Industry

The Ordnance Factory Tiruchirappalli (OFT) was established as defence establishments by the Government of India in 1966 to increase the capacity of Small Arms Production, as an additional facility to the Rifle Factory, Ishapore and Small Arms Factory, Kanpur. OFT is the largest small arms’ manufacturing company in the country and employees over 3000 persons.

Heavy Alloy Penetrator Project (HAPP) is an Indian defence establishment was established by the Government of India in 1980 to increase the capacity of Small Arms Productions. HAPP produces about 400 tonne per annum home-made products of different kinds.

The Golden Rock Railway Workshop, Trichy is an Indian Railways establishment of the Government of India established in 1928. The Workshop is one of history and monumental in the country. It primarily maintains coaches, diesel and heritage steam locomotives and manufactures wagons. The workshop also productions of various manufacturing components required for locomotive and carriage maintenance and wagon manufacturing. It has over 6,091 employees.

National Research Centre for Banana (NRCB), Trichy is the apex body for the banana fruit in the country for research, policy, exports, technology incubation and transfer, etc. It was established by the Government of India in 1993 through its national organization called Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR). It aims to increase the production and productivity of banana in the country helping the farmers for value addition and also for exports opportunities. Now, the NRCB exports several tonnes of banana fruits to world over.

Trichy IT Park Expansion, Phase-II development project is being processed at different stages,

Trichy Trade & Convention Centre is being developed in public private partnership for promotion of industrial development in the region.

Heritages & Monuments, Mukkombu Dam, Kallanai Dam, religious places including Srirangam Temples, Natharvalli Dargah, Lourdes Church, Tropical Butterfly Conservatory at Srirangam, etc.

Trichy is hub for medical tourism catering to advanced and critical care of various medical treatments with state-of-art facilities.

Expansion of Trichy International Airport is underway for accommodation of air traffic by manifolds along with cargo infrastructure facilities for exports of goods.

Mega Food Park at Manapparai has been announced for promotion of agri and allied products development.

Defence Industrial Corridor is being in the pipeline mainly connecting Chennai, Trichirappalli, Coimbatore, Salem and Hosur will be developed in Tamil Nadu.