Editing Rajkot (section)

===Industry===
Products made in Rajkot include jewellery, silk embroidery and watch parts. Industrial products include [[Bearing (mechanical)|bearings]], diesel engines, kitchen knives and other cutting appliances, watch parts (cases and bracelets), automotive parts, forging industry, casting industry, machine tools, share market and software development.{{citation needed|date=February 2014}} The city is also home to several [[Numerical control|CNC]] machine and auto parts manufacturers.

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.

Rajkot also houses Western Region Pipelines Headquarter of [[Indian Oil Corporation]] Limited (IOCL) near Gauridad village. Also natural gas industries like GSPL and GSPC are also present. A petroleum depot of IOCL is also present.

In the near future, the government of Gujarat will allocate large land areas for the development of Special Economic Zone<ref>[http://www.reaindia.com/special.php REA SEZ] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071222211106/http://www.reaindia.com/special.php |date=22 December 2007 }}. Retrieved 13 January 2008</ref> which will be split into three areas and will include industries such as software and automobiles. As per recent market reviews, Rajkot is becoming Asia's biggest automobile zone.