Cluster Profile
| 1 | Name Of Cluster | Jalandhar Sports Goods |
| 2 | Place | Jalandhar |
| 3 | District | Jalandhar |
| 4 | State | Punjab |
| 5 | No of firms (by type) | 1235 |
| 6 | No. of workers | 8782 |
| 7 | Turnover(Rs in Million's) | Rs. 400 Million |
| 8 | Associations in cluster | Association of Indian Sports Goods Industries (AISGI) Sports Goods Manufacturer and Exporters Association (SGMEA) Sports Good Foundation of India (SGFI) |
| 9 | Major products | Wood : Hockey Sticks, Cricket Bats and Cricket Wickets, Carom Boards Synthetic fabrics: Volleyball, Football and Covers, Rugby Balls and all types of protective equipment, Leather: Cricket and Hockey Balls, Boxing Gloves and other Soft Leather goods. Rubber: Bladders and Tennis Balls Basket Ball and other Inflated Covers. Metal : Badminton & Tennis Rackets, Fitness equipments, Weight Lifting equipments, Trophies, Medals Cotton: Sports Nets, Sports Hosiery and other sports wear. Feather: Shuttle Cocks. |
| 10 | Specific and relevant technical institutions (R&D, Testing Lab accredited) |
District Industries Centre Labor Welfare Office Sports Goods Export Promotion Council (SGEPC) Small Industries Service Institute, Ludhiana, (SISI) Central Institute for Promotion of Plastic Engineering and Technology (CIPET) Sports Authority of India (SAI) Quality Marking Centre for Sports Goods Branch office of the State Trading Corporation (STC) Dr. B.R Ambedkar National Institute of Technology ( NIT) Regional Centre of Central Leather Research Institute (RECLRI) Training Centre on leather garments of Khadi and Village Industries Commission (KVIC) |
| 11 | Major markets | Domestic |
| 12 | Major problems/prospects | There are serious gaps in the technology required for making competitive products both for the domestic as well as the export markets.
Quality Assurance and product testing are the other weak areas of the manufacturing process.
Need of Common Testing Facility
CE certification for protective gears
Besides, testing of the finished products, the testing of raw materials and bought-out components is an important but hidden need of the Industry. Apart from the lack of awareness among a majority of the cluster based units about the facilities available, the other problem is that no standard specifications are available for the materials to be used in sports goods. |
| 13 | Data source and updated on | Diagnostic study report of Sports Goods Cluster, Jalandhar, Punjab by UNIDO CDP, New Delhi, prepared under the aegis of the UNIDO Project: Support to country effort to promote SME Cluster Development in India, 2002-2005 in Year 2001 |