Tag: electronic, heavy and petrochemical industries in india

Petrochemical industries of Gujarat are concentrated in Ahmedabad.

There are a large number of petrochemical plants located here and some of them include BPCL, Gujarat chemical association etc.

Smoke emitted by chemical and paper factories, refineries etc., can be reduced by using gas instead of coal and petrol. This is because coal and petrol are carbonaceous fossil fuels with high carbon content which is emitted on burning coal and petroleum. This can be far reduced by using gases like biogas etc.

Hindustan Machine Tools factory headquarter is located in Bangalore.

Heavy machinery was set up at Ranchi in Jharkhand. The plants in Ranchi produce castings, forgings, and rolls to meet the requirements of heavy machine tools and heavy machine-building plants.

Pawanhans Helicopters Ltd.

• The metal which is used as a raw material for the manufacture of heavy machinery is iron. Manufacturing of heavy machinery, equipment and bulk tools fall under heavy machinery.
  
• Iron and steel industry is a very good example of heavy industry all most all the manufacturing process involves use of iron and steel like shipbuilding, manufacture of trains, trucks etc. It is often referred to as backbone of modern industry.
  

Chittaranjan is located in West Bengal. It is famous for Chittaranjan Locomotive Works, which manufactures mainline electric broad gauge locomotives.