In order to capitalise on the growing demand for tablets, Simmtronics Semiconductors Ltd has increased its manufacturing capacity to 3 lakhs a month at its plants in India. The company is looking at further increasing its manufacturing capacity to 6 lakh tablets a month by the end of 2012.
Simmtronics claims it has an order booking of over Rs 100 crore. The company said it had orders of 2 million tablets in the year 2012-13 and includes 7-inch and 10-inch screens, both resistive and capacitive variants.
“This will help us to meet the ever growing demand of our products in India. In addition to India, we are also exporting these products to countries like Dubai, Europe and South Africa,” said Mr Indrajit Sabharwal, Managing Director, Simmtronics Semiconductors Ltd.
In October, the company had closed a deal with US-based VIA Technologies Inc, under which Simmtronics started manufacturing tablets powered by WonderMedia PRIZM SoC (System-on-Chip) platforms in India. Under the terms of this partnership, Simmtronics was to manufacture the devices in its new dedicated production facilities in Noida, Uttar Pradesh.