style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline;">Spinning Industry
The city is home to a major textile spinning industry, which ranks highest capacity within Tamil Nadu. During his period or rule, MGR, the then chief minister of Tamil Nadu gave away grants to start and run spinning industries in Dindigul to promote the industrial development of the district. Now vedasandur, a suburb of Dindigul has so many spinning mills.
Hand loom sarees
Another famous manufacturing item from Dindigul is Hand loom sarees. Particularly in Nagal nagar area hundreds of Sourashtra community people are doing hand loom sarees manufacturing. The hand loom sarees are good. But the cost is very low. Keeping these sarees like the silk sarees, it can be used for more years.
Leather
E. I. Leather is popular for its leather goods. Dindigul is known for its leather tanning Industry.Tanneries are thickly situated in this District. The finished and semi finished leather and other leather products have a good export market.
Dindigul locks
Locks & steel safes made in Dindigul are known for good quality and durability. Locks manufacturing is operated as a co-operative sector. Locks manufactured here are sold to national and international markets. Dindigul locks — are likely to get Geographical Indication (GI) for establishing their place of origin. The Tamil Nadu State Council for Science and Technology, through its research officers wing, has successfully filed GI for Dindigul locks.
Tobacco
Dindigul has been a centre of tobacco trade and a manufacturer of cigars from the time of British
