Cluster Profile
| 1 | Name Of Cluster | Vijayawada Pharmaceuticals |
| 2 | Place | Vijayawada |
| 3 | District | Krishna |
| 4 | State | Andhra Pradesh |
| 5 | No of firms (by type) | 20 Bulk Drugs and 30 Formulation Units |
| 6 | No. of workers | 2000 Skilled, 1500 Semi Skilled and 2000 Unskilled |
| 7 | Turnover(Rs in Million's) | Rs. 4000 Million |
| 8 | Associations in cluster | Kondapally Industries Association Kondapally EnviroTech Private Limited |
| 9 | Major products | Bulk Drugs & APIs |
| 10 | Specific and relevant technical institutions (R&D, Testing Lab accredited) |
NIPER, Hyderabad Indian Institute of Chemical Technology, Hyderabad Vimta Labs, Hyderabad |
| 11 | Major markets | Within country AP, Maharshtra, Gujarat, Export Bangladesh, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, China, Japan, Germany, Netherlands, other European and African Countries |
| 12 | Major problems/prospects | Problems: Low skillsets of workers in pollution and waste management Limited product diversification and expansion of cluster firms leading to poor economics of scale High environmental pollution through improper discharge of wastes and effluents leading to threat from APPCB for closure of firms/ cancelation of licenses Limited growth in number of firms due to lack of waste management facilities Effluent treatment by individual firms leading to higher production costs Lack of testing facilities within the cluster Poor in-process quality checks |
| 13 | Data source and updated on | Based on DSR prepared and submitted to DC-MSME by Kondapally Envirotech |