MEMS stands for Microelectrmechanical Systems, which is also written as MicroElectroMechanical or micro-electro-mechanical and it is a technology of very small mechanical devices that are driven by electricity. The term MEMS is also referred to as Micromachines in Japan and mocro systems technology in Europe. MEMS is distinct and separate from the hypothetical vision of molecular electronics and molecular nanotechnology.

MEMS are made up of components between 1 and 10 micrometres in size and the devices range in size between 1 to 100 micrometres, which can be called as 0.001 to 0.1mm size. Normally, MEMS equipment consist of a central unit that processes data, several components and micrometres that interact outer parts like microsensors.  In India, only a few companies are using MEMS technology and some of the materials for MEMS manufacturing include ceramics, metals, polymers and silicon. Some of the basic processos engaged in the MEMS industry are deposition process, patterning, etching processes and die preparation. Some of the MEMS manufacturing technologies are high aspect ratio (HR) silicon manufacturing, surface micromachining and bulk micromachining. The names of the top companies in the MEMS sector in India are given below:

• Bilcare

• Velbionanotech

• QTech Nanosystems

• Micro Materials

• United Nanotechnologies

Some of the details regarding these top companies in the MEMS sector in India are given below:

Bilcare:

Bilcare Research is a multinational company with businesses in different countries like Brazil, Singapore, Germany, US and of course India. In India, they are operating from the city of Pune and the company is driven by a single goal being creating a safe and healthier tomorrow. The company believes in universal access to quality health care and therefore, they are continuously engaged in creation of unique solutions that have the ability to facilitate better health outcomes. As a MEMS company, they are engaged in the manufacture of micro particles used in pharmaceutical and medical fields.

Velbionanotech:

Velbionanotech shortly called as VBN came into existence in the year 2002 and the company was established with the objective of promotion of research and development all over the world. They are making use of proven latest throughput technologies. The company is mainly engaged in research activities and they analyze genes and proteins for discovering drugs and their other areas of R&D includes designing of MEMS products and Nanochips. These are designed for delivering drugs on the diseased genes of the human body.

QTech Nanosystems:

QTech Nonosystems has its operations in the city of Mumbai in the Indian state of Maharashtra and the company is a technology incubation R & D Centre focused on making products based on Microelectrmechanical Systems. The company is engaged in the collaborative product and research developmental activities in diverse areas to propel innovation in nanotechnology. The researches of this company are based on new concepts that are derived from fundamentals of science and technologies and therefore their products stand out of the crowd of competitors.

Micro Materials:

Micro Materials Private Limited is a company based in the city of Bangalore in the India state of Karnataka. They are engaged in the process of introducing innovative micro and nano technologies and material catalysts. The company has earned exclusive marketing and commercialization right for this technology from the Indian Institute of Science located in Bangalore, which is one of the leading institutions in the nation.

United Nanotechnologies:

United Nanotechnologies Private Limited is operating from the city of Kolkata and the company aims at catering products based on Nanotechnology to the Indian market. The top most priority of the company is to offer service to their customers in a dynamic environment. They are working with new generation technology companies and large corporations to assist in realizing new products by using the wonderful MEMS technology.