Cluster Profile
| 1 | Name Of Cluster | Kanpur Plastic |
| 2 | Place | Scattered all over the city. |
| 3 | District | Kanpur |
| 4 | State | Uttar pradesh |
| 5 | No of firms (by type) | 100 units (micro) |
| 6 | No. of workers | 5000 nos. |
| 7 | Turnover(Rs in Million's) | 8000 Million |
| 8 | Associations in cluster | Indian Industry Association. |
| 9 | Major products | Automobile spares parts, household domestic goods, miscellaneous plastic items. |
| 10 | Specific and relevant technical institutions (R&D, Testing Lab accredited) |
DIC, Kanpur MSME-DI, Kanpur. |
| 11 | Major markets | Within India Uttar Pradesh. Export 10% of the turnover. |
| 12 | Major problems/prospects | Very poor networking. Lack of BDS providers. Lack of innovative design and diversification. Lack of testing and quality products. Lack of cluster development approach. Old and conventional method of production. Growing competition from imports. |
| 13 | Data source and updated on | CIPET, Lucknow. (November 2007) |