1 | Name Of Cluster | Baruipur Surgical Instrument Cluster |
2 | Place | Baruipur |
3 | District | South 24 Parganas |
4 | State | West Bengal |
5 | No of firms (by type) | 50 Registered Units, 550 unregistered Units |
6 | No. of workers | 7500 |
7 | Turnover(Rs in Million's) | Rs. 500 Million |
8 | Associations in cluster | Kalyanpur Surgical Shilpa Samabaay Samity Limited Metal Engineering & Testing & Research Centre, Howrah Baruipur Cottage & Small Scale Industries Association |
9 | Major products | Surgical knives Surgical scissors Forceps Needle holder Clamps Refractors Curetter Elevators Chisels Gauges Osteolomes Probes Directors Rongeurs Nibbles etc. |
10 | Specific and relevant technical institutions (R&D, Testing Lab accredited) |
Metal Engineering & Testing & Research Centre, Howrah National Metallurgical Laboratory (N.M.L.) Central Electro-chemical Research Institute Engineering Export Promotion Council Indian Institute of Metals (I.I.M) Metal and Scrap Trading Corporation Ltd. (M.S.T.C.) |
11 | Major markets | Domestic International (British, Germany, America etc) |
12 | Major problems/prospects | Losing ground in the international market Imports started coming in Inadequate information or changing customers preference in the international market Middlemen/Traders enjoying most of the profit in the value change Not aware about market potentiality Weak linkages between SME s and Institutions Inadequate flow of market information Lack of brand image No effective agencies to help the export market Lac of Internet exposure Unhealthy competitions and under selling No standard market rate Non-existence of Technical Training Centre No skill up gradation for the worker Lack of techno-managerial capability of the entrepreneurs Traditional method of hand forging which does not facilitates for acceleration of production Traditional method of finishing operation which does not facilitates for acceleration of production Low level of technological development Manufacturing defects like low hardness, hair crack, spotting, etc. Problems with quality & productivity Unscientific process of heat treatment No tailor made training by Institutions Lac of universal standard of surgical instrument |
13 | Data source and updated on | DSR by S.C. SAKLECHA, Director SISI Kolkata in 2003. |