Industries
Kollam, like other districts in the state, is moderately industrialised. Some of the major employers in the public sector are Indian Rare Earths Limited (IRE) at Chavara, Kerala Metals and Minerals Limited at Chavara, Kerala Primo pipe factory at Chavara (closed 3 decades ago); United Electrical Industries (popularly known as the Meter Company) and Parvathi Spinning at Kollam.
Kundara a satellite town of Kolam, one of the earliest industrial towns of Kerala, still has the now dysfunctional industrial unit of ALIND, and functioning units as KEL and Kerala Ceramics. The Kollam Technopark is coming up here in a Special Economic Zone to bring in cutting edge Nano and Information Technology to develop these industries here.
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