Madurai Region - Industries and Developments

[madurakarenda]

Thanks for all those compliments I would like to thank Madurai Gilli for accompanying me to all those places for the Industries photo tour and also many thanks to Kannan sir for encouraging me for population and publishing of data in this new thread. Hope everybody will extend their support and help in the maintenance of this thread and updates. And regarding Madurai airport connectivity, I fear that don't have any answers for your question and request you to follow our Madurai airport thread because none of our forum members will be hesitant to post updates on it once the moment they know something about it.

Thanks all.

[Vicvin86]

Well done guys!!!

[next capital!]

Great work MK!!tis thread will definitely get good patronage..
Wish also could get info on aruna alloys on airport rd,penguin apparels on thirumangalam rd,lakshmi selvaraj textiles in vilangudi,teddy exports in tirumangalam!let see wat I could find on these:-)

[maduraipattanam]

Great Work Madurakarenda and Madurai Gilli , wonderful updates . thanks

[kumaranT]

Madurakarenda and Madurai Gilli , your contributions into madurai threads are increasing day by day.. Many thanks,....Keep it up!

[manikandanb]

Hats off....Great initiative guys @ Madurakarenda (MK) & Dr.Gilli
This is surely a valuable bit to change some people's wrong perception about Madurai portrayed by some movies & media.
Few more industries u can consider to include,

>> MEPCO on Madurai-Tirumangalam stretch - http://www.mepco.co.in/about-us.php
>> Hi-Tech Arai Ltd - It's a pretty big company but can't find their website....their parent company Arai Seisakusho Co., Ltd website http://www.arai-net.com/english/company/history.html mentions about their ventures since 1989 and 1994
>> DuPont - They do DuPont Filaments and DuPont Non-stick coatings...also pretty big http://www2.dupont.com/India_Country...at_glance.html

[kannan infratech]

Fantastic initiative MK & MG.

Please include location (Suburb name & road name) in each factory Title. Many may not read through the text but will look at photos and move on.

I want other Madurai based forumers to add their contribution also in this thread.

It will be better if you mark these factories in Google Map and post. You may take one highway or region per post so that it is not cluttered.

Please post other relevant matters like GDP, Labor potential, Mineral & Agri wealth of the region surrounding Madurai, Connectivity details wrt Industrial Development. Roads, Railway lines, sidings, Tuti Port connectivity, Nagapattinam / Karaikal port connectivity, Kochi Port connectivity etc.

Your efforts will not go waste.

All the Best.

[Madurai gilli]

Thanks for all your appreciation guys..!! We(both myself & MK) thought that Madurai is not that bad in Industries, as it's actually quoted by many medias, and decided to go-around Madurai & its sub-urbs for taking snaps on Industries to prove it.We have a decent number of big Industries and quite good no. of medium & small-scale industries on par with major cities.

We lack an industry of much highlights like BHEL for Trichy (or) Steel plant for Salem so far..Our TAMIN is taking its shape on the stretch b/w Melur and Tiruvathavur which will fulfill/satisfy us in this front..Anyhow, It will be too good if Govt. concentrates in bringing-up Graphite plant at Sivaganga too, that will boost the entire region.

We could see a lot of land-parcels already bought by many outsiders & fenced with their boards for starting their industrial units here, especially in Ring-road b/w MIBT to Kappalur.Hope they,all take shape soon.

LANXESS got shifted to Gujarat and We could find a new Logistics company called KERN at the same site.PRP Industries look too massive covering many hundreds of acres.

We couldn't cover the Madurai-Vadipatti stretch which actually has good no. of Industries in recent times, especially an area called Nagari where we can find FENNER 2nd unit,TAFE Tractors,MITP along with many small & medium sized industries.Also We could not cover the Madurai - Alanganallur strecth which has decent no. of small & medium sized industries with a huge HATSUN Food processing unit.

Bottom-line:

Who told Madurai is a big village and have no Industries? - Please don't tell the same from atleast here-after.

We have decent number of large Industries, in all sectors be it to be Automobiles, Rubber, Chemicals, Logistics, Metal Alloys, Textiles, Food processing etc. & many kinds of small & medium scale Industries excluding the ones in SIDCO Industrial parks around Madurai.

We planned to cover the left items during our next visit, and have few plans to organise our threads in our forum, as many of our senior members feel uncomfortable with multiple threads.

Madurai SSC-ians can express your opinions on how many threads we can have, each covering what topics etc. so that we can request our moderator/admin to do the needful.

My opinion is to have more specific threads on key-areas so that It'll be an easy task to rewind it when needed.

