Overview
- Kaynes Semicon’s OSAT plant in Sanand, inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday, began producing Intelligent Power Modules and has its first batch booked for export to a California company.
- An OSAT facility assembles, packages and tests chips, turning finished wafers into ready‑to‑use modules for products such as electric vehicles, industrial systems and energy‑efficient appliances.
- The plant was built under the India Semiconductor Mission with about ₹3,300 crore in investment and targets roughly 6.3 million units per day at full scale.
- The Sanand site becomes India’s second operational chip facility after Micron’s unit started on February 28, bolstering Gujarat’s packaging cluster alongside Micron and the planned CG Semi project.
- Officials cast the launch as part of a wider push that includes ISM 2.0, entry into Pax Silica and a critical minerals mission, with a pipeline of four plants in 2026, two in 2027 and a first fabrication unit planned in Dholera by 2028.