page_title: Economy of Coimbatore
section_title: Textiles
hierarchical_section_title: Economy of Coimbatore / Textiles
caption_attribution_description: English: Lakshmi Mills main gate facing Avinashi Road in Coimbatore
context_page_description: Economy of Coimbatore is heavily influenced by Information Technology, Engineering & Textiles. Coimbatore is called the Manchester of South India due to its extensive textile industry, fed by the surrounding cotton fields. The city has four special economic zones [SEZ], ELCOT SEZ, CHIL SEZ, SPAN Venture SEZ, Aspen SEZ and at least five more SEZs are in the pipeline. In 2010, Coimbatore ranked 15th in the list of most competitive Indian cities.
  Coimbatore has trade associations like CODISSIA, COINDIA and COJEWEL representing industries in the city.
  Coimbatore also has a 160,000 square feet trade fair ground, built in 1999. It was named COINTEC due to its hosting of INTEC. The Trade Fair complex, one of the country's largest, was built in six months, and is owned by CODISSIA. It is also the country's largest pillar-free hall, according to the Limca Book of Records.
context_section_description: Coimbatore houses a large number of small, medium and large textile mills, along with a number of textile research institutes. The city also houses two of the Centers Of Excellences (COE) for technical textiles proposed by Government of India, namely Meditech, a medical textile research centre based at SITRA, and InduTech based in PSG College of Technology. There are several large textile mills in the city such as Lakshmi Mills, Shiva Texyarn Limited, Bannari Amman Spinning Mill, SKS spinning mills, Kadri Mills, Varadharaja Textile Mill, KPR Mills, Premier Mills, world-famous micro cotton towel producers - Sharadha Terry Products etc.
  National Textile Corporation is a company owned by the Indian government has 5 Mill units in Coimbatore.
  Coimbatore Murugan Mills
  Cambodia Mills
  Coimbatore Spinning and Weaving Mill
  Pankaja Mills
  Sri Rangavilas Mills
  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.
caption: Lakshmi Mills, established in 1910 in Avinashi Road
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