1. Madurai-Infrastructure & Tourism (City Infra-Townships-Healthcare-IT/ITes-Educational institutions-Planning & Administration-Tourism-General discussions)

2. Madurai-City Transportation (Roadways & Railways)

3. Madurai-Retail,Entertainment & Hang-out (Malls,Multiplexes,Branded Retails,Hang-out places & Other entertainment places)

4. Madurai-History,Culture-Festivals & Gallery (Including testimonials)

5. Madurai-Industries & Developments (Manufacturing Industries & its SEZ's)

6. Madurai Airport (under Aviation & Airports)

7. Madurai Views (under Images & Gallery)

8. Meenakshi Amman Temple (under Heritage & Monuments)

I am not stressing that We should have a seperate thread for each projects like Ring road, 4-laning of highways, Pearls township,IT Parks etc. but wish to have the appropriate discussions in appropriate threads rather than dumping all in a single thread.It will not be an easy task for any outsider if he wants to know some particular thing from a single thread.Instead if we have many specific threads on key areas like tourism,industries,history,retail etc.,their job will be made easy.

Positives of having multiple threads:

* More Specific
* Easy to access & rewind for both us & outsiders
* Motivation for new-comers to actively participate in the discussions.

* Few people are much interested in selective discussions like our dhandapani sir in Madurai transportation updates, especially of City buses,new routes,new roads,ROB's etc/ Few only in retail news etc.

* Not 100%, Specific threads like Madurai Industries will bring new Investments to the region but definitely it may be one among the 10 factors, atleast a starter(Induces the Investors to think of Madurai region after reading our forum, even if they don't have such idea actually at first..).

* I am sure, Local medias are reading our forums.And It's not new, that still many reporters give false news including the statistics.Atleast Our discussions have a possibility to lead them in giving right reports. (Still I can read many tamil dailies giving false reports like Madurai airport is having 12500 ft runway etc.. I know few of them are following us here and in Social networking sites(FB) like Madam Ar.Meyyammai from Deccan chronicle, few from The Hindu etc.)It is our duty to fix them with our discussions, for which we need seperate threads on key-areas.

Anyhow, It's all my lone opinion and I respect the feelings of other members too.. Opinions on organising Madurai threads are welcomed..!!

My suggestion is to bookmark http://www.skyscrapercity.com/forumdisplay.php?f=3128 for Madurai discussions and go back to Tamilnadu to see updates on Other cities..

[Madurai gilli]

Thanks MK for dedicating your time to post each and every snaps we took during our trip.. Let's plan more such trips in future for other sections like Tourist places - to highlight Unidentified places which need more attention (Thirumogur temple etc., Places where there are more chances to develop as tourist spot in Madurai like I told you during the trip (Thenkaal lake in TPK etc.) etc.

Let's plan our next trip soon..!!

[Madurai gilli]

Originally Posted by manikandanb

Hats off....Great initiative guys @ Madurakarenda (MK) & Dr.Gilli

>> MEPCO on Madurai-Tirumangalam stretch - http://www.mepco.co.in/about-us.php
>> Hi-Tech Arai Ltd - It's a pretty big company but can't find their website....their parent company Arai Seisakusho Co., Ltd website http://www.arai-net.com/english/company/history.html mentions about their ventures since 1989 and 1994
>> DuPont - They do DuPont Filaments and DuPont Non-stick coatings...also pretty big http://www2.dupont.com/India_Country...at_glance.html

Thanks Manikandan for your suggestions..We left the Fenner Industries,Madurai Integrated Textile Park etc...B/w Where is the DuPont plant ?

[kannan infratech]

MG,

I remember seeing the Du Pont plant on Madurai Melur Road. Also Sri Chakra Tyres (old name??) in Melur Road. Pandyan Chemicals (KClO3 plant),

Kochadai area has Fenner, TVS Rubber, TVSTextiles etc.

I have also been to a Pharma cluster near Madurai, where many small pharma formulation plants were there. There was also a scent factory.

Tuti Road is fast developing. Many factories are coming up there. Pl visit the region when you are free.

Kappalur SIDCO estate.

Ramco Thulukkapatti Cement Plant near Virudhunagar.

Bottling Plants on Dindigul Road.

[manikandanb]

Originally Posted by Madurai gilli

Thanks Manikandan for your suggestions..We left the Fenner Industries,Madurai Integrated Textile Park etc...B/w Where is the DuPont plant ?

As Kannan sir mentioned this along Melur Road stretch,

E.I.DuPont India Private Limited.
Melur Road, Therkutheru, Madurai - 625122

[Madurai gilli]

Possibilities as per proposals:

1. CRPF
2. Indo-tibetian Battalion
3. Falcon tyres
4. Texmaco Tractors
5. TAMIN Granite polishing Industry
6. CIPET Institution

Ruling out

* Falcon tyres is no-more for Madurai. It got shifted to North/West India(Guess to Gujarat).
* Just recently confirmed that TEXMACO have no plans for Madurai.Looks like It was a kind of fake promise to hike the real-estate scenario in these areas.
* CIPET was promised at Idayapatti which is also in same stretch..Correct me If I am wrong.

