Cluster Profile
1 Name Of Cluster Pathanamthitta General Engineering
2 Place Adoor
3 District Pathanamthitta
4 State Kerala
5 No of firms (by type) 150 units. All are Micro 
6 No. of workers 800 
7 Turnover(Rs in Million's) Rs. 11 crore
8 Associations in cluster Adoor General Engineering Consortium (AGECO).
9 Major products Gates, Grills (windows), shutters, trusses and such fabricated items for construction and building industry.
10 Specific and relevant technical institutions (R&D, Testing Lab accredited) DIC, Pathanamthitta
11 Major markets Within India Kerala
Export Nil.
12 Major problems/prospects The products are being sold to mostly neighbourhoods or sub-contractors.
Lack of product variations, quality and standardizations.
Buyers are not educated on substitutes, but this will change soon.
Lack of product variations and product width.
Lack of brand image
Largely legging in machineries, quality and industrial infrastructure
13 Data source and updated on March 2009, KBIP, Thiruvananthapuram