosen because its page states the numbers a room plan needs — fill, diameter, height and hot-pour limit.
Worked illustration · the planning basis · assumptions labelled
The two design numbers, and what they imply per day and per week
| Planning input | Value used | Stated or assumed? | What it drives |
|---|---|---|---|
| Daily target | 100 candles per pour day, 5 pour days a week | Assumption | Everything below |
| Standard jar | Clear Glass Jar with Golden Lid: 150g fill, 7 cm outer diameter, 8 cm height, hot pour to 85°C | Stated on the product page | Wax per candle, shelf density, pour temperature ceiling |
| Fragrance load | 8% of the finished candle: 138g wax + 12g oil | Series convention | Daily wax and oil |
| Wax per pour day | 100 × 138g = 13.8 kg (14.5 kg with a 5% planning allowance for spills and top-ups) | Calculated | Melter size |
| Oil per pour day | 100 × 12g = 1.2 kg | Calculated | Weighing station, oil storage |
| Weekly throughput | 500 candles · 69 kg wax · 6 kg oil · 500 jars, wicks and stickers | Calculated | Store size, delivery frequency |
| Cure | 21 days (top of the 14–21 day range for soy containers) | Standard practice | Cure shelving |
The mistake: sizing the room around "200 ml" jars. Many jar listings state capacity in millilitres, and a millilitre of wax is not a gram. If your standard jar is stated in ml, fill one with your wax, weigh it, and plan from that weight. The 150g jar used here states its fill in grams, which is why it makes a clean example — not because it is the only right jar. Jar choice in more depth is covered in candle jar supply for manufacturers.
The room in six zones, in flow order
A production room works when material moves in one direction: from the store, through heat, to the cure shelf, to the packing table and out of the door. Crossing flows — hot wax carried past cartons, finished candles walked back past the melter — are where spills, contamination and lost batches happen. The table sets out the six zones, what each needs from CSI and from local suppliers, and what sizes it.
Six-zone layout · CSI equipment and locally sourced fit-out
What happens in each zone, what equips it, and what decides its size
| Zone | What happens | CSI equipment | Source locally | What sizes it |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 · Store | Wax bags, oil bottles, jar cartons, wicks held until use | — | Shelving off the floor, away from sun and heat | A week of materials plus buffer |
| 2 · Weigh & melt | Wax and oil weighed; wax melted; fragrance added at the wax's stated temperature | Melter, test melter, scales, beaker, thermometer, mixer, spatula | Sturdy table; power point for the melter | Wax per day |
| 3 · Wick & pour | Wicks fixed and held; jars filled in trays | Wick holders, setting tool, inserter, funnel, pitcher, thermometer, scraper | Bench; heat-resistant trays | Jars per pour round |
| 4 · Cure & test | Candles set and cure lidded; one per batch burn-tested | Electric lighter | Racks or shelving | Daily output × cure days |
| 5 · Finish | Tops smoothed, wicks trimmed, care labels applied | Hot air gun, wick cutter, care sticker rolls | Table away from packaging | Candles finished per day |
| 6 · Pack & dispatch | Candles boxed and staged for courier | Boxes from the packaging range | Packing table, carton storage | Orders per day |
Keep heat at one end, cardboard at the other
Put the melter and hot air gun at the opposite end of the room from cartons and packing material, and keep the cure shelves out of the melt zone's heat and out of direct sun. The flow order does most of this for you: store at one end, melt next, pour, cure, finish, and packing by the door. If the room is small, a curtain or partition between melt and cure is cheaper than a spoiled batch.Bill of equipment by zone
Here is the CSI equipment for the illustrative room, zone by zone, in two versions: a 20 kg melter that holds a full day's wax in one load, and a 10 kg melter that needs a second load mid-day. Consumables and locally sourced furniture are excluded.
