Tamil Nadu government wants to lure electronics firms to Hosur, Coimbatore and Trichy

With the state emerging as a major hub for electronics manufacturing in the country, including for Apple’s iPhones, the Tamil Nadu government plans to position three cities other than Chennai — Hosur, Coimbatore, and Tiruchirapalli — as possible locations for new investments in the burgeoning sector.

Tamil Nadu, currently accounting for 20 per cent of national production of electronics and hardware, hopes that it will eventually become a hub for sophisticated electronics manufacturing by building on the component-making ecosystem, much like the state transformed itself into an automobile hub from being a major centre for auto components.