Coimbatore District Small Industries Association

[3] It is the largest district association of small industries in India with more than two thousand members.

[5] CODISSIA was established in 1969 with 40 members under the Tamil Nadu Societies Registration Act.

CODISSIA organized its first vendor exhibition in association with Integral Coach Factory, Chennai.

In 1974, P. C. Alexander, then Development Commissioner (SSI), the Government of India inaugurated an exhibition of railway and telecommunication parts conducted by CODISSIA.

[10] CODISSIA has signed an agreement with the Government of Tamil Nadu during the Global Investors 2015 to establish two industrial parks in Coimbatore.