Cluster Profile
1 Name Of Cluster Rajkot Ball Bearing
2 Place Rajkot
3 District Rajkot
4 State Gujarat
5 No of firms (by type) 384 
6 No. of workers 6654 
7 Turnover(Rs in Million's) Rs. 4200 Million
8 Associations in cluster Rajkot Chamber of Commerce & Industries, Rajkot
GIDC Industries Association, Metoda
Greater Chamber of Commerce & Industries, Rajkot
Rajkot Engineering Association, Rajkot
9 Major products Ball bearings
Taper roller bearings
Needle roller bearings
Cylindrical roller bearing
Thrust bearings
Clutch release bearings
Water pump bearings
10 Specific and relevant technical institutions (R&D, Testing Lab accredited) SISI
DIC
NSIC
SIDBI
GIDC
I.T.I
Engineering Colleges
IITs
CSIR
Paschim Gujarat Vidyut corporation Ltd.
ARAI, Pune
CIRT, Pune
11 Major markets Arabian countries
Middle East
Dubai
USA
UK
Germany
Italy
Australia
Egypt
Sri Lanka
Nepal
12 Major problems/prospects Shortage of educate/trained man power
Obsolete technology & wide technology gap.
Higher poor cost & interruption in power supply Volatile/drastic price increase of domestic & imported steel.
Non existence of alignment with academic institutions for R& D
Inadequate testing facilities
Non availability of BDS provider.
13 Data source and updated on DSR by by V M JHA, 2006-07