• An advanced Common Facility Center (CFC) is being established under the Greenfield Electronic Manufacturing Cluster in Sector-22 of Nava Raipur Atal Nagar. This center will prove highly beneficial for industries and startups working in the field of electronics.
• This Common Facility Center will become a hub for technological innovation, industrial collaboration, and employment generation. This project will help fulfill Chief Minister Shri Sai’s commitment to making Chhattisgarh a technologically prosperous and self-reliant state.
• This project is being developed by the Nava Raipur Atal Nagar Development Authority. It has received assistance of ₹75 crore under the EMC 2.0 scheme from the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology, Government of India. Its total cost is ₹108.43 crore, with the state government contributing ₹33.43 crore.
• Developed on 3.23 acres of land in Nava Raipur, this center is equipped with modern technologies such as printed circuit board prototyping, 3D printing, EMC testing, environmental and reliability testing. This will provide technical support to industries engaged in the manufacturing of products such as semiconductors, LED lighting, solar charge controllers, electric vehicle (EV) equipment, automation solutions, and SCADA panels.
• Chief Minister Shri Sai says that our aim is not just to set up industries, but to connect the youth of Chhattisgarh with technological opportunities and make the state self-reliant. This Common Facility Center is a new opportunity for investors and will prominently establish Chhattisgarh on the electronics manufacturing map.
• This center is also very useful for small enterprises that want to test the quality of their products or are working on new designs. Startups will be able to test their products, create innovative prototypes, and move towards rapid production. This will increase employment opportunities in the state and provide necessary technical support to industries.
• Along with this, new investments will increase in the state due to the incentives available in the state government’s industrial policy. This project will add a new chapter to the industrial progress of Chhattisgarh and give Nava Raipur a new identity in the field of technology.
Polymatic Company
• Polymatic Company has been a leader in the production of semiconductors in India. This company was established in 2019. In 2008, semiconductor production in opto-electronics was started in Chennai, where LED chips are being manufactured and packaged.
• The company has been providing state-of-the-art semiconductor testing facilities in California for the past five decades, which are used by companies in many countries around the world.
• In France, the company is producing monocrystalline, polycrystalline silicon, silicon-carbide, and suffer wafers.
• The company is going to set up another plant in Nava Raipur. This plant will help India achieve a position as a powerhouse in the semiconductor sector.
• This plant will manufacture critical semiconductor modules and satellite communication equipment.
• From 5G-6G, new generation chips will be prepared in the plant. Which will be supplied domestically and to other countries of the world.
• The company will strengthen the supply chain and fill the technical gap in the field of semiconductors. And will make India a leader in advanced semiconductor production.
Additional Investment of 10 Thousand Crores
• Polymatic Company has announced an investment of 10 thousand crores to provide state-of-the-art facilities for power modules and fabrication in Nava Raipur. This unit will focus on field-effect transistors, MOSFETs, thyristors. This power electronics will be used especially in electrical vehicles.
• This ambitious expansion project will make India a leader in the field of advanced semiconductor manufacturing. At the same time, it will create employment opportunities for 5 thousand highly skilled for the talented young engineers of Chhattisgarh.
Scientific Terminology
• Thyristors – It works like a switch that allows current to flow in one direction. It is used in switching power control of AC-DC current and other applications.
• Field-Effect Transistor – It is a semiconductor device that controls current by using an electric field.