Illustrative 100-candles-a-day room · CSI equipment · CSI live pricing, September 2026
Zone-by-zone bill, with a 20 kg or a 10 kg melter
| Zone | Equipment | Qty | Price | Zone total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 · Weigh & melt | Electric Wax Melter, 20 kg capacity | 1 | ₹25,960 | |
| Mini Electric Wax Melter, 1 litre (tests) | 1 | ₹2,360 | ||
| Candle Making Weighing Scale (wax and oil) | 2 | ₹708 | ||
| Silicon Measuring Beaker 250 ML | 1 | ₹600 | ||
| Pen Thermometer · CSI Pro Mixer · Silicone Spatula | 1 each | ₹354 · ₹349 · ₹175.82 | ₹30,506.82 | |
| 3 · Wick & pour | Steel Wick Holder, 2 × pack of 25 | 50 | ₹2,500 | |
| Wick Setting Tool · Wick Inserter | 1 each | ₹399 · ₹59 | ||
| Wax Pouring Funnel (4 nozzles) · Steel Pouring Pitcher 600 ml | 1 each | ₹1,888 · ₹708 | ||
| Pen Thermometer · Steel Scraper | 1 each | ₹354 · ₹236 | ₹6,144 | |
| 4 · Cure & test | Candle Lighter Electric | 1 | ₹354 | ₹354 |
| 5 · Finish | Hot Air Gun · Candle Wick Cutter (5.5 cm blade) | 1 each | ₹531 · ₹295 | ₹826 |
| Room total | With the 20 kg melter | ₹37,830.82 | ||
| Alternative | Same room with the 10 kg melter (₹21,240), two loads a pour day | ₹33,110.82 |
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Zone 2 · the daily wax load
Electric Wax Melter (Imported) — 20 kg or 10 kg
The page states the melter melts 9.5 litres, 10 kg of soy wax in approximately 30 minutes at 100°C and describes around 20 kg for the bigger melter, with a 60–100°C display and a ±10°C deviation. It does not state a melting time for 20 kg, a footprint or a wattage, so ask on WhatsApp before you plan the melt zone's bench space and power point. For this room's 13.8 kg a day (14.5 kg with allowance), the 20 kg model covers a pour day in one load; the 10 kg model needs a second melt. The column below counts 150g candles at 8% (138g of wax) per full load.
| Size | Price | Per kg | 150g candles per load @ 8% |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10 kgs capacity | ₹21,240 | ₹2,124 | ≈72 |
| 20 kgs capacity | ₹25,960 | ₹1,298 | ≈144 |
₹4,720 separates one daily load from two Buy the wax melter
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The design basis · stated size
Clear Glass Jar with Golden Lid (150 gram)
Not equipment, but the item that sizes the equipment. Its page states 150g fill capacity, height 8 cm, outer diameter 7 cm, a base diameter of approximately 6.5 cm and safe for hot pour up to 85°C, and it comes with a lid — useful for a lidded cure. One CSI customer writes that "The jars were of good quality". At 7 cm across it sits comfortably inside the steel wick holder's stated 9 cm limit. The per-piece price is flat across both packs, so order by the week's count.
| Size | Price | Per piece | Candles |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pack of 10 | ₹944 | ₹94.40 | ≈10 |
| Pack of 20 | ₹1,888 | ₹94.40 | ≈20 |
₹94.40 a jar · 500 a week is ₹47,200 Buy 150g jars
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Zone 5 · finishing consumable
Candle Care Stickers Roll
One care label per candle is applied at the finishing table. The page states two rolls: 500 stickers at 1 inch and 1,000 stickers at 1.5 inch. At 500 candles a week, the 500 roll lasts a week and the 1,000 roll two — but the sticker sizes differ, so choose by what fits your jar and label design, then by frequency of reorder.
| Size | Price | Per piece | Candles labelled |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pack of 500 (1 inch) | ₹413 | ₹0.83 | ≈500 |
| Pack of 1000 (1.5 inch) | ₹699 | ₹0.70 | ≈1,000 |
₹0.83 or ₹0.70 a label, depending on the roll Buy care sticker rolls
Daily capacity: four ceilings, one answer
A room's capacity is not what its biggest machine can do. It is what its smallest ceiling allows.
Four things cap how many candles a room can produce per pour day: how much wax it melts, how many jars it can hold wicked and setting, how much hands-on work its people can do, and how many candles its cure shelves can hold. Calculate each, and the smallest is the room's capacity. Every input below is an illustrative assumption except where marked as stated; the point is the method, not the specific answer.
