US electronics manufacturer Coherent Corp establishes first global centre of excellence in Chennai

Coherent Corp, a Pennsylvania (US) based manufacturer of electronics, and instrumentation devices, on Tuesday said it has entered into a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Guidance Tamil Nadu and IIT Madras Research Park (IITMRP) to start its first global centre of excellence (COE) in Taramani, Chennai.

The centre will be located on the IITMRP campus and focus on research and development (R&D) of products and services used in lasers, optical networking components and systems, EV batteries, and compound semiconductor devices for the markets supported by mobile, intelligent, and electric applications.