Cluster Profile
1 Name Of Cluster Asansol Clay Bricks
2 Place Asansol
3 District Bardham
4 State West Bengal
5 No of firms (by type) 250 
6 No. of workers 37000 
7 Turnover(Rs in Million's) Rs. 1000 Million
8 Associations in cluster Asansol Sub-Divisional Brick Field Owner Association
Asansol Chamber of Commerce & Industry
Brick Field Owner Association
9 Major products Clay Bricks
10 Specific and relevant technical institutions (R&D, Testing Lab accredited) DIC, Bardhaman
11 Major markets National
12 Major problems/prospects Seasonal in production.
Unhealthy Completion among the fellow Kiln manufactures.
In consistency in quality.
Limited production capacity with technology limitations.
Lack of awareness on R &D, testing.
Using of age old traditional technologies.
Using of age old traditional technologies.
Lack of consciousness about pollution control and various govt orders regarding environments.
9) Every brick kiln manufacturer knows about the last Tripathi committee report on this industry.
Low bonding of associations member comes lack of knowledge Sharing among brick-owners, 11) About 90% of brick manufacturer are unknown about technology up gradation on this activities
12) No formal training of labour, firemen etc.
13) Higher labour turn-over, 14) Due to minimum technological knowhow, wastage occurs in high rate in terms of clay, coal & finished products.
15) No network has been built till date with technical institution, financial institution of this industry.
16) Only one to two members of associations aware about the Federation of All India Brick & tile manufacturer associations.
17) Lack of co-operation among the brick kiln owners.
18) Lack of interest to adopt new technology. 19) Reluctant to use regulated money market.

13 Data source and updated on DIC, Bardhaman under Directorate of MSSE, Govt. of West Bengal. (December 2007)