Cluster Profile
1 Name Of Cluster Madanapally Bus Body Building
2 Place Madanapally
3 District Chittoor
4 State Andhra Pradesh
5 No of firms (by type) 50 Principle and 192 Support firms (all are micro)  
6 No. of workers 3000 direct and 2500 indirect 
7 Turnover(Rs in Million's) Rs.113 millions
8 Associations in cluster The Madanapalli Auto Nagar Association (Estd. In 1984).
9 Major products Bus Body Building
Bus and Truck Repairs and maintenance
10 Specific and relevant technical institutions (R&D, Testing Lab accredited) NIL
11 Major markets Within country AP
Export Not Applicable
12 Major problems/prospects Dependence on one or two customers coupled by lack of market information
Slowdown in infrastructure activities
Lack of marketing skills
Absenteeism of workforce
Low skill sets of the workers
Lack of requisite financial resources for entrepreneurs to adopt advance technologies
13 Data source and updated on Proposal for DSR by APITCO for DC-MSME (Mar 2010)