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P Raja Manickam, founder and CEO of iVP Semi, revealed plans to collaborate with local industrialists and the government to establish a semiconductor wafer fabrication facility in Coimbatore.

Coimbatore

Who
P Raja Manickam
What
P Raja Manickam, founder and CEO of iVP Semi, revealed plans to collaborate with local industrialists and the government to establish a semiconductor wafer fabrication facility in Coimbatore.
When
Sat, 13 Jun 2026 14:26:00 GMT · 2h 12m ago
Where
Coimbatore ·
Why
Manickam emphasized the critical need for India to transition from a service-driven economy to a product-manufacturing powerhouse.
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This initiative aims to establish a foundational national infrastructure in India, essential for economic self-sufficiency and for India to play a dominant role in the projected one trillion-dollar global semiconductor industry.

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