Wipro, Rockwell, Lohum arms among 12 cos to enter electronics component manufacturing scheme

New Delhi: Robotic arms of Azim Premji’s Wipro Enterprises and US firm Rockwell Automation are among 12 companies that have received the government’s approval to manufacture and localize components and raw materials for electronics in India.

The ministry of electronics and IT (Meity) on Friday approved the new projects under the electronics component manufacturing scheme (ECMS) to locally make battery components, raw materials for printed circuit boards, and equipment to manufacture products in factories.