Cluster Profile
1 Name Of Cluster Bali Brass Metal
2 Place Bali
3 District Hooghly
4 State West Bengal
5 No of firms (by type) 130 
6 No. of workers 600 
7 Turnover(Rs in Million's) Rs. 300 Million
8 Associations in cluster Bally-Anchalik Ghora Silpa Samity
Bally Anchalik Ghoti Silpa Samity
Bally Anchalik Mahajan Samity
9 Major products Different sizes of Pitchers
10 Specific and relevant technical institutions (R&D, Testing Lab accredited) DIC, Hooghly.
HIT, Chinsurah, Hooghly
MSME-DI, Kolkata
MSME-TC, Kolkata
Jadavpur University Kolkata
11 Major markets Domestic
12 Major problems/prospects Brass in the form of scrap being used in the cluster is of poor in quality
Artisans having no knowledge of making brass ingot from virgin metal.6 Market for the particular cluster product shrinking due to higher price, high weight, lower quality, outdated design.
Most of the artisans having no knowledge of direct marketing.
13 Data source and updated on DIC, Hooghly under Directorate of MSSE, Govt. of West Bengal. (February 2011)