Cluster Profile
| 1 | Name Of Cluster | Kanpur Steel Furniture & Almirah |
| 2 | Place | Nai Sadak, Hamirpur Road, Naubasta, P Road, Shastri Nagar, Vinobha Nagar, Fazalganj, Panki, Dadanagar etc. |
| 3 | District | Kanpur |
| 4 | State | Uttar pradesh |
| 5 | No of firms (by type) | 685 units (Micro 600, Small 85) |
| 6 | No. of workers | 50,000 nos. |
| 7 | Turnover(Rs in Million's) | Rs. 1810 Million |
| 8 | Associations in cluster | Laghu Udyog Bharati. UP Steel Furniture Manufacturers Association. |
| 9 | Major products | Steel Furniture, Steel Almirah, Book Shelf, Cabinet, Office Table, Steel Racks, Side Tabla, Lockers, Laboratory Furniture, Waiting Hall furniture, Hall Chairs, Beds, Doors, Library Furniture, Ward Robe, Window, Modular Kitchen, Iron Basket, Rolling Shutters, electrical Switch Base, Ladder Body, Grain Storage Tank, Steel Beds etc. |
| 10 | Specific and relevant technical institutions (R&D, Testing Lab accredited) |
DIC, Kanpur MSME-DI, Kanpur NSIC, Kanpur UPSIDC, Kanpur. |
| 11 | Major markets | Within India- Within state Exports Nil. |
| 12 | Major problems/prospects | Very limited networking among cluster actors. Traditional method of manufacture factors. Limited BDS providers in technical and marketing field. Poor working condition and infrastructure facility like road, sewage, discharge of effluent etc. Technology upgradation and research and development are lower. Inadequate skilled operators to run modern / hi-tech machines. Low level of productivity of labour. |
| 13 | Data source and updated on | MSME-DI, Kanpur. + (February 2009) |