Micron’s top supplier Simmtech gets approval for set up unit in Sanand
Live MintSanand: The top supplier to US chipmaker Micron Technology, Inc., Simmtech, which makes substrates, has received approval for setting up a unit in Sanand, Gujarat, close to the chip maker's facility, Ashwini Vaishnaw, minister for telecom, IT and railways, told Mint on Saturday. While the minister declined to reveal the quantum of investment Simmtech will deploy for manufacturing plant, he said that this is the first in the set of multiple supply partners that the American company will bring to India in the coming months and years as it builds its first assembly, testing, marking and packaging unit in the country in Gujarat. "We've started from the most important component and the equipment suppliers that will be required for making the chips here will also come, the talks have already begun," a senior executive from Micron said. Micron Technology will set up a 1.4 million sq ft ATMP plant, the first phase of which will begin producing packaged chips by December 2024, Gursharan Singh, vice president of the company said at the groundbreaking ceremony.