Rajkot Aluminium Foundries (Gujarat)

Introduction

Rajkot hosts a cluster of about 60 aluminium foundry units, located in industrial estates around the city. These units are renowned for their superior quality precision castings and aluminium extrusion products. The units fall under three broad categories based on products: aluminium sand moulded castings (21 units); aluminium gravity die castings (19 units); and aluminium extrusions (20 units). The cluster caters to a wide range of secondary production industries including automobile, light and heavy machine tools, compressors, pistons of diesel engines, material handling equipment, dies and pattern for investment casting units, etc. Among the clientele are OEMs such as Atul Auto Ltd, Mahindra & Mahindra, Kirloskar Oil Engines Ltd, and Godrej. The production capacity of units ranges from 1.5 tonnes to 32 tonnes per month. The cluster provides direct employment to about 3000 people.

Products manufactured

Aluminium sand moulded castings, aluminium gravity die castings (GDC), aluminium extrusions

Number of MSMEs

60

Energy consumption

Low

Main fuels

Furnace oil (FO); electricity; coke; LPG

Production & turnover

9760 tpa; Rs 400 crores (4 billion)

Total energy consumption (toe)

2775

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-aluminium-foundries.pdf

Other Resources

• Central Manufacturing Technology Institute (CMTI) https://cmti.res.in/
• 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.