There
are six powerloom factories in welcome to coochin-operative
sector in the District . They are at Kodungallur
, Avinisseri , Adat , Machad , Nadathara and Manaloor
. In addition to this , there is an Institutional
Powerloom complex at Keecheri
There
are six textile mills in the District . They are
Alagappa Textiles at AlagappaNagar , Kerala Lakshmi
Mills at Pullazhi , Trichur Cotton Mills at Nattika
, Rajgopal Textiles at Athani , Sitaram Spinning
and Weaving Mills Trichur and Vanaja Textiles
at Kuriachira . Trichur and Kunnath Textiles .
Trichur are engaged in the manufacture of hosiery
products . The Vaiga Threads at Koratty produce
cotton sewing threads . The thread produced here
is solod throughout the country . Sitaram spinning
and weaving Mills the earliast textile mill in
the District (1909) caught fire in December 1959.
The Mill started functioning later .
Coir
maufacturing is one of the important cottage industries
of the District. The kind of yarn produced in
the district is known as "Parur Vannan "
, The main centres of production of this variety
are Chittattukara , Kodungallur and Kottappuram
. Superior varieties of the quality of the yarn
known as ‘Parur Special ‘ are also produced
in these areas . Another variety of yarn manufactured
in the district is the rope yarn and the main
centres of production are Kandassankadavu and
Manalur
The
tile industry is the most important industry in
the District employing the largest number of labourers
. From a humble beginning early in the century
number of labourers . From a humble begininning
early in the century the industry has grown conciderably
on recent years . At present there are 160 tile
factories in the District . Suitable clay required
for the manufactures of tiles and bricks is found
in Ollur , Pudukkad , Karuvannur and Amballur
which are the main centres of this industry
The
timber industry of the District is of conciderable
importance . It had its begininng in the first
decade of this century when the first saw mill
in the state was erected at Trichur (1905) to
convert teak and superior Slabs and other sizes
. Most of the timber is brought down from the
forests to Trichur and Chalakkudy which are the
most important timber marts in the District .
In Chalakudy Ollur and Trichur there are many
saw mills with up-to-date plant and machinery
.
This
is an industry that has recently sprung up and
has immense prospectus for devolopment . The first
unit of the Canning industries was started in
Trichur in 1947 . The other two units are Darlco
Cannings and Kayee Plantations Cannings , both
situated at Trichur . A canning industrial unit
is being established at Nadathara by the Trichur
Fruits and Vegetables Marketing Society and it
is going on very successfully.
There
are five units engaged in the manufactures of
chemicals Pharmaceutical products like elixirs
, syrups , vitamin tablets , transfusion bottles
etc . In addition some of the units manufacture
commercial products like ink , paints and varnish
.
Oil
mills are found in all parts of the District .
Coconut oil is the most important product of these
Mills . For a long time , the extratio of oil
from copra was a cottage industry . Oil is alos
extracted from lemon – grass , gingely ,
castorseed , groundnut etc .
