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Training centre for engineering units

KOCHI: Cochin Engineering Products Consortium Pvt. Ltd., representing nearly 2,000 industrial engineering units in Ernakulam district, has proposed the setting up of a general training centre and an oxygen plant as common facilities to suit the requirements of all engineering units in the State.

The detailed project report was prepared with help of the Mechanical Engineering Department of the Cochin University of Science and Technology (Cusat). Besides, Friday Solutions, a project consultancy based in Chennai that conducted a benchmark study of the engineering clusters in Kerala, is also preparing project report, said K.T. Jose, Cluster Coordination chairman.

The Engineering Products Consortium has been built on the collective strength of its 1,300 members who have pooled their resources, know-how and good will to surmount odds in the path to realising their business potential. There are a total of 1,800 engineering units in the district. Some employ only four people and others as many as 40. The engineering clusters in the district — including the Ernakulam Engineering Cluster which has started a raw materials bank in North Paravoor — have become a reality to boost the business potential of the units.

The organisational network of The Kerala Industrial Engineering Workshops Federation came handy in establishing the engineering clusters.

The raw material bank in North Paravur, called Parur Iron and Steel Cluster Pvt. Ltd., is now in a position to supply construction materials such as shuttering plates, scaffolding materials, lifts, trolleys, modern gates, standard models of grills, garden furniture, roofing and piling materials, etc.

Mr. Jose said the proposed training centre would have sophisticated machinery that will enable the cluster members to take up specialised jobs for Cochin Shipyard, hydro-electric projects, etc.

The oxygen plant will help meet shortage of industrial gas supply. The capacity of the proposed unit will be 400 cylinders a day, which will just be enough to meet the requirements in Ernakulam district, said Mr. Jose.

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