Many industries cooperated with us in the collection of this data. Without their cooperation it would have been impossible to write this article. We are happy to record our thanks to all these industries. We hope that this exercise will encourage them to look into their energy activities and start conservation measures. The Director of Industries and Commerce, Karnataka, his Joint Directors and other officers were very helpful in our data collection work. Our thanks are due to them for their cooperation and help. We would like to acknowledge the help and assistance given to us by the Chief Inspector of Factories and Boilers and his officers, the Director of Small Scale Industries Services Institute, Bangalore and his officers.