The story
Vapi sits on the Mumbai-Ahmedabad rail and highway corridor, close to Daman's tax-free zone of the past and to Mumbai's buyers. GIDC's estate filled with chemical, paper and pharmaceutical units, and later Sarigam and Umbergaon estates grew nearby. The Vapi Industries Association set up one of Asia's largest common effluent treatment plants to deal with pollution in the Damanganga and Kolak rivers.
In numbers
Vapi GIDC estate had 1,208 plots on 1,135 hectares with about 1,175 units in production (GIDC data in the district profile, September 2012).
Brief Industrial Profile of Valsad District, Sept 2012 (MSME-DI Ahmedabad, Ministry of MSME) · 2012One of Asia's largest common effluent treatment plants is in Vapi, owned by Vapi Waste & Effluent Management Company and promoted by the Vapi Industries Association (district profile, 2012).
Brief Industrial Profile of Valsad District, Sept 2012 (MSME-DI Ahmedabad, Ministry of MSME) · 2012
Ways in for a newcomer
- Contract manufacturing and job-work for chemical firms
- Effluent and waste management services
- Industrial packaging and logistics
- Maintenance and fabrication for process plants
Problems the cluster faces
- Critically polluted area status and strict norms
- River pollution cases
- Space shortage in the estate
Businesses to start here
Sulphur Black Dye →Corrugated Box Unit →Plastic Barrel (HDPE Drum) Manufacturing →Engineering Workshop (Job Work and Repairs) →