Mixed Industries, Mehsana (Gujarat)

Introduction

Mehsana hosts a cluster of about 100 ‘mixed’ engineering units. The cluster is spread within Mehsana and neighbouring Gujarat Industrial Development Corporation (GIDC) industrial estates. Mehsana is known as one of the largest providers of road construction equipment in the state. Units manufacturing plastic goods and road construction equipment constitute over 70% of all the units in the cluster. The cluster provides employment to about 4000 people.

Products manufactured

Plastics (pipes & fittings, sheets/bags/granules); road construction equipment (asphalt; drum mixers and wet mixers; bitumen sprayers; road sweepers); micron powder; corrugated boxes

Number of MSMEs

100

Energy consumption

Low

Main fuels

Electricity, wood, natural gas (NG)

Production & turnover

67,320 tpa; Rs 700 crores (7 billion)

Total energy consumption (toe)

3,400

Leading industry association(s)

• Dediyasan Industrial Estate Association (DIEA)

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

Cluster Profile

http://www.sameeeksha.org/pdf/clusterprofile/Mehsana-Mixed-Industries-Gujarat.pdf

Other Resources

• District Industries Centre (DIC), Mehsana MSME Development Institute (MSME-DI), Ahmedabad http://www.msmediahmedabad.gov.in/