Nexperia and Tata Electronics to Make Power Chips in India

Nexperia, the Netherlands-based semiconductor company, and Tata Electronics, part of India's Tata Group, announced a strategic partnership on 17 September 2026 to conduct chip manufacturing, packaging and testing in India and to cooperate further on developing future semiconductor technologies.

Under the arrangement, the two sides will jointly produce a range of Nexperia power-control chips, with the products planned for manufacture at Tata's 300mm wafer fab in Dholera, Gujarat. Beyond wafer manufacturing, they will also carry out chip packaging and testing in Jagiroad in the northeastern state of Assam, where Nexperia's discrete semiconductor products will be assembled and tested. The cooperation spans multiple stages of the semiconductor value chain, including front-end wafer manufacturing, back-end packaging and testing, and technology and ecosystem development. Specific financial terms have not been disclosed, and the two sides also plan to jointly advance future technology development.

Tata's 300mm wafer fab in Dholera, Gujarat, is currently under construction with total investment of about USD 11 billion, making it a core project in Tata's semiconductor manufacturing footprint in India. Randhir Thakur, chief executive officer and managing director of Tata Electronics, said the cooperation with Nexperia covers the complete semiconductor manufacturing value chain. Tata is currently advancing two semiconductor projects in India simultaneously: in addition to the Dholera fab, the company is building a semiconductor packaging and testing facility in Jagiroad, Assam, with the two projects representing combined investment of about USD 14 billion. The Dholera plant uses a 300mm wafer production line and is planned to cover mature process nodes from 28 nanometres to 110 nanometres, starting with 90 nanometre, 55 nanometre and 28 nanometre processes.

Nexperia is a Netherlands-headquartered semiconductor company that mainly produces basic semiconductor devices for automotive, industrial equipment, consumer electronics and mobile devices, with its products falling largely into power control and discrete devices. The backdrop to the cooperation involves a control dispute between Nexperia and its Chinese parent company Wingtech. In September 2025, the Dutch government intervened in Nexperia's affairs, saying the measures were intended to prevent the transfer of the company's business and operations to China, after which relations between Nexperia and Wingtech deteriorated rapidly. Wingtech is a Chinese listed company and Nexperia's controlling shareholder, but it can no longer exercise effective control over Nexperia. A Dutch court has stripped Wingtech of control over Nexperia, which is now run by its current management.

After the Dutch measures, the Chinese government temporarily restricted exports of some Nexperia chip products. These products were mainly packaged at Nexperia's plant in Dongguan, China, and the export restrictions at one point left automakers facing chip supply shortages. As China and the Netherlands subsequently adjusted the relevant measures, the supply chain crisis has eased. Tata has recently reached cooperation agreements with the Dutch semiconductor packaging equipment company Besi, Japan's Fujifilm and other companies, as well as institutions including a semiconductor laboratory under the Indian government, covering areas such as wafer manufacturing, advanced packaging, semiconductor materials, equipment, chip design and talent development.

The two sides have not yet announced when specific products will begin mass production in India, but they have begun preparing for the production of Nexperia MOSFET products at the Dholera plant and the packaging and testing of discrete semiconductor products in Jagiroad. The cooperation between Nexperia and Tata Electronics covers front-end wafer manufacturing, back-end packaging and testing, and technology and ecosystem development. The partnership adds India as a new production and packaging base for Nexperia alongside its existing manufacturing operations in Europe and Asia.