Textile Industry
Chennimalai handloom products are well known for their high quality and long life. It is the home for various handloom co-operative societies like
Kalicoptex (employing more than 2500 people and famous for producing new designs and high quality products by the weavers of Kalikkavalasu)
Chencoptex (employing more than 2000 people)
Chentex
Chenkumartex
P.K.Pudur Tex
Mayiltex
Metrotex
Kongutex
Gandhijitex
These co-operative societies are the employers for thousands of weavers. For providing housing facilities to the handloom weavers, a colony of 1010 individual houses (considered to be one of the biggest in Asia) were built at the outskirts of chennimalai town.
Powerlooms also give plenty of employment opportunity to the people of Chennimalai. At any time, one can hear the noise of powerlooms running everywhere in Chennimalai area. Hence, Chennimalai faces the problem of noise pollution and also air pollution due to dust from the looms. The fabric made here is of extremely high quality and hence preferred by North Indians during winter despite of the cost.
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