The city of Pimpri‐Chinchwad is situated towards the north of Pune and about 145 km from Mumbai, the capital city of Maharashtra and 12 km from Lohegaon airport. It is predominantly an industrial area, which has developed primarily during the last four decades. The process of urbanization of this area began in 1954 with the establishment of Hindustan Antibiotics, a public sector pharmaceutical und
ertaking. With each passing year, the landscape saw significant changes, long stretches of farmland giving way to enclosed factory campuses. Today, Pimpri‐Chinchwad is a major industrial centre of the Pune region and of the entire country. Pimpri-Chinchwad as a major industrial hub; hosts one of the biggest industrial zones in Asia. This town is home to the Indian operations of major automobile companies like TATA Motors (formerly TELCO), Bajaj Auto, Kinetic Engineering, Force Motors (formerly Bajaj Tempo) and Mercedes Benz. In addition to this, several heavy industries such as Thermax, Forbes-Marshall, ThyssenKrupp, GEA Ecoflex, Alfa Laval, KSB Pumps, SKF & Sandvik Asia have their manufacturing units in the town.
