Chinese manufacturer USI opens first development centre in India with TechM

Tech Mahindra (TechM), India’s fifth-largest IT services company, has established a development centre at its office in Bengaluru, in partnership with electronic design and computer storage device manufacturing firm Universal Scientific Industrial (Shanghai), USI.

It is USI’s first engineering offshore development center (ODC) in India. Located at Tech Mahindra’s Bengaluru office, the development center will accelerate innovation in smart device engineering, Tech Mahindra said in a statement.

The center marks a milestone for USI as it expands its engineering capabilities to India, for enhancing device software development, hardware design, and testing.


USI aims to leverage Tech Mahindra's expertise, particularly the need for scalability and flexibility, faster product launches, and access to specialised skills and facilities.

“This collaboration aims to provide scalable solutions, accelerate time-to-market, and deliver innovative advancements. It will leverage Tech Mahindra's specialised talent pool and advanced labs, focusing on technologies expected to drive the future of connected devices, additive manufacturing, connected vehicles, and augmented and virtual reality,” the statement added.

“We are delighted to collaborate with USI to launch a first-of-its-kind engineering development center…We are positive that this collaboration will pave the way for device software and hardware design advancements, ultimately setting the stage for future partnerships," said Narasimham RV, president – engineering services for TechM.

In addition, the center will provide comprehensive services, including modem software development, android telephony, middleware, board support package (BSP), device driver engineering, and advanced hardware and printed circuit board (PCB) design. Through this collaboration, TechM will enhance its modem, radio frequency software, and video bar development capabilities, the company added.

“The establishment of our offshore development center with Tech Mahindra marks a significant milestone in extending the capabilities of USI’s R&D efforts. By leveraging Tech Mahindra’s specialized talent pool and deep expertise in the telecom and automotive sectors,” said John Fang, chief technology officer at USI.

USI, a subsidiary of New York-listed semiconductor manufacturing services firm ASE Technology Holding Co, provides electronic design and manufacturing in the field of SiP (System-in-Package) technology. It has 31 production and service locations across four continents of Asia, Europe, the Americas, and Africa.