SEALSQ Signs MoU with Gujarat Government for Semiconductor Center

SEALSQ announced the signing of a Non-binding Memorandum of Understanding with the Government of Gujarat and Kaynes SemiCon to collaborate on the establishment of India's first Secure Semiconductor Design, Test, and Personalization Center dedicated to post-quantum cryptography technologies. The proposed OSTP center will be located at Kaynes SemiCon's manufacturing campus in Sanand, Gujarat, and is planned to achieve an annual production capacity of up to 300M post-quantum secure semiconductors. The facility aims to support India's growing demand for quantum-resistant technologies across security-sensitive and regulated sectors, including government, defense, critical infrastructure, telecommunications, automotive, IoT, and digital identity. The parties of the MoU, the Government of Gujarat, acting through its competent authority, SEALSQ and Kaynes SemiCon, plan to collaborate on building a trusted, onshore semiconductor ecosystem aligned with India's national security, regulatory, and digital sovereignty requirements. The purpose of the MoU is to formalize the mutual understanding of the parties to cooperate on the establishment of a secure semiconductor platform in India, with a strategic focus on onshore semiconductor personalization, post-quantum cryptography and quantum-resistant semiconductor technologies, and the strengthening of India's strategic autonomy and resilience within the global semiconductor supply chain. Under the MoU, the parties intend to establish a joint venture company in India, tentatively named SEALKAYNESQ Ltd, with the aim to secure semiconductor design, testing, and personalization. The proposed initiative includes the planned creation of an Outsourced Semiconductor Test and Personalization facility within Kaynes SemiCon's campus, that aims to enable advanced capabilities such as Common Criteria-compliant wafer testing, final testing, secure personalization, cryptographic key injection, PKI provisioning, and post-quantum cryptographic enablement.