More Possibilities :

* CRPF
* ITBP
* TAMIN

Thanks to MK for digging out this picture from Google earth..!!

[valmiky]

manna foods manufacturing unit in t.v.nallur
fenner has 3 units kochadai, pallapatti, samayanallur
perrys biscuit factory in samayanallur

[madurakarenda]

Fenner is one of the older industries (first plant in Madurai in 1956) of the Madurai region concerned with Industrial belts, Oil seals and several other industrial products. With a big unit near the city it has two other units one near Nagari in the Dindigul National highway and another one near Nilakkottai near Madurai in the Madurai to Periyakulam road. i.e 3 out of their 7 manufacturing plants across India is in Madurai region and registered office in Kochadai of Madurai.

The below information is from their own website :

Fenner (India) Limited is a member of the JK Organization which ranks among the top Industrial houses in India for over 100 years. The name “Fenner” has been synonymous with Mechanical Power Transmission and Sealing Solutions. Fenner commenced operations in India in 1929 and put up their first manufacturing unit at Madurai in Tamilnadu in the year 1956. Currently there are 7 manufacturing units over 5 locations.

Source : http://www.fennerindia.com/

They have several entrances to their first plant in Kochadai. Following up next are the photos took by me :











And their sales depot :



And ones from their website :





Source : http://www.fennerindia.com/images/Madurai-Plant-b.jpg

And below are photos of their Nagari Plant i.e in the Madurai to Dindigul National Highway (Took during the 2nd photo trip).





And below are the photos of their newly inaugurated third plant in Madurai region in Nilakkottai but this is also in the Madurai to Dindigul NH.

The board that directs us :



The plant at various angles :












One nice image from their website :



Source : http://www.fennerindia.com/images/Ni...ai-Plant-b.jpg

Below is a google edited map showing their locations around Madurai using black spots :



Following are the details of their contact from their own website :

Registered Office and first plant:
Fenner (India) Limited
3, Madurai - Melakkal Road,
Kochadai,
Madurai - 625 016,
India.
Tel: +91-452-2383801, 2383802
Fax:+91-452-2383822

Source : http://www.fennerindia.com/contactus.aspx

Second plant :

Fenner Conveyor Belting Pvt Ltd
Madurai - Dindigul Road, Nagari, Madurai, 625 221
Tel: 91 (0) 452 2464201 (3 lines) Fax: 91 (0) 452 2464204

Source : http://www.fennerdunlopindia.com/

[Sankkar]

Great work Gilli and MK. Appreciate your ground work for providing bunch of information in a short span of time. Keep rocking.

[kannan infratech]

Two Japan Companies in Madurai.


Pioneer Miyagi Chemicals Pvt. Ltd. (gelatin)

Hitech Arai Ltd. (auto components)

[madurakarenda]

The Madurai Integrated Textile Park Ltd was commissioned by the Union ministry of Textiles in Thathampatti near Vadipatti of Madurai district in the Madurai to Dindigul National Highway and was one among the few Government commissioned textile parks of the country. It sprawls over a massive area of 106 acres and was inaugurated in Dec 2010 and below are the photos of it took from Madurai to Dindigul National Highway. I went inside it and took photographs of the roads in the campus and a board showing the occupants of plots inside it for their units and are following below.



Board in the NH directing us to the MITPL :



Road inside the textile park :



other pics :





Entire view of the MITPL :



Location Map :



Website : http://texmin.nic.in/

[kannan infratech]

Pl write to

Tamil Nadu Industrial Guidance & Export Promotion Bureau
( Industries Department - Govt. of Tamil Nadu )
19-A, Rukmani Lakshmipathy Salai, Egmore, Chennai - 600 008. INDIA
Tel : 91-44-28588364, 28553118, 28553856 (for Appointment). Fax : 91-44-28588364

Please see this website also

http://investingintamilnadu.com/tami...du.php?mode=24

[madurakarenda]

HATSON as we all know gives out Arokya milk brand, Arun icecreams and Komatha milk brand, ghee, curd and milk related products under various names. It has one of its plants in Nagari i.e the NH from Madurai to Dindigul.

Following is the information from their own website :

Hatsun's state of the art processing and packaging plants are located in Salem, Kancheepuram, Madurai, Palacodu in TamilNadu and Honnali, Belgaum in Karnataka.

Source : http://www.hatsun.com/DI/shows/company_infrastructure

Now for the pics took from the road :





Location Map :

Madurai
No.76/2B,Dindugal Main Road,
Thiruvalavayanallur (PO),
Vadipatti (TK), Nagari,
Madurai - 625 221, Tamilnadu, India.

Source : http://www.hatsun.com/shows/contact_us/