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Cluster Senario
The cluster is
located in three industrial estates, namely, Jeedimetla,
Balanagar and Cherlapally. Jeedimetla and Balanagar industrial
estates are Within 5 kms. Radius of office whereas Cherlapally
industrial estate is 20 kms. from office. These industrial
estates have good infrastructure.
FRP is usually an
enclosure, casing or sheet, they do not have sub components.
Hence, all units are manufacturers. There are no assemblers or
components. Manufacturers. The industry can be classified as
mechanized or hand-laying. The cluster can be classified as
hand-laying type of industry.
There are 300 nos.
of units in A.P.of which, 100 are located in Hyderabad and
Remaining in visakhapatnam and vijayawada. Out of 100 units in
Hyderabad. About 60 units have good infrastructure and good
turnover. These include raw Material suppliers also. Another 40%
are very small operating from non-industrial Area.
The cluster
manufacturers FRP Roofing sheets, linings, laminates, furniture,
Doors, Washing machines, air coolers, axil flow fans, boats,
tanks, chemical process Equipments, gratings, Ladders, platforms
and host of other products.
The industry employs 5000 persons directly and 10000 persons
indirectly. The turnover of cluster is about 100 crores in
2005-06.
The cluster is having good linkages with TIFAC (technology
information, forecasting And assessment council), IIT-mumbai,
DRDI-Hyderabad, SISI-hyderabad, Banks, coiieges, ets. It is
having an association called fibre glass industries association
of Andhra Pradesh (FIAAP). One multinational unit is also
cluster.

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