Taiwan-based semiconductor materials firm Full Chain plans to open an equipment manufacturing facility in Tamil Nadu.

The company has already established a design centre and a research and development centre in the state and plans to provide various services, including environmental, social and governance advisory and thermal management-related services for semiconductor fabs and outsourced semiconductor assembly and testing (OSAT) units.

Reports said the company plans to establish a semiconductor equipment making facility and is currently evaluating the product that could be made. 

It has identified land banks and is in talks with the govt for figuring out the financial support.

The facility will either be located in Chennai or Trichy in a govt industrial park and the location will be finalised based on the nature of the equipment. The plant might come up in Chennai, if it is an export-focused equipment, the sources added.

Meanwhile, Full Chain recently established a R&D centre in Trichy focusing on carbon capture and energy efficiency in chip making.

“We have been working for years on thermal management solutions for high-performance electronics. Now, we are using that experience to build cleantech solutions to reduce CO₂ emissions from semiconductor factories. We are developing small and efficient CO₂ capture systems that can be added directly to the factory exhaust pipes or air systems, while maintaining cleanroom integrity,” Ricky Chen, chief executive of Full Chain said in a statement.