Summary, Glossary

Industrial Clusters in Tamil Nadu

SUMMARY

• Industrial clusters are groups of firms in a defined geographic area that share common markets, technologies and skill requirements.

• Clusters may arise due to many factors. Certain clusters evolve over a long time in history when artisans settle in one locality and evolve over centuries.

• The Coimbatore region also witnessed diversification from textiles to textile machinery as well as agricultural machinery like electric motors and pumpsets for drawing ground water.

• Chennai is nicknamed as "The Detroit of Asia" because of its large auto industry base.

Glossaary

agglomerations: a mass or collection of things திரட்சிகள்

Industrial Clusters: Relating to or characterised by industry. தொழில் உற்பத்தி தொகுப்புகள்

Emergence: the process of coming into existence தோற்றம்

diffusion: the spreading of something more widely பரவல்

Artisanal : relating to or characteristic of an artisan கைவினை சார்ந்த