there are about 500 foundry units in rajkot. the cluster came up mainly to cater to the casting requirements of the local diesel engine industry. the geographical spread of the cluster includes aji vasahat, gondal road, bhavanagar road areas, shapar, veraval and metoda. the majority of foundry units in rajkot produce grey iron castings for the domestic market. about 2% of the foundry units export castings such as electric motor castings and automobile castings.