Ambattur
Ambattur is an industrial town north-west of the city of Chennai in Tamil Nadu, India. Though considered a part of Chennai for all practical purposes, Ambattur technically belongs to the Tiruvallur district. Ambattur municipality includes Padi and Ambattur Industrial estate areas. Companies like Britannia Industries Limited, TI Cycles of India, TVS have their plants in the area. Software companies like HCL and Tata Consultancy Services have their development centres in the Ambattur industrial estate. There are also a few BPO centres like Perot Systems in the place. The Chennai Central-Arakkonam railway line passes through Ambattur and has a railway station at Ambattur. The town also lies on the Chennai-Tiruvallur highway.