Chennai aluminium casting cluster (Tamil Nadu)

Introduction

The city of Chennai hosts a cluster of MSMEs engaged in aluminium die casting. There are about 200 units in the cluster, including 120 pressure die casting (PDC) and 60 gravity die casting (GDC) units. They produce aluminium castings mainly for the large-scale automobile and automotive component industries in the region like Lucas TVS, Maruti Suzuki, SMR, Rotork, etc. The aluminium casting units are concentrated in two areas: Thirumudivakkam and Ambattur. The total production of the cluster is about 60,000 tonnes per annum (tpa).

Products manufactured

Aluminium die castings, mainly for the automobile industry

Number of MSMEs

200

Energy consumption

Low

Main fuels

Electricity, diesel

Production & turnover

60,000 tonnes per annum

Total energy consumption (toe)

12,340

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/Chennai_aluminium_casting.pdf

Other Resources

• MSME Development Institute, Chennai http://www.msmedi-chennai.gov.in/MSME/

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