01 — Local economy
Business in Aurangabad
Bajaj Auto's two-wheeler plant at Waluj and Skoda Auto Volkswagen's car assembly at Shendra anchor a large auto-component cluster that includes home-grown suppliers such as Endurance and Varroc. Pharmaceutical makers including Wockhardt run plants here, breweries supply beer across western India, and the Ajanta and Ellora caves bring a steady flow of tourists.
Also known as Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar and Sambhajinagar.
Where software helps: Component makers here run machining, plating and assembly against daily OEM call-offs, so they need shift-wise work-in-progress tracking, tooling records and rejection data ready for customer audits.