14-05-2025
SUBCON 2025 offers new business opportunities for MSMEs in Coimbatore
SUBCON 2025, a a sub-contracting expo that connects MSMEs and large industries in Coimbatore, offers an opportunity for the Micro, Small and Medium-scale Enterprises (MSMEs) to know more about value-added products that they can supply for large industries, say the organisers of the event.
As many as 17 large industries and 230 MSMEs are taking part in SUBCON 2025, displaying their products in 250 stalls. Vanitha Mohan, chairperson of Pricol, inaugurated the ninth edition of the three-day expo, organised by the Coimbatore District Small Industries Association, here on Wednesday.
Over 10,000 visitors are expected to visit the fair that has exhibitors from Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Kerala, Puducherry, and Telangana putting up stalls.
The exhibition this year has seen a rise of 8 % - 10% in participation.
J. Sanjeevi Kumar, chairman of SUBCON 2025, said the engineering sector in Coimbatore is currently facing a slowdown and the MSME unit owners have an opportunity to get more orders through the fair without travelling to other cities. At least 60 % of the MSMEs in Coimbatore are indirect suppliers to large industries. They have an opportunity and scope to become direct suppliers and get into value added products.
'If the MSME unit has a quality product, it can become a direct supplier to a large unit without any hassle,' he said.
The number of visitors is expected to go up on Saturday and Sunday.
The event is supported by the Ministry of MSME, PPDC, NSIC, FaMeTN, COSISSIA Defence Innovation and Atal Incubation Centre (CDIIC), NITI Aayog and Atal Innovation Mission (AIM).
