Dutch chipmaker Nexperia announced a far-reaching partnership with Tata Electronics on Thursday to manufacture and package computer chips in India, further sealing its split with Chinese parent Wingtech.
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Under the deal, Nexperia and Tata will manufacture a swathe of Nexperia’s power control chips at the $11 billion plant Tata is constructing in Dholera. The companies will also cooperate on testing and assembling chips at Tata’s packaging facility in Jagiroad, they said.
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“This comprehensive partnership … represents an important step in Tata Electronics’ efforts to build a globally competitive, integrated semiconductor manufacturing ecosystem in India,” Tata Electronics CEO Randhir Thakur said in a statement.
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Nexperia is an important maker of simple chips that are widely used in the automotive and consumer electronics industries. Its ongoing dispute with Wingtech was triggered by a September 2025 intervention by the Dutch state, which it said was aimed at preventing the company from moving operations to China.
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[In 2025], a Dutch court has stripped Wingtech of control over national security concerns, and Thursday’s partnership with Tata was endorsed by Nexperia’s current management board.
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I think the Chinese have much more hands-on approach when it comes to realizing their long-term goals and I think the western ‘let’s leave it to the market’-approach is why they had to intervene in the end, but only at a point where it did serious diplomatic damage. I blame the politics and the Institutes they have let it come this far, but at the same time it really seems like a better same then never situation. I’m totally fine with Chinese expansion, it doesn’t have to be a zero-sum game; but in a case like this it really is, China’s economy gains because Europe’s economy loses. I’m glad they didn’t let that happen.