Rajkot Bearing Industries (Gujarat)

Introduction

Rajkot district is an industrial hub with over 23,000 industrial units located in 15 different industrial estates spread across 25 square kilometers. Among them is a cluster of about 150 units manufacturing bearings of different kinds. Most of the units are MSMEs. The bearings units fall under three broad product categories: (1) cage manufacturers (25 units), (2) rolling element manufacturers (35 units) and (3) bearing assembly units (90 units). The products are sold to Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs) and general engineering industries. The bearings cluster provides employment, direct and indirect, to about 15,000 people.

Products manufactured

Different kinds of bearings like ball bearings; taper roller bearings; cylindrical roller bearings; needle roller bearings; thrust bearings

Number of MSMEs

150

Energy consumption

Low

Main fuels

Electricity; diesel; furnace oil (FO); LPG

Production & turnover

Rs 1500 crores (15 billion)

Total energy consumption (toe)

3903

Leading industry association(s)

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

Cluster Profile

https://www.sameeeksha.org/pdf/clusterprofile/rajkot-bearing.pdf

Other Resources

• Central Manufacturing Technology Institute (CMTI) http://www.cmti-india.net/
• National Small Industries Corporation (NSIC), Rajkot  https://www.nsic.co.in/ntsc/NTSC-Rajkot
• District Industries Centre (DIC), Rajkot http://ic.gujarat.gov.in/?page_id=1529
• MSME Development Institute (MSME-DI), Ahmedabad/Rajkot) https://msmediahmedabad.gov.in/

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