Cluster Profile
| 1 | Name Of Cluster | Rajahmundry Graphite Crucible |
| 2 | Place | Rajahmundry |
| 3 | District | East Godavari |
| 4 | State | Andhra Pradesh |
| 5 | No of firms (by type) | 40 Micro and 15 Small Firms |
| 6 | No. of workers | 800 (90:10 male-Female ratio) |
| 7 | Turnover(Rs in Million's) | Rs. 85 Million |
| 8 | Associations in cluster | All India Graphite Crucibles Manufacturing Association |
| 9 | Major products | clay bounded Graphite Crucibles in different sizes (i.e. ranging from 1 to 500) |
| 10 | Specific and relevant technical institutions (R&D, Testing Lab accredited) |
National Metallurgical Laboratory, Jamshedpur JNTU, Hyderabad International Advanced Research Centre for Powder Metallurgy and New Materials |
| 11 | Major markets | Within country AP, Maharshtra, Gujarat, West Bengal Export to Bangladesh |
| 12 | Major problems/prospects | Problems: Lack of Common Design Development Centre No collective procurement of raw material Relocation of units to overcome pollution problems Poor efforts on size standardization Poor emphasis on Quality Control and environment protection norms Lack of efforts on modernization of Kilns Prospects: The Cluster is at verge of closure due to better alternatives (Tungsten Carbide Crucibles) |
| 13 | Data source and updated on | Based on End of the Project Report by APITCO submitted to DC-MSME in 2009 |