The
HPF, one of the major industrial units ot the district, is a
public sector enterprise. This unit is located (about 5 Km away
from Ooty railway station) over a sprawling area of over 300
acres, near the Ooty golf-links on the Ooty- Mysore road. The
HPF was inaugurated by Mrs. Indra Gandhi, Prime Minister, in
January, 1967.
This industrial unit is currently producing Indu roll films
which are used for taking photographs; Indu X-ray films, the
quality of which is acknowledged to be among the best in the
world; Indu bromide paper on which photographs are printed;
and Induaerographic for geological and defence mapping, industrial
X - ray film, laser recording film, CAT film, special film for
space photography, oscilloscope direct print paper, photo typesetting
paper and range of chemicals for the film processing.
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