Cluster Profile
1 Name Of Cluster Malappuram General Engineering
2 Place Manjeri
3 District Malappuram
4 State Kerala
5 No of firms (by type) 1000 units 
6 No. of workers 3,800 
7 Turnover(Rs in Million's) Rs. 700 million.
8 Associations in cluster Malappuram Metals & Engineering Consortium (MECON), Industrial Estate, Manzeri
9 Major products Iron & Steel Products
10 Specific and relevant technical institutions (R&D, Testing Lab accredited) DIC, Malappuram.
11 Major markets Within India Kerala
Export Nil.
12 Major problems/prospects Entry to various segments in Construction & Buildings industry.
There is no Product Development engineering activity, which is essential for diversification.
Good Qualities of fabrication services are on of the key strength for the cluster.
Production Capacity utilization is about 50% to 60% in single shift basis.
The efficiency levels of the firms are at less than 60% due to dependency on local customer.
Firms are not able to get in to newer markets because of lack of firm.
13 Data source and updated on March 2009, KBIP, Thiruvananthapuram