Automation and digitalization are no longer buzzwords but the need of the hour. Southern India has been at the forefront of using new technologies and updating and upgrading.Industries in Southern IndiaAutomobile Belt in OragudamFoundries  and valve manufacturers in CoimbatoreTextile  belt in Tirupur and CoimbatoreMachine Tools and  food processing industry in KarnatakaMany industries have their manufacturing base in south IndiaMajor system integrators and consultants are in ChennaiAutomobiles and auto components industry, mines and minerals, pharma hub in Telangana  & Andhra PradeshA large number of Robotic installations in KeralaService and IT sector in KeralaThe famous Engineering Institutions around Chennai starting as MIT, IIT, VIT, etc besides the new Autonomous colleges contributed towards the growth of Industries and vice versa during the last 30 years.

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Why is Chennai a good place to hold the southern edition of the Automation Expo?

The above situation of Chennai and in general Tamil Nadu definitely has a need to have large exhibitions like Automation Exhibition to be established there to provide the required platform for the Instrumentation & Automation fraternity to interact with each other more closely and at the same time deeply on Innovations and its future in lieu of Technological / Environmental changes happening in the world.Proximity to Chennai from Coimbatore, Salem, Trichy, Bangalore, Hyderabad and Telangana.