Cluster Profile
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.