Peenya is an industrial area of the

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city in

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. and it is one of the biggest industrial areas in Asia. Peenya lies on the Bangalore-

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Highway (NH-4). It houses small, medium, and large-scale industries. The industrial area is known for engineering, electrical goods such as: CNC Machine tools / diecasting LPDC, Fabrications, HPDC, GDC dies & moulds

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and generators, textile (silk), hydraulics, machine tool industries and Rubber moulding industries. The industrial area was established in the late 1970s. Well known companies in India like 3D Concept Tooling (P) Ltd., Sandur Fluid Controls Pvt Ltd,

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, Siddhivinayak Industries, Alfeni Metarc Ltd.

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, Cooltronics, BPE BioTree (P) Ltd., Kardex Remstar,

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have their factories in the Peenya Industrial Area. Over the past few years, industries from this area are slowly being shifted to the outer parts of north Bengaluru, because of the pollution that emanates from these factories impacting residential areas in the city.

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Industrial parks in India Neighbourhoods in Bangalore {{BangaloreUrban-geo-stub