Cluster Profile
| 1 | Name Of Cluster | Chennai Auto component |
| 2 | Place | Chennai |
| 3 | District | Chennai |
| 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 | AIEMA Auto Components Manufacturers Association |
| 9 | Major products | Engine Parts Transmission/Steering Suspension / Braking Electrical Equipment |
| 10 | Specific and relevant technical institutions (R&D, Testing Lab accredited) |
A modern testing laboratory |
| 11 | Major markets | Domestic Market Export Market |
| 12 | Major problems/prospects | A large number of these units are facing constant pressures from principal companies to reduce cost and improve quality. Some of the units have become quality conscious but on the whole, quality is lacking in most of these vendors. The units are facing more competition and as a result, it is not uncommon to see the units going in for reckless undercutting in prices without any real cost management, which is detrimental to the entrepreneur s interest in the long run. They are also facing high rejection rate. The wages and facilities provided to the employees are not good. Many firms are not quality certified and they have low margins because of cutthroat competition in the industry. Some of the units are run by entrepreneurs, who do not have any formal technical education but possess shop floor experience in other small/medium units. Only a few firms have gone through energy audit. |
| 13 | Data source and updated on | DSR by S. Ravi Kumar Ministry of SSI, Govt. of India) prepared under the aegis of the UNIDO project: Support to country effort to promote SME cluster development in India, 2002-2005 in Year 2001 |