Amid India’s electrification surge, Mitsubishi Electric bets on rising demand by expanding its power semiconductor game while assessing volumes before local manufacturing.
Mitsubishi Electric is sharpening its India strategy as global demand for power electronics rises. The Japanese company sees India as a key growth destination for power semiconductors and is preparing to expand its local ecosystem presence to capture future opportunities.
According to a report by Financial Express, the company plans to deepen long-term investments in India’s power device market. It will continue to supply silicon and silicon carbide (SiC) components, as well as high-frequency and optical devices used in specialised industrial and communication systems.
Mitsubishi Electric already provides gallium nitride (GaN) power amplifier modules for select 5G base station applications in the country. Company executives say these segments remain niche but are expanding steadily as electrification gathers momentum.
Currently, products sold to Indian customers are manufactured in Japan and, in some cases, China. Imports remain the primary route, while the Indian subsidiary focuses on customer engagement, application development and ecosystem building rather than local fabrication.
According to the company, India’s market is still evolving and lacks the maturity of Europe and China. Local manufacturing may be explored once demand volumes and supply readiness improve.
Power semiconductors today represent only a small slice of the wider semiconductor industry. Mitsubishi Electric expects that even as the global chip market approaches the trillion-dollar mark later in the decade, power devices will account for only a few percentage points of that total.
The company is not using semiconductor-specific incentive schemes in India at present, though it is pursuing support for its factory automation plant in Pune and for a new manufacturing facility in Chennai under government programmes.
Mitsubishi Electric has supplied power electronics to India for more than two decades. Its devices are used in railways, renewable projects, industrial automation and consumer systems.
The company believes wide-bandgap technologies such as silicon carbide and gallium nitride will define the next phase, enabling higher efficiency, compact systems and improved performance across applications.