Illustrative capacity ceilings · 150g container candles · replace every assumption with your own
Four ceilings per pour day, and which one binds
| Ceiling | Setup | Inputs (stated or assumed) | Arithmetic | Candles per pour day |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Melt | 20 kg melter, one load | 20 kg capacity (stated) · 138g wax per candle | 20,000 ÷ 138 | 144 (289 with a second load) |
| Wick positions | 50 steel holders | Assumed 90-minute round (fix, pour, set enough to lift holders) · 6-hour pour day | 360 ÷ 90 = 4 rounds × 50 | 200 |
| Labour | 2 people × 6 hands-on hours | Assumed 2.5 hands-on minutes per candle across wick, pour, finish, label and pack | 720 ÷ 2.5 | 288 |
| Cure shelves | 4 racks × 5 tiers × 1.2 × 0.45 m | 7 cm jar (stated) at an assumed 7.5 cm pitch = 96 per tier · 21-day cure = 15 pour days | 1,920 ÷ 15 | 128 — binding |
In this illustration the room can pour 128 candles a pour day, 28% above the 100 target — and the ceiling that sets it is the shelving, not the ₹25,960 melter. It is a common pattern, because a 21-day cure multiplies every candle's shelf time by three weeks while the melter holds each load for only part of a day. Your own ceilings will land in a different order if your jar is wider, your cure shorter or your team smaller, which is exactly why each is worth calculating separately.
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Melt ceiling: capacity ÷ wax per candle × loadsUse the melter's stated capacity and the weight of wax in your candle, not a headline candle count. Count a second load only if your day genuinely allows a second melt and a cool-down to your wax's stated add temperature.
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Position ceiling: holders × rounds per dayTime one real round — fixing wicks on a tray, pouring it, and waiting until the wax is firm enough to lift the holders — and divide your pour day by it. Holders are ₹50 each, so this ceiling is the cheapest to raise.
3
Labour ceiling: hands-on minutes ÷ minutes per candleTime a tray from wick to packed box, including finishing and labelling, and divide by the number of jars. Count only hands-on hours, not hours in the building.
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Cure ceiling: shelf positions ÷ pour days inside one curePositions per tier from the jar's stated diameter plus finger space; pour days inside the cure period from your schedule. A 21-day cure with five pour days a week spans 15 pour days.
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Take the smallest, then raise that one onlyThe smallest ceiling is your capacity. Spending on any other ceiling adds nothing until the binding one moves. Recalculate after every change.
The CSI principle
Size a candle room from its cure shelf backwards, not from its melter forwards.
Melters and wick positions are quick to add and quick to pay for. Cure space is floor area you have already rented, and three weeks of output has to fit on it. Plan the shelves first and the rest of the room will fit around them.
Cure shelving: the ceiling rooms often hit first
CSI does not sell racks or shelving, so this zone is bought locally — but it is planned from CSI numbers: the jar's stated diameter and height, and a standard 14–21 day cure. The table shows how the cure ceiling moves with rack count in the illustrative room. Rack size (1.2 m × 0.45 m, five tiers) and the 7.5 cm pitch are assumptions; the 7 cm jar diameter is stated.
Illustrative cure shelving · 150g jars (7 cm stated diameter) at 7.5 cm pitch · 96 jars per 1.2 × 0.45 m tier
Racks, positions and the daily output each supports
| Racks (5 tiers each) | Cure positions | Output per pour day · 21-day cure (15 pour days) | Output per pour day · 14-day cure (10 pour days) | Rack floor footprint |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 1,440 | 96 — below the 100 target | 144 | 1.62 m² |
| 4 | 1,920 | 128 | 192 | 2.16 m² |
| 5 | 2,400 | 160 | 240 | 2.70 m² |
| 6 | 2,880 | 192 | 288 | 3.24 m² |
Two lessons come out of the table. First, a fourth rack is the difference between missing and beating the target — and it is a local furniture purchase, not new equipment. Second, cure length is a capacity lever: the same four racks support 192 candles a pour day on a 14-day cure. That does not mean shortening the cure to raise output; fragrance families differ, and woody and gourmand oils often want the full 21 days. It means planning shelves for the longest cure in your range. The science is in why a candle needs a 14-day cure.
