Cookson Electronics to move into new centre

BANGALORE: Cookson Electronics, a global leader in development, manufacturing and sales of materials used in electronic assembly processes, would soon be moving into its newly built research centre here, a top official of the company announced on Tuesday.

The 32,000-sq ft facility was an integral part of Cookson's global research commitment, which consists of scientific exploration in four research and development centers located in USA, Japan, Singapore and India, its CEO Steven Corbett told reporters here.

Cookson Electronics had been the first in the industry to establish an R&D facility in India in the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) campus in Bangalore in 2004, he said, adding despite the re-location of the centre, the company will continue its association with IISc, Corbett said.

"This is extremely important to our continued growth in Asia. Currently, 60 per cent of our Assembly materials business is derived from the Asia/Pacific region," he said. The new R&D centre had been set up with an investment of $10 million, he said.

Cookson Electronics facility in India caters to all major electronic materials manufacturers involved in the country's prominent sectors such as telecom, consumer electronics, power, semi-conductor and alike. Corbett said the company will be focussing on semiconductor and nanotechnology in future.

Cookson Electronics has earned $3 billion revenues in 2006 and $1 billion from Electronics division.