Anand is home to approximately 950 small scale industries in sectors like, food & agriculture, tobacco stemming, wood products and minerals which are fast becoming the supporting pillars of the economy.
Engineering, an important sector in the district witnessed a continuous growth of 66.6% growth over the last decade (1988-97)
Plastic industries emerged as a thriving area for the investments and an increase of over 100 times in investments was observed during 1998-07
Cambay Chemicals Ltd., Beepee Coating Ltd., Elecon Engineering Company Ltd., Hindustan Packaging Company Ltd., National Dairy Development Board, Mother Dairy Food Processing Ltd., etc are some of the major industries present in the district
Food and Agriculture
Dairy products
Integrated Dairy and Meat processing
Aquaculture and Animal Husbandry
Food and Agro Parks
Cold Storage
Engineering
Metallurgical products
Power and electrical equipments
Chemicals
Intermediary chemical manufacturing units
Polymer downstream projects
Gems and Jewellery
Manufacturing of precious stone
Assaying and Hallmarking Centre