Murata Electronics
(India) Private Limited, a subsidiary of iPhone component maker Murata
Manufacturing Co., Ltd., has entered into an agreement to lease a factory
within an industrial park in India. The handover will take place in February 2025. The
Japanese company said in a release that through this venture, Murata will gain
experience in factory operations in India and prepare for future manufacturing
activities in the country.
The plant will package
and ship multilayer ceramic capacitors. The facility at OneHub Chennai Industrial Park near Mamallapuram is aiming
for full-scale operation in FY2026, the release said.
Tamil Nadu’s Industries Minister
TRB Rajaa said in a social media post, “After big ones like Corning and Jabil,
Japanese electronics giant Murata Manufacturing has entered Tamil Nadu with a
factory at OneHub Chennai Industrial Park to manufacture multilayer ceramic
capacitors.” “We have been speaking to Murata for about a
year now, and after multiple meetings, we are immensely happy to see them
commence production in Tamil Nadu.
To those who say “only
assembly” is happening in India - watch how the supply chain shift is
happening. India will soon become a global hotspot for advanced electronics
manufacturing, and Tamil Nadu will be the engine that drives that
transformation, he said.