The mistake: counting shelf area, not jar positions. "Eight square metres of shelving" sounds like plenty until you realise a 7 cm jar at a 7.5 cm pitch fills a square metre with just 169 jars. Plan in positions: tier length ÷ pitch × tier depth ÷ pitch × tiers. The jar's stated 8 cm height also lets tiers sit closer than general-purpose shelving assumes — measure one lidded jar before you choose rack spacing.
Setting up a room? Equipment for the illustrative 100-a-day room comes to ₹37,830.82 from live listings. For the whole bill in one order, alongside your first wax, jars and wicks, bulk pricing and a GST invoice are handled on WhatsApp.
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A week of raw materials: what the store must hold
The store zone is sized by how much material arrives at once. For the illustrative 500-candles-a-week room, here is one week of the main raw materials, bought in listed packs. Wax uses Luxury Soy Wax Chunks (stated load up to 13%) as the example; oil is shown as a quantity only, because 1 kg prices vary by scent.
One week of raw materials · 500 × 150g candles at 8% · CSI live pricing, September 2026
What arrives in the store each week, in listed packs
| Material | Weekly need | Listed packs | Cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Luxury Soy Wax Chunks | 69 kg + 5% allowance = 72.45 kg | 7 × 10 kg (₹5,999) + 1 × 5 kg (₹2,995) = 75 kg | ₹44,988 |
| Fragrance oil | 6 kg across your scents | Six 1 kg bottles (largest listed pack) | Varies by oil |
| Clear Glass Jar with Golden Lid (150 gram) | 500 | 25 × pack of 20 (₹1,888) | ₹47,200 |
| Eco Candle Wicks (size by burn test) | 500 | 1 × 500 (Thin C1 ₹2,950) | ₹2,950 |
| Candle Wick Stickers | 500 | 13 sheets of 40 (520) | ₹1,300 |
| Candle Care Stickers | 500 | 1 roll of 500 (1 inch) | ₹413 |
| Week excluding oil | ₹96,851 |
Look at the jar line: one week of jars costs ₹47,200, about 1.8 times the 20 kg melter. That is the setup lesson hidden in the store zone. Equipment is a one-time cost; consumables are the recurring cash commitment, and the store has to hold them safely — wax bags off the floor and away from heat, oil sealed and out of light, glass in cartons where it will not be knocked. The C1 wick is shown for costing only; burn-test the jar before choosing wick thickness. For larger volumes and recurring orders, listed prices are the ceiling and quotes are handled on WhatsApp. The fuller bill of materials at scale is in raw materials required to make 500 candles.
Power, heat and safety in the room
A candle room concentrates hot wax, flammable fragrance oil and cardboard in one space, so the fit-out deserves the same care as the equipment list. CSI can tell you what its product pages state; wiring, fire safety and local permissions belong with an electrician and your local authority.
Setup checks · what the pages state and what to confirm locally
Before the first pour in a new room
| Check | What CSI pages state | What to do |
|---|---|---|
| Melter power | Mini melter: 300W and 600W modes. 10/20 kg melter: wattage not stated | Ask on WhatsApp for the 10/20 kg rating before an electrician plans the point; give the melter its own socket |
| Melter temperature | Display 60–100°C with ±10°C deviation | Verify with a pen thermometer; never exceed your wax page's temperatures |
| Hot air gun | About 200°C, not adjustable | Use at the finishing table, away from cartons and labels |
| Jar heat limit | 150g jar: safe for hot pour up to 85°C | Read the pour thermometer before every tray |
| Mixer | Avoid using in wax above 95°C | Mix at the stated add temperature only |
| Registration and permissions | — | See licences to make and sell candles in India |
The melter decides how fast wax is ready. The shelf decides how many candles you can sell. Build the room for the second.
— CandleMakingSuppliesIndia
If you are still deciding whether a room like this needs any machinery at all, candle making machines for small business covers that question honestly; for the process-stage checklist that sits inside these zones, see equipment needed to manufacture candles commercially.
