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Business
Virudhunagar exports all
kinds of Edible oil to Dubai, Srilanka and
also exports Cotton, chili. Spices, cardamom
to USA and Singapore. Virudhunagar is a
famous business centre without markets. The
people of Virudhunagar play an important
role in price fixation of consumer products.
Hence there is a popular saying,
“virudhunagar produces nothing but controls
everything”.
Important Industries in the
District
Match factories at Sivakasi,
Sattur ,Virudhunagar.
Fire works ,Off-set Printing
Presses at Sivakasi.
Nib Industry at Sattur
Ginning, Spinning & Weaving
Mills, Rajapalayam.
Madras Cements, Thulukkapatti.
Tamilnadu Cements, Alangulam.
Tamilnadu Asbestos, Alangulam.
Bolts and Nuts (T.V. Sundaram
Fastners) Aaviyur.
Industries
The establishment of textile
mills, cement factories and a number of
industries in the small and medium sectors
coupled with the encouragement given by the
state Government in the form of incentives
and setting up of industrial centres has
accelerated the rate of industrialization in
the District.
Cotton is a major commercial
crop of the District and the cotton industry
therefore occupies an important place in the
economy. Rajapalayam is the chief centre for
spinning mills and ginning factories.
Surgical cotton and bandage cloth are
manufactured here. Textile mills in the
produce a variety of cotton yarn.
As the District has deposits
of limestone and gypsum, the cement industry
has gained a strong foothold.
Tamil Nadu
Cements – a Public Sector
undertaking at Alangulam and
Madras Cements
– a Private Sector undertaking at
Thulukkanpatti are two large cement
producing units. Tamil Nadu Cements has an
annual production capacity of 4 lakh tonnes
of Portland cement while Madras Cements has
an annual capacity of 4.15 lakh tonnes.
Tamil Nadu Asbestos
is another Public Sector unit
in the District producing asbestos cement
sheets.
Sivakasi and Sattur are
famous for the match industry. There are
over 4500 match units. Crackers and
fireworks is another important industry with
about 400 units in the District. Explosives
for blasting are also manufactured here.
Over 70% of the total production of matches
and fireworks in India is manufactured in
Virudhunagar District. A large percentage of
crackers are exported.
The printing industry was
originally established to supply labels for
the match and firework industries. Soon the
industry developed and diversified into
other areas of printing like books, posters,
greeting cards and diaries. Sivakasi now
offers state of the art, world class
printing facilities.
Sundaram Fasteners and Brakes
India Ltd. ,
private sector enterprises of
the TVS group are located at Aviyur and
Kanjanaiyakampatti in Kariapatti taluk.
The former manufactures high density bolts
and nuts while the latter manufactures
automobile brakes.
There are 19335 registered
small scale industrial units as on 31
December 1999 engaged in the manufacture of
a very wide range of products.
Cottage and village
industries are dispersed throughout the
rural areas. Some common cottage industries
are: making of boxes and other articles from
Palmyra leaves, metal artifacts fashioned
from copper and brass, and aluminium vessel
manufacture for domestic use. Gem cutting
has been introduced to provide employment
for women.
Trade and Commerce
Virudhunagar is a traders’
town. It has been involved in the marketing
and distribution of commodities since
British times and has a well developed
network for purchase of goods and
commodities. Virudhunagar, Rajapalayam,
Sattur, Watrap, Aruppukkottai and Kamudi are
important centres for wholesale and retail
trade. Cotton, groundnut, chillies and
spices are the main agricultural goods of
trade. Matches, crackers, cement and
textiles are marketed both within and
outside the State.
Two warehouses at
Virudhunagar and Rajapalayam offer
facilities for storage of food grains,
spices, pulses, chillies, jaggery and
cotton.
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