Kolhapur foundry cluster (Maharashtra)

Introduction

One of India's biggest foundry clusters is located in Kolhapur, Maharashtra. There are around 300 small, medium and large-scale foundries in the cluster, primarily producing ferrous (iron) castings for the automotive sector. Almost 30% of the cluster production is exported.

Products manufactured

Ferrous (iron) castings, comprising spheroidal graphite (SG) iron as w ell as grey-iron castings for the . automotive sector

Number of MSMEs

300

Main fuels

Coke; Electricity

Production & turnover

600,000 tonnes

Total energy consumption (toe)

166,910

Leading industry association(s)

• Kolhapur Engineering Association (KEA)https://www.keaindia.org/
• Institute of Indian Foundrymen (IIF)—Kolhapur Chapter— http://www.indianfoundry.org/
• Kolhapur Chamber of Commerce and Industries http://www.kolhapurchamber.com/kcci/history.html
• Gokul Shirgaon Manufacturers Association (GOSHIMA)http://goshima.in/
• Shiroli Manufacturers Association of Kolhapur (SMAK)— https://smakkolhapur.org/

Cluster profile

https://www.sameeeksha.org/pdf/clusterprofile/Kolhapur_foundry_cluster.pdf

Other resources

https://www.kolhapurfoundrycluster.org/

Source:

Data for 2011-12, collected by TERI under the World Bank-GEF-SIDBI project 'Financing Energy Effi ciency at MSMEs'