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Cashew
industry is the major traditional industry in Kerala
·
Large
number of industrial units are located in Ernakulam district. Wayanad has the least
number of industrial units
·
Cashew
and coir are two Traditional Industries of Kerala
·
The
manufacture of mats and mattings was first introduced in 1859 by Mr. James
Durragh, an American who founded the firm M/S Durragh Smail Ltd, at Alappuzha
with offices in London and New York
·
Coir
Board was formed in 1954
·
The
Coir Board was established by the central Government under the provisions of
the Coir Industry Act 1955. There is a Coir Research Institute functioning at
Kalavoor.
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Coirfed
was formed in 1979 at Alappuzha
·
The
National Coir Training and Designing Centre was also established at Alappuzha
in 1965
·
Kollam
district has the largest number of Cashew Industry units
·
Largest
producer of cashew in Kerala is Kannur
·
Capex
– Kerala Cashew Workers Apex Industrial Co-operative Society. Headquarters :
Kollam
·
First
Textile Industry was started in 1881 at Kollam
·
KSIDC
is Kerala State Industrial Development Corporation. It was set up in 1961
·
KINFRA
is Kerala Infrastructure Development Corporation. It was set up in 1993 with Thiruvananthapuram
as its headquarters
·
SISI
is Small Industries Service Institute. It is located at Trichur
·
KITCO
is Kerala Industrial and Technical Consultancy Organization. It is situated at
Ernakulam
·
RIDF
is Rural Infrastructural Development Fund. It was formed by NABARD in 1995-96
·
SIDCO
is small Industries Development Corporation
·
Kerala
Khadi and Village Industries Board was set up in 1957. All India Khadi and
Rural Development Board was formed in 1953
·
Aluva
in Ernakulam district is the most important Industrial centre in Kerala. FACT
is located there. Making of Amonium Sulphate for the first time in India was
done by the FACT
·
Hindustan
Machine Tools is located at Kalamassery
·
Kerala
State Drugs and Pharmaceuticals is at Kalavur, Allepey
·
Cochin
Export Processing Zone is a Central Government owned institution
·
Cochin Stock Exchange was established in 1978
·
The
purpose of the Industrial Single Window Boards is to streamline the process for
obtaining clearances for setting up industries, reduce delays and cut red
tapism.
·
Lack
of infrastructure facility is the major cause behind Kerala’s industrial
backwardness
·
The
first ship built in Cochin Shipyard, Rani Padmini was launched on January 27,
1980
·
Travancore
Rayons is at Perumbavoor
·
Travancore
Plywood Industries is at Punalur
·
Trivandrum
Spinning Mills is at Balaramapuram
·
Mavoor
Rayons was at Kozhikode. It was closed down recently
·
Kerala
Automobiles is at Neyyatinkara
·
Newsprint
factory is at Velloor in Kottayam
·
The
important radio active substance found in the coastal plains of Kerala are
Ilmenite and Monozite
·
K.P
Gopalan was the first Industries Minister of Kerala
·
Kerala
State Handloom Weavers Development Corporation was found in 1968
·
Keltron
Electro Ceramics Limited started in 1974, is located Kuttipuram
·
Kallayi
near Kozhikode is one of the most important centers of world wood industry
·
Greater
Cochin Development Authority came into existence in 1976
·
Kerala
ceramics in Kundara was founded in 1940
·
Travancore
Rubber Factory founded in 1935 at Thiruvananthapuram was the first Rubber
Factory in India
·
Keltron
Equipments complex is situated at Karakulam in Thiruvananthapuram
·
Travancore
Cement Factory was founded at Nattakam
·
Kerala
Fisheries Corporation was founded in 1966
·
First
Malayali to become director of Travancore Industries Department was I.C Chacko
(1921)
·
Malabar
cements Limited was started in 1978
·
Forest
Industries Travancore is located in Taikkattukara near Aluva
·
FACT
was started by Sheshasai brothers
·
FACT
became a public sector institution in 1960
·
FACT
is the first fertilizer, plant n Kerala
·
Mannam
Sugar Mill is situated in Pandalam (Pathanamthitta)
·
Cochin
Refinery began to purify oil from Bombay High from November 1977
·
Cochin
Refinery is situated at Ambalamukal in Cochin
·
Earlier
the crude oil refined in cochin Refinery was from Iran
·
Cochin
Refinery was the fourth oil Refinery in India
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