Established in 1969 for development of silicon technology as an R&D venture with the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, Metkem Silicon has been producing hyper pure polysilicon since 1982, with a capacity of 25 tpa. Different types of silicon wafers are on offer and the plant has an annual capacity to produce 1.2 million wafers. Silicon wafers are used in the semiconductor and photovoltaic industries.
The leading fibre optic cable manufacturers use Metkem’s silicon tetrachloride.
The manufacturing facility is situated at Mettur, near Salem in Tamil Nadu.
