PM Modi to inaugurate Gujarat OSAT plant Mar 31
India will open a large OSAT (outsourced semiconductor assembly & test) facility in Sanand, Gujarat, with capacity to package about 6 million chips per day; PM Modi is due to inaugurate it on March 31. The plant positions Sanand as a major global packaging cluster and adds regional capacity to chip supply chains. (government.economictimes.indiatimes.com)
Kaynes Semicon — the semiconductor subsidiary of Kaynes Technology — is the operator of the Sanand OSAT site, developed through a roughly ₹3,300–₹3,330 crore investment that UST announced as a strategic partner in a joint venture with Kaynes. (economictimes.indiatimes.com) The project’s MoU was signed in June 2023, the foundation stone was laid in September 2023, and the Union Cabinet approved the scheme on September 23, 2024 under the India Semiconductor Mission, a timeline Prime Minister Modi described as a 900‑day delivery. (economictimes.indiatimes.com) Kaynes moved from pilot to validation during 2025, with company executives saying pilot operations began in April and multi‑month product validation targeted commercial ramp in early 2026. (telecom.economictimes.indiatimes.com) The Sanand unit has already shipped commercial multi‑chip modules — Kaynes reported dispatching 900 IPM multi‑chip modules to Alpha & Omega Semiconductor, with the IPM integrating 17 dies and the facility demonstrating initial throughput in the pilot stage. (kaynestechnology.co.in) UST’s public materials and news statements tie its investment to digital engineering and AI‑driven process improvements, positioning the JV to apply real‑time data analysis and automation across assembly, test and yield‑management workflows. (ust.com) Sanand’s semiconductor build‑out now includes Kaynes, Micron’s earlier facility and CG Semi’s unit, and Gujarat hosts four of the 10 major projects approved so far under the Centre’s semiconductor programme, marking the area’s shift from auto manufacturing to a concentrated packaging ecosystem. (economictimes.indiatimes.com)
