Tata Electronics will test, assemble chips with Japan's ROHM

Tata Electronics on Monday said it has entered into a strategic partnership with Japanese semiconductor and electronics manufacturer ROHM Co for semiconductor manufacturing in India for both Indian and global markets.

As an initial focus, ROHM and Tata Electronics will establish a manufacturing framework for power semiconductors. Tata Electronics will begin by assembling and testing ROHM's India-designed automotive-grade Nch 100V, 300A Si MOSFET in a TOLL package, targeting mass production shipments by next year.

"Through this partnership, we aim to expand our lineup of packaged products manufactured in India and help build a sustainable, region-based supply chain network," Kazuhide Ino, member of the board, managing executive officer, ROHM Co said in a statement. "We are confident that this collaboration will enable us to meet the growing demand from Indian customers seeking domestically produced semiconductors. We also envision supplying jointly manufactured products to the global market."


The companies said they will also explore co-development of high-value packaging technologies in the future. Further, both companies will combine efforts to market the products manufactured through this collaboration.

"With a strong legacy of quality and reliability across products for a broad range of markets, ROHM brings deep domain expertise to this partnership," Randhir Thakur, CEO & MD, Tata Electronics, said.