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Major Sporting Goods
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Meerut |
Manufacturing Centre: Meerut
Meerut is one of the important industrial towns of the western Uttar
Pradesh. It is situated about 85 kms from Delhi. Sports manufacturing
units are mainly concentrated in and around Meerut & Jalandhar in
India. These industries came into existence mainly after partition, when
some families belonging to Sialkot (presently in West Pakistan) migrated
& settled in these two towns. These families, having sufficient
knowledge of manufacturing of sports items, started units to meet the
local requirements. Some of these units, by virtue of their long
experience in the field, have built up a good brand name of their
products, thereby getting orders from domestic market as well as from
other countries.
Presently, there are 23 units, out of which 15 units are manufacturing
sports items. In and around the city of Meerut, approximately 1000 tiny
units are located in villages namely Abdullahpur, Jangethi, Mukampur,
Naibasti, Malayana & Daurala etc. These units provide employment to
approximately 12000 people.
Major sporting goods manufactured in Meerut
Cricket
- Cricket Bats Stumps (wickets)
- Cricket Balls
- Batting Pads
- Wicket keeping Gloves
- Helmets
Cricket kit is exported to almost all the countries
where the game is played namely, Australia, England, Newzealand, West
Indies, Zimbabwe, South Africa, Kenya, Srilanka & Pakistan.