Ludhiana fasteners (Punjab)

Introduction

Ludhiana is known as the industrial capital of Punjab. Ludhiana district has about 39,000 industrial units, many of them MSMEs. They include a cluster of about 700 sheet-metal units and 1000 fastener units, most of them MSMEs. The total annual production from the cluster is about 372,000 tonnes of sheet-metal products and 219,000 tonnes of fastener products, worth Rs 3500 crores and 1400 crores respectively. The fastener and sheet-metals units provide employment to about 33,000 people.

Products manufactured

Washers, clamps, housings, brackets, bolts & nuts, studs, rivets, threaded bars, hex nuts & screws, etc.

Number of MSMEs

1700

Energy consumption

Low

Main fuels

Electricity, Diesel

Production & turnover

591,000 tonnes; Rs 4900 crores

Total energy consumption (toe)

14,073 toe

Leading industry association(s)

• Fasteners Association of India
  https://fastenindia.in/
• Chamber of Industrial and Commercial Undertakings (CICU), Ludhiana
  http://www.cicuindia.org/

Other resources

• MSME Development Institute (MSME-DI), Ludhiana
  http://www.msmedildh.gov.in/
• Institute For Auto Parts And Hand Tools Technology (IAPHT), Ludhiana
  http://iapht.org/
• District Industries Centre, Ludhiana https://pbindustries.gov.in/static/about_punjab;Key=District_Industries_Centre