American manufacturer of optical materials and semiconductors, Coherent Corp, has entered into a tripartite Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Guidance Tamil Nadu and IIT Madras’s Research Park (IITMRP), to establish a first-of-its-kind global Centre of Excellence (CoE).
The CoE will be set up at the IITMRP campus in Taramani, and will focus on research and development of products and services for lasers, optical networking components and systems, EV batteries and compound semiconductor devices, for the rapidly-growing markets underpinned by mobile, intelligent, and electric applications.
Coherent Corp., headquartered in Saxonburg, Pennsylvania, is a global leader in materials, networking, and lasers for the industrial, communications, electronics, and instrumentation markets. Coherent has R&D, manufacturing, sales, and distribution facilities in over 130 locations across 20 countries.
