Industry
Sivakasi's industries grew out of the economic struggles of India in the 1960s. Without government aid, the local people constructed matches, fireworks, and printing industries, which today contribute 80% of India's total safety matches production, 90% of India's total fireworks production, and 60% of India's total offset printing solutions. It is one of the highest Sales/Excise/Customs Duty paying towns, and has achieved 100% employment.Child Labour was very high during the 80's, but now it's completely eradicated.
Sivakasi may be called as "A town of three industries", namely
- Pyrotechnics (Fireworks) & Crackers
- Safety Matches & Colour Matches
- Offset Printers .
Sivakasi town has many offset printing machines - the second largest number in the world, next only to Gutenberg, a city in Germany.
Apart from printing and fireworks, Granite(yellow) quarrying takes place in an unbelievable huge level in Thiruthangal, near Sivakasi by PRP.
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