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- An Automatic Optical Inspection machine has been installed at the Atal Incubation Centre-PEC Foundation in Puducherry Technological University.
- The equipment was provided through Corporate Social Responsibility support from Appasamy Associates Private Limited.
- Local hardware startups, researchers, and MSMEs can now perform high-precision quality checks on printed circuit boards locally.
- This new facility reduces the need for companies to outsource quality assessment to other cities like Chennai or Bengaluru.
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Vishnu Varadan
Chief Executive Officer, AIC-PECF
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“quality assurance was the step at which most young hardware ventures stumbled on their way from prototype to purchase order.”
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…time taken for quality assessment. According to Mr. Vishnu Varadan, the machine completed a capability mandate the centre had been building towards since its Electronics Design and Manufacturing mandate began, and that quality assurance was the step at which most young hardware ventures stumbled on their way from prototype to purchase order. The facility will be available to incubated startups, student innovators, researchers and MSMEs for PCB assembly, quality assurance, protyping and electronic product development. Published - September 23, 2026 09:12 pm…
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