Cluster Profile
| 1 | Name Of Cluster | Panipat Floor Covering |
| 2 | Place | Panipat |
| 3 | District | Karnal |
| 4 | State | Haryana |
| 5 | No of firms (by type) | 331 |
| 6 | No. of workers | 5000 |
| 7 | Turnover(Rs in Million's) | 10100 Million |
| 8 | Associations in cluster | Haryana Carpet Manufacturers Association(HCMA) Panipat Export Promotion Council(PEPC) |
| 9 | Major products | Tufted Carpets(80%) Shaggy Carpets(05%) Durries(15%) |
| 10 | Specific and relevant technical institutions (R&D, Testing Lab accredited) |
Panipat Institute of Engineering and Technology
National Institute of Fashion Technology
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| 11 | Major markets | Domestic Latin American and Middle East |
| 12 | Major problems/prospects | Problems Poor emphasis on domestic market and its requirements Exploitation by buying agents Using age old technologies in tufting, latexing and finishing No quality check or quality control in 70% of the firms. Non-availability of spares for imported machines. Prospects Availability of local fabricated low cost machinery Availability of raw materials in sufficient quantities Cluster is famous for its tufting process Inclination of international buyers on ethnicity of manual tufted carpets Local Presence of latex, cotton cloth suppliers |
| 13 | Data source and updated on | DSR prepared by APITCO Limited, Panipat in year 2009. |