Cluster Profile
| 1 | Name Of Cluster | Chanditala HDPE Rope & Twine Cluster |
| 2 | Place | Chanditala |
| 3 | District | Hooghly |
| 4 | State | West Bengal |
| 5 | No of firms (by type) | 522 |
| 6 | No. of workers | 3000 |
| 7 | Turnover(Rs in Million's) | Rs. 2000 Million |
| 8 | Associations in cluster | Chanditala Dori Silpa Samabay Samity Ltd. Chanditala Merchants Association |
| 9 | Major products | Ropes High Density Poly Ethylene ( HDPE) Poly Propylene (PP) Twins |
| 10 | Specific and relevant technical institutions (R&D, Testing Lab accredited) |
Hooghly Institute of Technology, Hooghly. Women's Polytechnic College, Chandannagar 3. Uttarpara Co-operative Management Training Institute |
| 11 | Major markets | Local and domestic |
| 12 | Major problems/prospects | Lack of market knowledge. Low quality product. Lack of knowledge on taxation & regulation. Low financial support / shortage of working capital. Weak network / self help group / unorganized cluster. No work shed; doing operation in open air; work stops off and on in the rainy season. Non availabity of electricity connection in the working premises. Weak co-operative. Old technology of processing is still in use. |
| 13 | Data source and updated on | DSR by Saswata Chakraborty, CDE Industrial Development Officer Dte. Of C & SSI, Govt. of West Bengal and Nemai Garai, CDE Industrial Development Officer Dte. Of C & SSI, Govt. of West Bengal, 2007 |