Cluster Profile
1 Name Of Cluster Alappuzha Garment
2 Place Alappuzha
3 District Alappuzha
4 State Kerala
5 No of firms (by type) 47 
6 No. of workers 107 
7 Turnover(Rs in Million's) 386 Million
8 Associations in cluster Erode Garment Exporters Association
Yarn Merchants Association
Handloom Cloth Manufacturers Association
Erode District Small Scale Industries Association
9 Major products Night gowns,
Churidhars,
Children wear,
Petticoats
Shirts
Pants
Midis
Frock
Knickers
Others like skirts, screens etc.
10 Specific and relevant technical institutions (R&D, Testing Lab accredited) NA
11 Major markets NA
12 Major problems/prospects No linkage or experience in export marketing.
Marketing is a major problem. Since the volume of garments produced in the cluster is small, a common approach to marketing is difficult to evolve and hence not evolved
None of the cluster enterprises has fabric production facilities. All fabrics are procured locally from textile shops that cannot provide and information about the fabric. No testing facility is available in the cluster
Cluster enterprises have no access to internationally acceptable products
The technology of most of the machines in use in the cluster is primitive .
No factory type production exists in the cluster There is no qualified designer in the cluster. All designing is done by men (very few) and women who know
There is very little or no awareness about quality control. Lot of defects is observed in the garments made
13 Data source and updated on DSR by Alappuzha Garment Cluster, in year 2007