Cluster Profile
1 Name Of Cluster Rourkela General Engineering
2 Place Rourkela
3 District Rourkela
4 State Orissa
5 No of firms (by type) 220 
6 No. of workers 5750 
7 Turnover(Rs in Million's) 1500 Million
8 Associations in cluster Rourkela Chambers of Commerce and Industry (RCCI)
Orissa Young Entrepreneurs Association (OYEA)
Orissa Assembly of Small and Medium Enterprise (OASME)
District Small Scale Industries Association (DSSIA)
Orissa Sponge Iron Manufacturers Association Rourkela Chambers of Commerce and Industry (RCCI)
Orissa Young Entrepreneurs Association (OYEA)
Orissa Assembly of Small and Medium Enterprise (OASME)
District Small Scale Industries Association (DSSIA)
Orissa Sponge Iron Manufacturers Association
9 Major products Sponge Iron,
Steel Ingots,
Ferrous and Non-Ferrous Castings including Alloy Castings, and
Machining and Fabrication for large and medium scale customers.
10 Specific and relevant technical institutions (R&D, Testing Lab accredited) NA
11 Major markets Sponge Iron: 25% of output of the cluster is sold to local units directly. For rest of 75% of output which is sold to outside markets, traders are an important link between sponge iron units and Induction furnace units (consumers of sponge iron) in other states
Foundry Units: Orissa, North India and neighboring states
Machining and Fabricating Units: RSP, NALCO, NTPC, L&T, OCL and Bhilai plants

12 Major problems/prospects Absence of Operation Systems: No records or systems are in place to keep track of the production, labor, maintenance etc. The units do not have the knowledge of batch costing, which is necessary to exercise control when the next batch is taken for production.
High Employee Turnover: Process engineers, Production supervisors, Mechanical and electrical supervisors, fabricators etc. are in demand. They frequently change jobs for higher salaries. Absenteeism is the major area of concern in the unskilled and semi skilled categories.
Poor distribution Infrastructure in power sector: The units face problems in implementing technological up-gradation (Ex. for setting up induction furnace units which are power intensive) due to poor transmission and distribution system, which delays in getting additional power connection
13 Data source and updated on DSR by UNITED NATIONS INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATION , Cluster Development Programme, In year 2006