Cluster Profile
| 1 | Name Of Cluster | Bhavani Power loom |
| 2 | Place | Bhavani |
| 3 | District | Erode |
| 4 | State | Tamil Nadu |
| 5 | No of firms (by type) | Tamilnadu |
| 6 | No. of workers | Tamilnadu |
| 7 | Turnover(Rs in Million's) | Tamilnadu |
| 8 | Associations in cluster | Bhavani Power loom association |
| 9 | Major products | Carpets Lungies Napkin Hand Kerchiefs Towels |
| 10 | Specific and relevant technical institutions (R&D, Testing Lab accredited) |
NA |
| 11 | Major markets | Chennai Mumbai New Delhi |
| 12 | Major problems/prospects | Information dissemination (technical know-how, information on standards, information on Govt. Policies and schemes). No long term vision or policy. Low volume of production. Labour is very scarce. Higher labour cost. Higher production cost. Electricity problems. No facilities for marketing centre. High cost of financing and lease purchase. Difficulties in to getting financial assistance and guidance. Inconsistent policies and regularity procedures by Govt. Lack of co-ordination and linkages with Govt./Semi Govt. supporting bodies and local co-operative societies. Threats from the local labour welfare unions. Lack of marketing guidance. |
| 13 | Data source and updated on | DSR by by K.Sundareswaran, Technical Officer, O/o.Textiles Commissioner, Ministry of Textiles, Government of India, Mumbai In Year 2008 |