Cluster Profile
| 1 | Name Of Cluster | Steel Furniture |
| 2 | Place | Lucknow |
| 3 | District | Lucknow |
| 4 | State | Uttar pradesh |
| 5 | No of firms (by type) | 300 SME S micro units. SC/Minorities 60% |
| 6 | No. of workers | 5000 nos |
| 7 | Turnover(Rs in Million's) | Rs. 450 Million |
| 8 | Associations in cluster | Lucknow Steel Furniture Cluster Vikas Samiti |
| 9 | Major products | Office Furniture, Hospital Furniture, Home Furniture, Institutional Furniture. |
| 10 | Specific and relevant technical institutions (R&D, Testing Lab accredited) |
DIC, Lucknow |
| 11 | Major markets | Within India- Northern States Exports 4 crore (Indirect) |
| 12 | Major problems/prospects | Most of the cluster actors are in the use of old technology & machines, resulting high cost of manufacturing. Low level of labour productivity. Weak linkages between owners and institutions. Inadequate flow of market information. Lack of brand image at present level. Poor working conditions are very common in the trade. No assistance about design and development in the trade. Lack of interactions between cluster members. There is no association or organization in the trade to look after its welfare. |
| 13 | Data source and updated on | Industries Deptt. Government of UP , march 2009 |