Rajkot Foundries (Gujarat)

Introduction

Rajkot district is one of the largest industrial hubs in India, with about 14,000 MSMEs including 5500 engineering units. Among them is a cluster of about 700 grey iron foundries, located in and around Rajkot city. Most of the foundries produce castings for OEMs (original equipment manufacturers) in diverse engineering sectors like automotive, pump sets, electric motors, air compressors, machine tools, agricultural machines, electrical transmission equipment, and so on. The production of castings in the cluster is estimated to be 1500 tonnes per day (about 0.46 million tonnes per annum). The cluster employs close to 30,000 direct employees.

Products manufactured

Grey iron and ferro-alloy castings for a wide range of industries such as automotive, pump set, motors, air compressors, machine tools, agricultural machinery, electrical transmission equipment, etc.

Number of MSMEs

700

Energy consumption

Medium

Main fuels

Electricity; coke; furnace oil (FO)

Production & turnover

0.46 million tpa; Rs 4000 crores (40 billion)

Total energy consumption (toe)

45,660

Leading industry association(s)

• Rajkot Engineering Association (REA) http://www.reaindia.org
• GIDC (Lodhika) Industrial Association (GLIA) http://www.gidclodhika.com
• AJI (GIDC) Industries Association
• Shapar-Veraval Industrial Association http://www.sviarajkot.com/

Energy efficiency initiatives

• TERI-SDC Partnership: Scaling up Energy Efficient Technologies in Small Enterprises (EESE) http://www.sameeeksha.org/index.php?option=com_projects&task=level&title=EESE&id=41
• MSME Financing & Development Project http://www.sameeeksha.org/index.php?option=com_projects&task=level&title=sidbi&id=9
• Research Partnership for Application of Low-Carbon Technology for Sustainable Development (ALCT) http://www.sameeeksha.org/index.php?option=com_projects&task=level&title=ALCT&id=40

Case Studies

Promoting energy efficiency in foundry industry by strengthening business development services-a case study in Rajkot Engineering Cluster http://www.sameeeksha.org/books/Promoting_EE_in_Foundr.pdf

Cluster Profile

http://www.sameeeksha.org/pdf/clusterprofile/Rajkot_Foundries_Gujarat.pdf

Other Resources

• Institute of Indian Foundrymen (IIF), Rajkot Chapter http://www.indianfoundry.org/
• District Industries Centre (DIC), Rajkot http://ic.gujarat.gov.in/?page_id=96
• MSME Development Institute (MSME-DI), Ahmedabad/Rajkot http://www.msmediahmedabad.gov.in
• http://www.dcmsme.gov.in/dips/DIPS,%20RAJKOT-guj.pdf

Source: Data pertains to 2015-16, collected primarily under the TERI-SDC EESE project