The Sakthi Group is an Indian multinational

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with operational areas in India, China, Europe, Middle East and United States. The group has operations in

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, Automobile distribution and components,

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Textiles Textile is an umbrella term that includes various fiber-based materials, including fibers, yarns, filaments, threads, different fabric types, etc. At first, the word "textiles" only referred to woven fabrics. However, weaving is not the ...

, IT,

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and

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N. Mahalingam Nachimuthu Mahalingam (April 9, 1923 – October 2, 2014) was an Indian educationist, industrialist, philanthropist and prominent person in Tamil Nadu. He was the Chairman of the Sakthi Group and Chairman of Ethiraj College for Women between 1972 a ...

is the Founder. The group has automotive dealerships for leading brands of Maruti Suzuki and Tata vehicles in various places in South India. The group is also involved in Petrol Pump Operations, Indane LPG Distribution and the sale of consumer products and electronics. It also has a footprint in the textiles industries with Sri Sakthi Textiles Ltd.

Industries

Sugar

In 1961, Sakthi Sugars Limited was established and commenced its commercial production in 1964. It has sugar plants at Sakthi Nagar,

Sivaganga Sivaganga () is a city and headquarters of the Sivaganga district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. Sivaganga is a rani velunachiyar kingdom of Tamil Nadu. It is an important city in this district for official and commercial purposes. Its ni ...

Modakurichi Modakurichi is a Panchayat town and Taluk headquarters in Erode district in the Indian States and territories of India, state of Tamil Nadu. It is located as a suburb of Erode City, at a distance of 15 km from Erode City Central Bus Termin ...

and

Dhenkanal Dhenkanal is a town and a municipality in Dhenkanal district in the state of Odisha, India. Geography Dhenkanal is at . It has an average elevation of 80 metres (262 feet). Demographics As per the 2011 India census, Dhenkanal had a p ...

. With the aggregate capacity of 19,500 tonnes of cane Crush Per Day it is one of the largest producers of sugar in India. It diversified into the manufacturing of industrial alcohol in 1972. In 1970, Chamundeswari Sugars Limited was incorporated and commercially produced in 1974 with 1250 TCD at K. M. Doddi, Maddur Taluk,

Mandya District Mandya District is an administrative district of Karnataka, India. The district is bordered on the south by Mysore district, Mysore and Chamarajanagar district, Chamarajangar districts, on the west by Hassan District, on the north by Tumkur Di ...

.Sakthi sugars
/ref> As a byproduct of sugar cane, bagasse is used to generate electricity and the excess power generated is exported to the power grid.

Logistics/transport

''The Anamallais Bus Transport Limited'', a passenger transport company was founded on 28 August 1931 in

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by P Nachimuthu Gounder. ''ABT Parcel Service'' was established in October 1964. After the nationalization of buses in 1972, ABT started to focus on Logistics. It has a fleet size of 600 trucks which carry more than 2.5 lac tonnes worth Rs.4000 crores every year. Later, in 2006 Nov it reentered into passenger transport business by ABT X Travels and now it has fleet size of 50 buses operating in 108 sectors.

Automobiles

It has various automobiles dealership with Maruti Suzuki, Tata Motors, Force Motors, Mahindra and BSA Electric Scooters. ABT Maruti is one of the oldest Maruti dealer networks in India, has been operating since 1984. ''Anamalais Engineering (P) Ltd.'' and ''Anamalias Retreading Company'' are engaged in automobiles construction sector.

Finance

Sakthi Finance Ltd. is one of the non–banking finance company engaged in Commercial Vehicle financing with over 43 branches in Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Karnataka & Andhra Pradesh. Sakthifinance Financial Services Limited (SfFSL), part of the Sakthi group is engaged in locker and deposit activities.

IT services

* ABTInfo.Net (Data Center and Cloud Services) * ABT Info Systems

Auto components

''Sakthi Automotive Group'' division was started by Dr. Manickam Mahalingam in 1983 after he returned from his master's degree from United States of America. Sakthi Automotive Component was first Indian Company in India to manufacture and supply brakes components to Indian car manufacturer in 1985. Sakthi Automotive Group established its operation in United States of America and China in 2010 and within few years Sakthi has manufacturing facilities in India, China, Europe and North America. * Sakthi Auto Component Limited (SACL) * Sakthi Portugal * Sakthi Auto Ancillary Private Limited * Sakthi Automotive Group USA * Sakthi Bethel Automotive China

Food

* ABT Industries Limited - Dairy Division * Sakthi Sugars Limited – Soya Division *Sakthi Coffee Estates Private Limited

Publications

* Rukmani Offset Press * Kisan World * Om Sakthi Publications

Education

Sakthi is well known for the educational institutions mostly in

Coimbatore Coimbatore, also spelt as Koyamputhur (), sometimes shortened as Kovai (), is one of the major metropolitan cities in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It is located on the banks of the Noyyal River and surrounded by the Western Ghats. Coimbato ...

and Pollachi. The institutions are

Kumaraguru College of Technology Kumaraguru College of Technology (KCT), Coimbatore is a private Engineering College started in 1984 as a part of the vision of Ramanandha Adigalar Foundation, a charitable educational trust of Sakthi Group. It is situated in a campus of 150 ...

and

Dr. Mahalingam College of Engineering and Technology Dr. Mahalingam College of Engineering and Technology (MCET) is a self – financing educational institution situated in Pollachi, Coimbatore District. MCET was established in 1998 to commemorate the 75th Birthday of Dr. N. Mahalingam. Referenc ...

, NGM College Pollachi, and Nachimuthu Polytechnic College in Pollachi.

References

{{reflist Economy of Tamil Nadu Conglomerate companies of India