CODISSIA expands its facility

The CODISSIA Trade Fair Complex, located 1 km off the Avinashi Road on 40 acres, will get two new exhibition halls by the end of this year. The bhoomi puja for the expansion project was held here on Monday.

According to the president of the Coimbatore District Small Industries Association, C. Muthusami, this will double the existing exhibition space of one lakh sq.ft at the complex. The Trade Fair Complex was constructed at a cost of Rs. 11 crore and opened in 2000. It hosts a number of annual and bi-annual events. Some of them are INTEC (engineering fair), Texspares (textile machinery exhibition) and Build Expo (building exhibition). With the second phase of expansion, the complex is expected to see 60 to 80 days occupancy every year, he says.

Food court


Apart from the two additional exhibition halls, the complex will get a 30,000 sq.ft fully air-conditioned food court and a 1,500 capacity car park. The entire project will cost Rs. 24 crore and the work is entrusted to a Bangalore-based architect.

According to Mr. Muthusami, the association has approached the Small Industries Development Bank of India to finance the project. It has also sought Government assistance.

The expansion is planned because of the increasing industrial activity in the region and the need for exhibition space of international standards. In addition to the existing exhibition space, most of the organisers now put up temporary sheds on the complex grounds to house all the participants. Explaining the project, the association president says the complex now has three halls. The two new halls will be interconnected. An organiser can choose to occupy a single hall too. While the fourth one will be designed to bear the load of heavy machinery, the fifth hall will be multiple purpose. A convention centre has already been planned. The extra facilities are expected to attract organisers from other places and fairs of international interest, he says.