Cluster Profile
1 Name Of Cluster Siliguri Lead Acid Battery
2 Place Siliguri
3 District Darjeeling
4 State West Bengal
5 No of firms (by type) 72 units (67 are micro) 
6 No. of workers 1100 nos. 
7 Turnover(Rs in Million's) Rs . 252 Million
8 Associations in cluster North Bengal Storage Battery Entrepreneurs Association, Siliguri
9 Major products Lead Acid Storage battery of various size and specification.
10 Specific and relevant technical institutions (R&D, Testing Lab accredited) DIC, Siliguri
Govt. Polytechnic College, Dabgram
Govt. Engineering College, Jalpaiguri
11 Major markets Within India West Bengal.
Export Rs . 2 crore
12 Major problems/prospects Non-existence of local raw material dealers causing high cost and poor quality of product inadequate market development. Initiative resulting under utilisation of capacity.
Lack of application of modern machinery resulting low productivity and inconsistent quality.
Lack of Testing facilities.
Lack of skill up-gradation facility.
Lack of credit facility.
Lack of initiatives to give quality assurance of the product of the cluster.
Lack of BDS facility.
Lack of motivation for product development & Technology up gradation.
13 Data source and updated on DIC, North 24 Paraganas under Directorate of MSSE, Govt. of West Bengal.(March 2007)