Why trust this guide
CANDLEMAKINGSUPPLIESINDIA supplies raw materials and candle-making equipment, not finished candles, shelving or candle-making machines. A setup guide from an equipment seller could size the room around the biggest melter. This one shows that in the worked example the cure shelf — which CSI does not sell — sets capacity before the melter does, and that a week of jars costs more than the melter. A room that is planned honestly produces candles that sell and reorders that follow.
Every price and specification comes from live CSI stock in September 2026 and links to the product page, where current pricing always takes precedence. Jar fill, diameter, height and hot-pour limit, melter capacity and display range, and power ratings are quoted only as the pages state them; missing figures (20 kg melting time, 10/20 kg wattage and footprint) are named as missing. Every capacity figure is illustrative and built on the assumptions labelled beside it.
For help planning your own room, bulk pricing, GST invoicing, or MSDS and IFRA documentation for your waxes and fragrance oils, message us on WhatsApp at +91 7397976926.
Frequently asked questions
What equipment is needed to set up a candle manufacturing unit in India?
By zone: a melt zone (electric wax melter, a 1 litre test melter, scales, beaker, thermometer, mixer, spatula), a pour zone (steel wick holders, setting tool, inserter, 4-nozzle pouring funnel, pitcher, thermometer, scraper), a cure zone (racks and a lighter for burn tests) and a finish zone (hot air gun, wick cutter, care labels). For an illustrative 100-candles-a-day room the CSI equipment is ₹37,830.82 with a 20 kg melter, or ₹33,110.82 with a 10 kg one. Racks and tables are sourced locally.
How much space do I need for a candle production setup?
Work it out from the jar and the cure, not a rule of thumb. The illustrative 150g jar states a 7 cm outer diameter, so a 1.2 × 0.45 m shelf tier holds about 96 jars at a 7.5 cm pitch. At 100 candles a pour day and a 21-day cure, about 1,500 candles sit curing, which needs four 5-tier racks — roughly 2.16 m² of rack footprint plus aisles — before you add the melt, pour, finish and packing zones.
How many candles per day can a small candle factory make?
It is the smallest of four ceilings: melt, wick positions, labour and cure shelves. In an illustrative room with a 20 kg melter (144 × 150g candles per load), 50 wick holders turned four times a day (200), two people at 2.5 hands-on minutes a candle (288) and four cure racks on a 21-day cure (128), capacity is 128 candles per pour day, set by the shelves. Replace each assumption with your own timings and space.
Should a candle production room use a 10 kg or 20 kg wax melter?
Match it to wax per pour day. At 100 × 150g candles, a day needs 13.8 kg of wax (14.5 kg with a 5% allowance). The 20 kg melter (₹25,960) covers that in one load; the 10 kg melter (₹21,240) needs a second melt and a cool-down to your wax's stated add temperature. The page states 10 kg melts in approximately 30 minutes at 100°C; it does not state a 20 kg melting time or wattage, so ask before planning power.
Does CSI supply shelving, racks or machines for a candle factory setup?
No. CSI does not list shelving, cure racks, work tables or candle-making machines (moulding, filling or wicking). It supplies the equipment that touches the wax — electric melters, scales, thermometers, mixers, wick holders and setting tools, pouring funnels and pitchers, hot air guns and cutters — plus the wax, fragrance oils, wicks, jars, care labels and boxes the room processes. Racks and tables come from local furniture or storage suppliers.
How much raw material should a candle production room store each week?
Enough for a week of pours plus a buffer. For 500 × 150g candles at 8%: about 72.45 kg of wax with a 5% allowance (7 × 10 kg + 1 × 5 kg of Luxury Soy Wax Chunks, ₹44,988), 6 kg of fragrance oil, 500 jars (₹47,200 in the 150g Clear Glass Jar), 500 wicks, 520 wick stickers and a 500 care-sticker roll — ₹96,851 before oil. Store wax off the floor and away from heat, and oil sealed and out of light.
Plan the room, then equip it
Six zones. Four ceilings. ₹37,830.82 of equipment — and the cure shelf planned first.
