Cluster Profile
| 1 | Name Of Cluster | Vadakara General Engineering |
| 2 | Place | Vadakara |
| 3 | District | Kozhikode |
| 4 | State | Kerala |
| 5 | No of firms (by type) | 150 units |
| 6 | No. of workers | 1200 nos |
| 7 | Turnover(Rs in Million's) | Rs. 100 million |
| 8 | Associations in cluster | Kadathanad Steel Engineering Consortium. |
| 9 | Major products | Steel Gates, Steel Grills, Stairs, Steel Doors, Shutters, Steel Windows, Steel Structure for Trusses and Steel furniture and such fabricated item for construction & buildings industry. |
| 10 | Specific and relevant technical institutions (R&D, Testing Lab accredited) |
DIC, Vadakara. |
| 11 | Major markets | Within India Kerala Export Nil. |
| 12 | Major problems/prospects | Absence of standardization in the product sizes, Lack of wide range of attractive designs and poor weld quality and finish of the clusters products. Product Management is a key felt, which has led to the advanced products in matured markets. Indian products have far less permutations and combinations as compared to similar products in the developed countries. |
| 13 | Data source and updated on | March 2008, Friday Solutions. |