1 | Name Of Cluster | Manesar Leather & Leather Products |
2 | Place | Manesar |
3 | District | Gurgaon |
4 | State | Haryana |
5 | No of firms (by type) | 205 units |
6 | No. of workers | 35,000 |
7 | Turnover(Rs in Million's) | Rs. 8670 Million |
8 | Associations in cluster | North India Leather Products Cluster Pvt. Ltd. |
9 | Major products | Mens and ladies leather jackets trousers shirts and vest and saddlery. |
10 | Specific and relevant technical institutions (R&D, Testing Lab accredited) |
DIC, Gurgaon Council for Leather Exports (CLE) National Institute for Fashion Technology MSME-DI, Okhla, New Delhi |
11 | Major markets | India |
12 | Major problems/prospects | Rising input costs in terms of hides and skins and therefore finished leather and relatively stagnant market prices for finished products offered by cluster firms has been affecting profitability of the cluster firms Power not available for several hours a day and natural gas connectivity being some time away, the option of exploiting alternate energy options including biomass based energy generation is necessary. The typical micro-sized units in the cluster have poor linkages with Nationalized and other commercial banks affecting their performance potential The fact that much of required raw material is sourced through traders and dealers has been affecting the potential performance of the cluster enterprises. Despite the needs to upgrade activities in terms of are yet to pursue serious upgrading efforts. The reason may be ascribed to resource constraints There is potential for the cluster firms to completely penetrate even Chinese markets to a greater degree. |
13 | Data source and updated on | Industries Department, Government of Haryana |