Festival season, when sale of kitchen equipment peak, does not offer hope for wet grinder manufacturers in Coimbatore.
Manufacturers of the grinders, a product that has Geographical Indication tag, are moving to other businesses as demand has slumped.
R. Soundarakumar, president of the Coimbatore Wet Grinders and Accessories Manufacturers’ Association, told The Hindu on Tuesday, September 26 that the demand used to peak from Dasara and go on till Pongal. The manufacturers in Coimbatore were selling more than one lakh grinders a month. “Now we sell just about 50,000 grinders a month and on an average the total sales is just 30% of what it used to be,” he said.
