Cluster Profile
| 1 | Name Of Cluster | Kottayam Soft Toys |
| 2 | Place | Kottayam |
| 3 | District | Kottayam |
| 4 | State | Kerala |
| 5 | No of firms (by type) | 28 units (All are micro and owned by women) |
| 6 | No. of workers | 75 |
| 7 | Turnover(Rs in Million's) | Rs. 4.0 million |
| 8 | Associations in cluster | Mother Toys Consortium (MTC), Gandhinagar, Kottayam |
| 9 | Major products | Soft toys |
| 10 | Specific and relevant technical institutions (R&D, Testing Lab accredited) |
DIC, Kottayam Kerala Institute of Entrepreneurship Development (KIED) Srishti School of Art, Design & Technology |
| 11 | Major markets | Within India Kerala Export Nil. |
| 12 | Major problems/prospects | Low skills and workmanship Poor designs. Very high cost of raw material reducing profitability. Absence of quality control for customer satisfaction. Lack of use of technology leading to poor quality of products and higher cost of labour. Low awareness of export procedures and documentation. No linkages with banks and other financial institutions like SIDBI, NSIC etc. Less number of units for mass production. |
| 13 | Data source and updated on | March 2009, KBIP, Thiruvananthapuram |