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 |