Sivakasi Fireworks Printing Matchstick Industry Tamil Nadu

Sivakasi in Virudhunagar district is India's fireworks and safety match manufacturing capital — producing 90% of India's fireworks and 70% of its safety matches in thousands of small, licensed units employing over 300,000 workers including many women and (historically, though now legally prohibited) children. The Sivakasi fireworks industry produces everything from sparklers, pencil fireworks, and crackers to sophisticated aerial shells for Diwali, New Year, and election celebrations across India, with annual production value exceeding Rs 6,000 crore. Sivakasi is also a major printing and packaging hub — the large number of printing presses, offset printing units, and calendars printed here serve the entire country with festival calendars, election material, and packaging.