Jamnagar Brass Industry a SWOT analysis

Presently the Brass parts Brass components industry in Jamnagar has following SWOT analysis.

Strength: Low cost labour, hard and tenacious local people, ability to convert scrap Brass in to rods at probably most competitive rate in the world, entrepreneur zeal.


Weakness: lack of education among manufacturers , lack of high quality machinery, inability to invest in capital goods ,lack of calibration, shortage of skilled technical engineers and quality control staff, Volatility in raw material prices, tendency to undercut each other.

Opportunities: Huge Americana and European markets yet to be tapped fully as either they have not taken the plunge of outsourcing or they are not happy with preliminary experience few years back when the industry was still developing.

Threat:Chinese competition, new low cost manufacturing hubs like Vietnam, Bangladesh may spring a surprise.

Jamnagar industry which makes tons of Brass precision components Brass nuts Brass screws fasteners neutral links hose fittings cable glands Brass inserts tank connectors etc. has a long way to go. The learning curve is steep and we have miles to go.

Jamnagar Brass industry

Welcome. The idea behind this blog is to give a low down on the Jamnagar Brass industry to the world. The industry size is estimated to be around a billion USD with 70% going in exports to countries like USA UK Germany Australia Canada France Sweden Denmark Italy etc.

Jamnagar Brass industry in India specializes in Brass fasteners Brass screws Nuts Brass bolts sanitary fittings Brass pipe fittings Bronze fittings Brass casting Brass turned parts machined components micro Brass parts Brass terminals electrical accessories Brass cable glands marine accessories hose barbs harden hose fittings male female Brass sockets pins plugs conduit fittings etc.

The raw material for this industry is Brass scrap which is imported from UK Germany UAE Saudi Arabia etc. The scrap which is specified as 'ISRI Honey' is melted in to coal furnace and poured in to rods or castings as per requirement.

The rods or casting are the machined on local Jamnagar machines to give cost effective Brass components and Brass turned parts.