The story
Daman, a former Portuguese enclave on the Gujarat coast, drew factories from the 1980s because of union-territory tax benefits and its place between Mumbai and Surat. Plastic moulders making buckets, containers, furniture and pens became the largest group, along with packaging, paper and electrical units in Kachigam, Dabhel and Bhimpore. Many well-known household plastic brands have units here.
In numbers
Daman district had 1,232 rubber, plastic and petro-based units, 269 cotton textile units, 252 paper units and 252 electrical machinery units among its micro and small enterprises.
Brief Industrial Profile of Daman District, MSME-DI (Ministry of MSME) · 2012Plastic domestic household items are the major exportable item, and plastic industries are the main growth trend in Daman.
Brief Industrial Profile of Daman District, MSME-DI (Ministry of MSME) · 2012
Ways in for a newcomer
- Tool rooms and mould-making for plastic units
- Job-work moulding for national household brands
- Plastic recycling and regrind supply
- Packaging and printing for FMCG products
Problems the cluster faces
- Loss of tax advantages after GST
- Plastic-ban rules on single-use items
- Raw material (polymer) price swings
- Need for a testing laboratory (industry demand)
Businesses to start here
Plastic Injection Moulding (Containers) →Plastic Bucket Manufacturing →Plastic Food Storage Containers →Moulded Plastic Lunch Box Unit →Blow Moulded Plastic Containers →Plastic Waste Recycling (Granules) →