Tag: geography

Tamil Nadu stands fourth in cement production. It accounts for 10% of the country's cement production.

Perambur Integral Coach Factory (ICF) is the largest in Asia to produce railway coaches in Tamil Nadu.

Neyveli, apart from production of thermal power, has a fertilizer unit and a ceramic unit attached to it.

The notable chemical industries of Tamil Nadu are SPIC (Southern Petrochemical Industries Corporation Ltd) and Manali Petrochemicals Limited. SPIC is the largest producer of fertilizers in India and covers 12 states and caters to the customers through 4000 outlets. It produces around 2 million tons of fertilizers annually.

Tamil Nadu is the second largest software exporter (by value) in India. It has the leading BPO sector in the country next to Karnataka.

Sivakasi is a big industrial centre in Virudhunagar district of Tamil Nadu. It is world famous for its fireworks and safety match boxes. Sivakasi produces 90% of India's fireworks and it is also known for offset printing.

Sivakasi in Tamil Nadu is known as 'Little Japan'.

India's largest IT Park is in Chennai, jointly constructed and maintained by Ascendas India Ltd, a Singapore-based company engaged in providing business space solutions, with Tamil Nadu Industrial Development Corporation (TIDCO).

Most of the chemical industries are clustered around Chennai (Manali), Cuddalore, Panangudi (Nagapattinam) and Thuthukudi.

Tamil Nadu earns 8% of its GDP from automobile industry. This industry contributes for about 21% of passenger cars, 33% of commercial vehicles produced in India. Chennai city is the base for 30% of India's automobile industry and 35% of its auto components. This industrial supremacy has resulted in Chennai being known as the "Detroit of Southern Asia."