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 The handloom industry is one of the most ancient cottage industries in [[Salem, Tamil Nadu|Salem]] district of Tamil Nadu, India.<ref name=":10">{{cite book|last=Roy|first=Tirthankar|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=AA3MDwAAQBAJ|title=The Crafts and Capitalism: Handloom Weaving Industry in Colonial India|date=2020-01-28|publisher=Taylor & Francis|isbn=978-1-000-02469-2|language=en}}</ref><ref name=":11">{{cite web|date=2019-11-29|title=Salem Cotton|url=https://isha.sadhguru.org/in/en/outreach/save-the-weave/indian-weaves/salem-cotton|access-date=2021-01-12|website=Isha Sadhguru|language=en}}</ref> The handloom industry is one of the most ancient cottage industries in Salem district of Tamil Nadu. Next to agriculture hand-loom weaving is considered the most important industry in Tamil Nadu as well as India. In Salem district the chief industry was weaving, which was carried on in almost every large town or village.
-Salem was one of the primary handloom centers of south India.<ref>{{cite book|last=Nayar|first=M. K. K.|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=EvGvDQAAQBAJ|title=Story of an Era Told Without Ill-will|date=2014-02-24|publisher=D C Books|isbn=978-93-81699-33-1|location=|pages=204|language=en}}</ref> [[Sari]], [[dhoti]] and angavasthram are made out of silk yarn and cotton yarn.<ref>{{cite book|last=|first=|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=onXjAAAAMAAJ|title=Young India|date=1981|publisher=Navajivan Publishing House|isbn=|location=|pages=334|language=en}}</ref> In the recent past, home furnishing items are also woven, mainly for export purposes. More than 75,000 handlooms<ref>{{cite web|title=INDIAN INSTITUTE OF HANDLOOM TECHNOLOGY|url=http://www.iihtsalem.edu.in/|access-date=2021-01-12|language=en-US}}</ref> are working and the total value of cloth produced per annum is estimated at Rs.5,000 crores
+Salem was one of the primary handloom centers of south India.<ref>{{cite book|last=Nayar|first=M. K. K.|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=EvGvDQAAQBAJ|title=Story of an Era Told Without Ill-will|date=2014-02-24|publisher=D C Books|isbn=978-93-81699-33-1|location=|pages=204|language=en}}</ref> [[Sari]], [[dhoti]] and angavasthram are made out of silk yarn and cotton yarn.<ref>{{cite book|last=|first=|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=onXjAAAAMAAJ|title=Young India|date=1981|publisher=Navajivan Publishing House|isbn=|location=|pages=334|language=en}}</ref> In the recent past, home furnishing items are also woven, mainly for export purposes. More than 75,000 handlooms<ref>{{cite web|title=INDIAN INSTITUTE OF HANDLOOM TECHNOLOGY|url=http://www.iihtsalem.edu.in/|access-date=2021-01-12|language=en-US}}</ref> are working and the total value of cloth produced per annum is estimated at Rs.5,000 crores.
+== Steel authority ==
+Salem Steel Plant (SSP), a unit of [[Steel Authority of India|Steel Authority of India Limited]] (SAIL), is a [[Steel mill|steel plant]] involved in the production of [[stainless steel]].<ref name=":0">{{cite web|title=Salem Steel Plant {{!}} SAIL|url=https://sail.co.in/special-steel-plants/salem-steel-plant|website=sail.co.in|access-date=2020-05-30}}</ref> It is located along the Salem — Bangalore [[National Highway 44 (India)|National Highway 44]] in the foothills of [[Kanjamalai]] in [[Salem district]], [[Tamil Nadu]], India.<ref name=":1">{{cite web|title=PROFILE OF SALEM STEEL PLANT (SSP)|url=https://sg.inflibnet.ac.in/bitstream/10603/23165/7/07_chapter%202.pdf|website=sg.inflibnet.ac.in|access-date=30 May 2020}}</ref><ref name=":2">{{cite journal|last1=M|first1=Prakash|last2=M|first2=Manickam|year=2014|title=A Salem Steel plant an Overview|url=https://theinternationaljournal.org/ojs/index.php?journal=rjcbs&page=article&op=download&path%5B%5D=2803&path%5B%5D=pdf|journal=Research Journal of Commerce and Behavioural Science|publisher=The International Journal Research Publications|volume=3|pages=8|issn=2251-1547}}</ref> The plant has an installed capacity of 70,000 tonnes per annum in its cold rolling mill and 3,64,000 tonnes per annum in the hot rolling mill.<ref name=":0" /> It also has the country's first stainless steel blanking facility.<ref name=":3">{{cite news|last=Dutta|first=Indrani|date=2010-07-12|title=Salem Steel's expansion set to be completed by September|language=en-IN|work=The Hindu|url=https://www.thehindu.com/business/Salem-Steels-expansion-set-to-be-completed-by-September/article16194342.ece|access-date=2020-05-30|issn=0971-751X}}</ref>
+=== Production facilities ===
+The major facilities at the plant include<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" />
+* Steel Melting Shop
+* Cold Rolling Mill Complex
+* Hot Rolling Mill Complex
+* Stainless Steel Blanking Line
+SSP specializes in the production of [[Cold-formed steel|cold rolled stainless steel]] in the form of coils and sheets.<ref name=":2" /> The raw materials are imported and also supplied by [[Durgapur Steel Plant|Alloy Steel Plant]] in [[Durgapur]].<ref name=":1" /> The steel melting shop's annual capacity is 1,80,000 tonnes of slabs per annum. The hot-rolling mill and cold-rolling mill have capacities of 3,64,000 and 66,600 tonnes per annum respectively.<ref name=":0" />
+SSP supplies steel to [[Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited|BHEL]]-[[Tiruchirappalli|Tiruchirapalli]], [[HMT (company)|HMT]], [[Bharat Electronics Limited]]-[[Bangalore]] and [[Indian Telephone Industries Limited|Indian Telephone Industries]].<ref name=":1" /> Stainless steel is also exported to over more than 37 countries including Spain, UK, Japan, Germany and Switzerland.<ref name=":2" /> Between 1994 and 1995, around 41,500 tonnes to as many as 27 countries.<ref name=":1" />
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