Central Government has issued notification no. 47/2008 CE to amend the notification no. 8/2003 CE dated 1-3-2003 to allow small scale units to use the brand name or trade name of others.

However, use of such brand name or trade name is limited to packing materials.

Now, the SSI units can avail the benefit of the exemption to goods bearing the brand name or trade name of another person if they are in the nature of packing materials, namely, printed cartons of paper or paper board, metal containers, HDPE woven sacks, adhesive tapes, stickers, PP caps, crown corks and metal labels.

The amendment comes into effect on the 1st of September, 2008 and shall be available for a turnover of these goods not exceeding Rs. 90 lakh in the remaining part of this financial year.

In general an SSI unit is eligible to avail the exemption for clearances up to Rs.1.5 crore in a financial year  if the value of clearances did not exceed Rs.4 crore in the preceding financial year.

Also see

Ch. No. 07 - SSI Units - Basics

Ch. No. 07A - SSI Units - Calculation of Turnover

Ch. No. 07B - SSI Units and Brand Name

Ch. No. 07C - SSI Units and Job Work

Ch. No. 07D - SSI Units and Export benefits

SSI exemption extended to branded packing materials, allowing small-scale units to use third-party trade names. The amendment permits SSI units to avail the central excise exemption for goods bearing another person's brand or trade name only when those goods are packing materials-such as printed cartons, metal containers, HDPE woven sacks, adhesive tapes, stickers, PP caps, crown corks and metal labels-and is available subject to turnover limits for the remainder of the financial year while existing SSI turnover eligibility rules remain applicable.