 |
loading.... ADVERTISEMENT |
|
||||||||
Industrial Setup of Ludhiana
Ludhiana District’s industrial set-up pulsates day and night, tossing goods worth crores and transporting them to all corners of India and different parts of the world. There is a kind of passion in the Ludhiana District, with most people doing their best to spread out their business and make more money. The majority of Ludhiana-based industrial houses have made inroads into other parts of the nation, even overseas. One-third of the total power available in Punjab is guzzled in Ludhiana only. Of the categories of industry, the leading are a hosiery-based industrial unit. These comprise woolen, cotton & synthetic yarns. The next is the steel-based segment, which consist of cycles & auto-parts and foundries and the last one is rubber-based industry for making tyre & tubes.
Ninety-five per cent of the country's woolen industry is located in Ludhiana. Some of best-known brands, including Oswal, Casa Blanca, Santa Rova, Monte Carlo, LWS, Pringle, York, Great way, Rage, are made here. Thirty per cent of the cotton industry is also based here. As much as 70 per cent of the country's cycle and cycle parts are manufactured in Ludhiana—Hero, Avon, Neelam, Kular and Atlas, to name a few. A large chunk of India's sewing machines and fans are also produced here, besides small machine and hand tools and agricultural implements. Ludhiana is home to certain world-class tyre and tube manufacturing units for two and three-wheelers, including cycles, scooters, motorcycles, animal-driven vehicles etc.
The industrial focal point at Dhandari Kalan began coming up in the late seventies. Now the industry has spread all around Ludhiana up to a radius of 35 km. It has stretched past Kohara and reached Neelon on the road to Chandigarh. On the G.T. Road, the industry it touches Doraha, and on the banks of Satluj along the highway to Jalandhar. Business ventures, mainly farmhouses that serve as marriage palaces, have sprung up well past the city’s municipal limits along the highway to Ferozepore.
Throughout pre-Independence days, the city was a small business centre with a handful of hosiery units. Most of the trains did not halt here. Ludhiana gained some importance when S.D. Government College for Boys, was set up here in 1920. The next break came with Punjab Agricultural University being established here at the behest of Partap Singh Kairon. While the college brought in intellect in the development of the city, PAU brought in prosperity through the Green Revolution. Ludhiana also benefited from the large influx of the refugees from West Punjab, after the Partition. Except for the Oswals, who have made the mega city world famous with their Monte Carlo and Casablanca range of woolens, the other big industrial houses the Hero Group of Munjals, the Avon Cycle Group of Pahwas, were set up by migrants from Pakistan.
| About Us | Terms of Use | Privacy Policy | Add Your Company | Press Release | Contact Us | Ask Us | Email | |||||||||
| Please let us know about any mistakes if happen, in rewriting the content. Your Suggestions are most valuable. Your Feedback will help us to serve you better. |
|||||||||
Your Visitor No. 
Since 2004. |
Copyright © LudhianaDistrict.com. All rights reserved. | ||||||||