Industrial Scenario
The Vellore District is one of the most vital and vibrant Districts in terms of industrial development in the State. The Vellore District has a dominant presence in the Leather and leather based industries.Vellore District accounts for more than 37% of the county’s export leather and leather related products such as finished leather, shoe uppers, shoes, garments, gloves and so on.
The Government of Tamilnadu provides all possible investment subsidies and infrastructural support in the form of setting up industrial estates and common effluent treatment plant.Thus this District share of the leather market in the years to come is ensured.
The District provides enough scope for the development and growth of industries engaged in Chemicals, Food processing, Sugar/Jaggery manufacturing, Synthetic Fibres, Fertilizers manufacturing, Textiles Garments, Steel castings and Auto bearing manufacturing.The existing units are facing two main problems viz., poor marketing and financial problems.Textile mills and rice mills, leather and leather based products are belongs more to the traditional category.
The proximity to Chennai, the State capital, good transport with well-connected roads, availability of power, raw materials and abundant cheap labour are the contributing factors to the industrial development in Vellore. The entire District is electrified and all the villages are connected with roads.
Major Large And Medium Enterprises :There are 12 large and 300 medium scale industries are functioning in Vellore District. The Brakes India Ltd. and EID Parry Ltd, are one of the important and oldest industry located in Sholinger and Walajah blocks.
The Tamilnadu Industrial Explosive Ltd., Vellore established in the year 1983. The total investment in this industry is 71 crs. The main manufactured items are NG explosives, Surry explosives and Emulsion explosives, Detonators and Detonating fuses. The explosives are the main item manufactured in this industry. This industry exports its items to Maldives, Ethiopia, Sri Lanka, Indonesia, Syria and Egypt. E.I.D. Parry Ltd, Ranipet one of the pioneer in Sanitary ware in Tamilnadu .
The Malladi drugs and Pharmaceuticals Ltd, established in 1982 at SIPCOT industrial complex, Ranipet. The total investment of this unit is Rs. 7.29 crs. and manufacturing Ephedrine Hydrochloride and other related salt.
The Bharat Heavy Electrical Ltd, located at Ranipet with production capacity of 57,000 MT and manufacturing of Boilers. It has generated nearly 2,500 employment opportunities and also patronizing series of ancillary units. A separate industrial complex has been created to facilitate to support ancillary units at Muntharayapuram Ranipet. There are nearly 200 plots occupied by SSI units supplying items to this industry directly or indirectly. There are three sugar mills in the district at Ambur, Thirupathur and Vellore. The Ambur Co-operative Sugar mills Ltd, invested Rs. 772.19 lakhs with installed capacity of 1400 TCD and generated employment of 620 person. These sugar mills are supporting many small industries involved in the production of Sprit & Alcohol from molasses, paper from bagasse, etc.
The Vellore Roller Flour mills (P) Ltd, at Viruthampet,Vellore engaged in the production of Maida, Sooji, Atta and Bran items. The total investment of this industry is 156 lakhs and having production capacity of 50 MT and it has generated 150 employment opportunities.
The cotton mills like Sri Munipachaiyappan Textiles Ltd, at Sholinger and Sree Rajeswari Mill Ltd, at Gudiyatham are playing vital role in promoting textile-based Industries and a lot of cottage and SSI clusters in their area.
Micro And Small Enterprises :This sector occupies an important position in the industrial economy of the nation because of the advantage in terms of low investment, high potential for employment generation and wide dispersal of industries in rural and semi urban areas preventing migration to big cities. There are 12,396 micro and small Enterprises are functioning in Vellore District.
Major, Micro And Small Enterprises :i) Leather Industries :
The leather industry occupies a very important place in the industrial map of Vellore district. This traditional industry has registered a good progress in late 80’s. As on Mar 2008, there are 1,226 leather units spread over in the district mainly in Alangayam, Madhanur and Wallajah blocks.
Vellore District has dominant presence in the leather and leather based industries. Tamilnadu accounts for more than 35 percent of the country's export of leather and leather-related products such as shoe uppers, shoes, garments, and so on.
Rising to the occasion, the state government is geared up to provide all possible subsidies and infrastructural support in the form of setting up industrial and common effluent treatment plants etc Thus, the substantial share of the State, in the leather market in the years to come, is ensured.
ii) Textile and Handloom Industries :Textile mills are concentrated in Sholinger, Gudiyatham and Arakkonam blocks and are manufacturing Cotton Lungi, Cotton Cloth, Towel, Dhoti and Silk sarees. These traditional units are clustered in Gudiyatham, Sholinghur and Arakkonam blocks.
iii) Safety Match Industries :Safety match is an important consumer product and it is being manufactured by cottage industries, small scale industries and mechanized industries. Majority of safety match units are located at Gudiyatham blocks. This sector in the district produces considerable quantum of safety matches next to Virudhunagar district. Apart from safety match units a cluster of coir units located in and around Guidyattam.