ufactured here. More than 2000 units are manufacturing Mosquito Fabrics and Fishing Nets. More than 60% Mosquito nets in India are manufactured in Karur. Around 50,000 People are Employed in these Units.
Cement
Karur is also home to Chettinad Cements. It has an installed production capacity of 600,000 tons per annum, with another 1.1 million tons expansion in the pipeline. TNPL Cements,Moolimanaglam,Karur.
Sugar
EID Parry has a sugar factory in Pugalur, Karur. It has a capacity of 4000 TCD per year. It also has a 22 MW co-generation Power plant, with TNPL.
Banking
Karur is the home city of India's Oldest Private Scheduled Commercial Banks, Karur Vysya Bank and Lakshmi Vilas Bank.
Apart from these two banks, Karur also has Bank of India, HDFC Bank, ICICI Bank, State Bank of India, Union Bank, IndusInd Bank and above 40 other bank branches.
Gem Stones
The Karur belt also produces some very good Cats eyes, Feldspar, Moonstones, Aquamarines, Quartz, Elastial Quartz, Sapphires, Jasper and Beryls
