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) |