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Dun & Bradstreet India (D&B India), continuing its commitment towards supporting the development of small and medium enterprises, has launched the inaugural edition of Emerging SMEs: NCR 2008. The publication is the fourth in the cluster series dedicated exclusively to the SMEs across the country. The publication seeks to profile the emerging SMEs in the National Capital Region (NCR) cluster and attempts to provide a platform for the profiled SMEs to showcase their achievements. Over the last few decades, NCR has proved to be an attractive destination for setting up SMEs. Emerging SMEs: NCR 2008 focuses on SMEs whose manufacturing units are situated in NCR and nearby areas. The publication covers four prominent sectors in terms of number of units and employment – Auto Component, engineering, IT & ITeS-BPO and Textile. For the purpose of inclusion in the publication, over 4,000 companies were contacted and screened on the basis of turnover, investment and employee size. The end result is a repository of authenticated information on SMEs. A total of 304 companies have been covered and profiled in the publication. Of which 98 operates in auto components sector, 91 in engineering, 62 in textiles and 53 in IT & ITeS-BPO sector. It also includes the cluster insights that have been gleaned from the direct responses of the SMEs pertaining to their structure, activities and the cluster related benefits and hindrances.

Some of the key findings include:

• In product-wise offering, 26% of the profiled auto components companies were involved in manufacturing engine parts; in engineering sector, light engineering products were the most preferred category with 55% of the profiled companies operating in this category; in IT & ITeS-BPO sector, majority of companies, 43%, were involved in software products; and in textiles sector, 36% of the profiled SMEs were engaged in cotton and related products.

• Exports continue to attract SMEs operating in these four sectors with 66% of auto components companies, 60% of engineering firms, 57% of the IT & BPO players and 66% of textiles companies exporting their products, primarily to Europe and America.

• Growth-wise, the profiled companies operating in the four sectors, viz, auto components, engineering, IT & BPO and textiles, achieved an average annual growth of about 32%, 30%, 41% and 27% respectively in last two years and expects to achieve an annual average growth of 42%, 37%, 47% and 41% respectively in the coming two years.

• Expanding installed capacity and entering new markets are the future growth plans echoed by the profiled companies.

With the SME segment poised to play an important role in the growing economy, D&B India is confident that Emerging SMEs: NCR 2008 will provide the right platform for SMEs to tap global opportunities and tackle emerging business challenges.

Kaushal Sampat
Chief Operating Officer
Dun & Bradstreet India