01 — Local economy
Business in Ahmedabad
Denim, cotton fabric and dyes built Ahmedabad's industrial base, and the city remains a major denim producer. Pharmaceutical groups including Zydus, Torrent and Intas are headquartered here, chemical and engineering units fill the Vatva, Naroda and Odhav estates, and car plants at Sanand on the outskirts have pulled in auto-component suppliers.
Also known as Amdavad and Karnavati.
Where software helps: Denim and fabric mills here sell by the metre to garment exporters with strict shade and shrinkage specifications, so roll-wise inspection data, shade grouping and order-wise dispatch tracking matter.