Electric Wax Melter ₹25,960 (20 kg) or ₹21,240 (10 kg), Mini Electric Wax Melter ₹2,360, Steel Wick Holders ₹50 a position, Wax Pouring Funnel ₹1,888, Hot Air Gun ₹531, Clear Glass Jar with Golden Lid ₹94.40 each and Candle Care Sticker Rolls from ₹413 — with the wax and wicks that run through the room. Message us for bulk pricing and GST invoicing.
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About this guide: Written by the CANDLEMAKINGSUPPLIESINDIA team. Product recommendations reflect the CSI range; the six-zone layout, the four-ceiling capacity method and the shelf-position arithmetic apply to any supplier. CSI lists no shelving, racks, work tables or candle-making machines.Customer reviews: The five reviews at the top of this page are genuine, published Judge.me reviews left by CSI customers on their product pages. Names, star ratings, dates and products are as recorded by Judge.me; one longer review is shortened with an ellipsis and otherwise unedited.
Figures verified September 2026: Electric Wax Melter (Imported) 20 kgs capacity ₹25,960, 10 kgs ₹21,240 (9.5 litres; 10 kg soy wax in approximately 30 minutes at 100°C; around 20 kg for the bigger melter; display 60–100°C, ±10°C deviation; no 20 kg melting time, wattage or footprint stated). Mini Electric Wax/Soap Melter ₹2,360 (1 litre, 300W/600W). Candle Making Weighing Scale ₹354 × 2; Silicon Measuring Beaker 250 ML ₹600; Pen Thermometer ₹354 × 2; CSI Pro Mixer ₹349 (avoid wax above 95°C); Silicone Spatula ₹175.82. Steel Wick Holder pack of 25 ₹1,250 × 2 (up to 9 cm jars); Wick Setting Tool ₹399; Wick Inserter ₹59; Wax Pouring Funnel (4 nozzles) ₹1,888; Steel Pouring Pitcher 600 ml ₹708; Steel Scraper ₹236. Candle Lighter Electric ₹354. Hot Air Gun ₹531 (about 200°C, not adjustable); Candle Wick Cutter ₹295 (5.5 cm blade). Zone totals ₹30,506.82 + ₹6,144 + ₹354 + ₹826 = ₹37,830.82; with the 10 kg melter ₹37,830.82 − ₹4,720 = ₹33,110.82. Clear Glass Jar with Golden Lid (150 gram) pack of 10 ₹944, pack of 20 ₹1,888 (₹94.40 each; 150g fill, 8 cm height, 7 cm outer diameter, base approximately 6.5 cm, hot pour to 85°C). Candle Care Stickers Roll 500 (1 inch) ₹413, 1,000 (1.5 inch) ₹699. Luxury Soy Wax Chunks 10 kg ₹5,999, 5 kg ₹2,995. Eco Candle Wicks Thin (C1) 500 ₹2,950. Candle Wick Stickers 40 ₹100. Candle maths: 150g candle at 8% = 138g wax + 12g oil; 100 a day = 13.8 kg wax (×1.05 = 14.49 kg) and 1.2 kg oil; 500 a week = 69 kg wax (×1.05 = 72.45 kg) and 6 kg oil; 20,000g ÷ 138g = 144 candles per 20 kg load, 10,000g ÷ 138g = 72 per 10 kg load. The 5% is a planning allowance. Illustrative assumptions: 5 pour days a week; 90-minute wick-and-pour round in a 6-hour pour day (4 rounds × 50 holders = 200); 2 people × 6 hands-on hours at 2.5 minutes a candle (720 ÷ 2.5 = 288); racks of 5 tiers × 1.2 m × 0.45 m at a 7.5 cm jar pitch (16 × 6 = 96 jars per tier, 480 per rack); a 21-day cure spans 15 pour days (1,920 ÷ 15 = 128) and a 14-day cure 10 pour days. Weekly stock ₹44,988 + ₹47,200 + ₹2,950 + ₹1,300 + ₹413 = ₹96,851 excluding fragrance oil. Cure of 14–21 days is standard practice for soy container candles. Prices and availability change — the linked product pages are always authoritative.