Cluster Profile
| 1 | Name Of Cluster | Kanpur Soap and Detergents |
| 2 | Place | Dada Nagar, Panki, Fazalganj, Rania etc. |
| 3 | District | Kanpur |
| 4 | State | Uttar pradesh |
| 5 | No of firms (by type) | About 100 units. |
| 6 | No. of workers | 4400 nos. |
| 7 | Turnover(Rs in Million's) | 7150 Million |
| 8 | Associations in cluster | U P Small Scale Soap Association. Indian Industries Association. |
| 9 | Major products | Soaps and detergents. |
| 10 | Specific and relevant technical institutions (R&D, Testing Lab accredited) |
MSME-DI, Kanpur HBTI, Kanpur. |
| 11 | Major markets | Within India Northern States, Jharkhand, north east states. Export Nil. |
| 12 | Major problems/prospects | Lack of innovation for new products. Lack of awareness of govt. schemes and procedures. No arrangement for quality control and product development. Use of conventional formulations. The obsolete technology. Poor information about the latest and economical raw materials. |
| 13 | Data source and updated on | MSME-DI, Kanpur+ (March 2007) |