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'''Automotive Corridor''' (also known as [[Detroit of Asia]]), is a 60&nbsp;km long corridor in [[Chennai]], [[India]]. This corridor alone accounts for 33% of commercial vehicles, 21% of all passenger cars, and 35% of auto components which are produced in the country. The corridor stretches from [[Gummidipoondi]], 50&nbsp;km north of Chennai to [[Maraimalai Nagar]] 35&nbsp;km south of Chennai and passes through [[Tiruvallur]], [[Sriperumbudur]] and [[Oragadam]]. It is estimated that a part of this corridor from Tiruvallur to Maraimalai Nagar alone, by 2012, would produce around 1.25 million cars, 35,000 commercial vehicles and other automotives per year.<ref>{{cite news <br />
| last = Madhavan <br />
| first = N. <br />
| title = India's Detroit<br />
| newspaper = Business Today<br />
| location =<br />
| pages = <br />
| language = <br />
| publisher = India Today Group<br />
| date = 30 June 2008<br />
| url = http://businesstoday.intoday.in/index.php?option=com_content&Itemid=1&task=view&id=6059&sectionid=15&issueid=34&page=archieve<br />
| accessdate = 23 Oct 2011}}</ref><br />
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==Detroit of Asia==<br />
A number of big motor companies has presence along the Automotive Corridor which includes [[BMW]], [[Ford Motor Company|Ford]], [[Hyundai Motor Company|Hyundai]], [[Renault-Nissan]], [[Mitsubishi]], Caparo Group, Komatsu, Caterpillar, [[Ashok Leyland]], [[TVS Motor|TVS]], and others. Oragadam is regarded as the epicenter of this corridor which boasts of the National Automobile Testing and R&D Infrastructure Project (NATRIP). This corridor is served by three major ports—[[Chennai Port]], [[Kattupalli Shipyard]] and [[Ennore Port]].<br />
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==Tyre hub of India==<br />
Major tyre manufacturing companies alone have committed investments around $4 billion in Tamil Nadu of which 90% has been invested in the Automotive Corridor. A number of tyre manufacturing companies have set up factories in this corridor and are as follows.<br />
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! Company<br />
! Plant Locations<br />
! Investments (crores of INR)<br />
|-<br />
| [[Alliance Tire Company]]<br />
| [[Gangaikondan]]<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
| [[Apollo Tyres]]<br />
| [[Oragadam]]<br />
| 2600<ref>http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/apollo-to-make-chennai-its-rd-hub-at-rs-2000-cr/386550/</ref><br />
|-<br />
| [[Bridgestone]]<br />
| [[Thervoy Kandigai]]<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
| [[CEAT Limited|CEAT]]<br />
| [[Sriperumbudur]] <br />
|<br />
|-<br />
| [[Dunlop Tyres|Dunlop]]<br />
| [[Ambattur]]<br />
| <br />
|-<br />
| [[J. K. Organisation|JK Tyres]]<br />
| [[Sriperumbudur]]<br />
| 1600<ref>http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/jk-tyre-to-invest-rs-1600-cr-in-tn/386705/</ref><br />
|-<br />
| [[Michelin]]<br />
| [[Thervoy Kandigai]]<br />
| 11000 (4000 in Phase I till 2016)<br />
|-<br />
| [[Madras Rubber Factory|MRF]]<br />
| [[Arakkonam]], [[Tiruvottiyur]] (2 plants)<br />
| 1400<br />
|}<br />
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==See also==<br />
* [[Automobile industry in Chennai]]<br />
* [[Rajiv Gandhi Salai]]<br />
* [[Electronics Corridor]]<br />
* [[SEZ Corridor]]<br />
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==References==<br />
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{{Chennai Topics}}<br />
{{High-technology business districts in Chennai}}<br />
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