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Japan's Murata enters India with Chennai plant, eyes deeper push
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From smartphones in your pockets to NASA's Ingenuity Mars Helicopter, almost every electronic device you see has a component of Murata Manufacturing in it. On Friday, the global giant that has a 40 per cent share in multilayer ceramic capacitors kicked off its India journey by starting manufacturing at its Chennai unit.
Though in the initial phase the company will focus on packaging and shipping of multilayer ceramic capacitors, sources indicate that it has a larger manufacturing roadmap in India, which may include the design, manufacture and sale of advanced electronic components, modules and devices. Murata's expansion in India is
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