Economy of Coimbatore

The Trade Fair complex, one of the country's largest, was built in six months, and is owned by CODISSIA (Coimbatore District Small Industries Association).The neighbouring town of Tirupur is home to some of Asia's largest garment manufacturing companies, exporting hosiery clothes worth more than ₹ 50,000 million.Coimbatore has a large and a diversified manufacturing sector facilitated by the presence of Sakthi Group, Bannari Amman Group, Lakshmi Machine Works, Larsen & Toubro, Schneider Electric, General Electric, Alstom, ZF Friedrichshafen, Mahle GmbH, Konecranes, Pricol, PEEPL Automation, V-Guard Industries, Suzlon, ARGO-HYTOS, Titan, Flowserve, KSB, Makino, Messer, Gilbarco Veeder-Root, Bradken, Rieter, VWR International, Hella, Shanthi Gears, ITC Limited, ACC Cements, TTK Prestige, Kirloskar Group, Hirotec, ELGI Equipments, Roots Industries, Salzer Electronics, Mak Controls and systems, Texmo Industries, SE Electricals, FASCO Coimbatore(Factory Automation and Solutions Company) and others.What began as a focused centre for the manufacture of textile motors in the early 1900s has today become a multidisciplinary entity that is capable of catering to voluminous demands in the international market.Tooling Divisions were incepted primarily as captive units for manufacturing houses and have become a major engineering activity in the city today.[10] Technical Partnerships and strategic alliances with global manufacturers have given the Coimbatore auto component industry more mileage in the international market.Some of the countries leading auto component makers based from in Coimbatore include Pricol, Hirotec, Craftsman Automation and Roots Industry.[14] Coimbatore is also called as the Pump City of Asia and has played a dominant role in the agricultural sector since independence and holds a major portion of the total Indian market share.Many brands in the international market are Coimbatore based companies and the quality and technical superiority of the products has helped the sector cater to both domestic and global demands.Companies like Amazon, Accenture, Bosch, Birlasoft, Cognizant, Capgemini, Dassault Systèmes, Deloitte, Ernst & Young, Flextronics, IBM, Tata Technologies, Tata Consultancy Services, Infosys, Wipro, HCL, Tech Mahindra, Mahindra Rise, MSCI, LTIMindtree, Cameron International, NTT DATA, Harman, Moody's Analytics, Hexaware, ThoughtWorks, Tessolve, Applied Materials, IQVIA, State Street Corporation, Owler, UST Global, Visteon, VWR International, Blue Yonder, Zoho Corporation, Embitel Technologies - A Volkswagen company, Hella (company) having a presence in the city.A French multinational company operating worldwide in rail transport markets having Asia's largest Comeponent manufacturing facility in the city.The large-scale flour mills, which cater to all the southern states, have a combined grinding capacity of more than 50,000 MT per month.