Cluster Profile
| 1 | Name Of Cluster | Rajganj Plastic Processing |
| 2 | Place | Rajganj |
| 3 | District | Jalpaiguri |
| 4 | State | West Bengal |
| 5 | No of firms (by type) | 90 units |
| 6 | No. of workers | 700 nos |
| 7 | Turnover(Rs in Million's) | Rs. 350 Million |
| 8 | Associations in cluster | Dabgram Industries Estate Enterprise Owner Association. North Bengal Plastic Federation. |
| 9 | Major products | Plastic items of various types viz containers including water storage tank, Jaricane and polysheet, packaging materials, PVC virgin pipe etc. |
| 10 | Specific and relevant technical institutions (R&D, Testing Lab accredited) |
DIC, Jalpaiguri |
| 11 | Major markets | Within India West Bengal and North East Export Nil. |
| 12 | Major problems/prospects | Absence of vision of the major stakeholders i.e. the producers. All the units producing items with the old machineries. No step has been taken to upgrade the product. Units processing virgin materials are not aware of export possibility. Absence of common marketing outlets to reduce price competition among the ****** Absence of Exporter and market developing agency. Very few units are registered with D.I.C. as result losing facility from State Govt. and financial assistance from Bank. None of the unit take help of any kind of technical institute. |
| 13 | Data source and updated on | DIC, Jalpaiguri under Directorate of MSSE, Govt. of West Bengal.(December 2007) |