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Gummidipoondi is an industrial town in Thiruvallur district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. Gummidipoondi lies on the National Highway 5 from Chennai to Calcutta. This road is part of the Golden Quadrilateral which is a project launched by the Central Government. It is having an Industrial park (SIPCOT and SIDCO). Gummidipoondi prides itself on housing two important factories, Dupont Fibers and Hitech Carbon (an Aditya Birla Group company), also known as Birla Carbon. Subsequently, DuPont Fibres has been taken over by SRF Limited. SRF stands for Shriram Fibres Limited and is the 8th largest producer of nylon tyre cord fabric in the world. In SIPCOT it has more than 50 steel plants ( kamatchi steel plant, one of the biggest companies ), rolling mills. Steel plants play a main role in this area. Bharath Petroleum and Hindustan Petroleum has placed a LPG filling station in SIPCOT near New Gummidipoondi. It is surrounded by pristine, fertile villages with abundant fresh water access.
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