Coromandel Engineering was established in the year 1947 and part of Murugappa Group. Coromandel Engineering's first building was the Wellington Nursing Home (Now Sankar Nethralaya). The first industrial major project was putting up the factory for Tube Investment and the next plant for Ashok Leyland. Among Coromandel Engineering's subsequent major projects in the first five years were the various factories the Murugappa Group raised in Avadi, Ambattur and Thiruvottiyur apart from several other factories came up in Chennai as a consequence of post independence industrial boom
In 1988 it had ventured into the Real Estate development in Chennai and has constructed many premium apartments in Chennai. Coromandel Engineering has not only built commercial building in Chennai, it has constructed landmark commercial buildings in Bangalore like Unity Building, Hotel Holiday Inn and Windsor Manor which also stands testimony to our capabilities.
It has also constructed many Industrial Buildings all over India.
Coromandel Engineering has not narrowed its activities in India and it has also constructed a seven storied building for Life Insurance Corporation of India at Mauritius in the year 1993