Cluster Profile
| 1 | Name Of Cluster | Rajkot Forging |
| 2 | Place | Rajkot |
| 3 | District | Rajkot |
| 4 | State | Gujarat |
| 5 | No of firms (by type) | 250 |
| 6 | No. of workers | 3500 |
| 7 | Turnover(Rs in Million's) | NA |
| 8 | Associations in cluster | Rajkot Engineering Association (REA) Rajkot District Forged Parts Forging Association (RDFPFA) |
| 9 | Major products | Forged parts and Back of Bearing, Auto parts connecting rod, Gear crank shaft and Nut bolt. |
| 10 | Specific and relevant technical institutions (R&D, Testing Lab accredited) |
Engineering Colleges Polytechnic I.T.I Technical Schools REA testing services |
| 11 | Major markets | Domestic market Jaipur, Pune, Maharashtra Export market USA, Germany, Iran, Iraq and Africa continental and European countries |
| 12 | Major problems/prospects | Inefficient economies of scale Compliance with stringent environment norms Inadequate backward/forward linkages Impact of the volatile foreign exchange rates Inadequate investment in technology up-gradation Inadequate R&D and training for coping with the demands of the export market Inadequate testing and validation facilities for smaller forging companies Inadequate overseas marketing support facilities |
| 13 | Data source and updated on | SR by Praful N Jagani, CDE, DIC-Rajkot, 2005 |