Forging India’s Deep-Tech Manufacturing Future
Under a bold national push for innovation-led industrial transformation, India’s critical initiatives-such as the Critical Minerals Mission, Anusandhan National Research Foundation (ANRF) MAHA-EV Mission, National Programs in Energy, materials and others, and selective export tariffs on critical materials-are paving the way for self-reliant manufacturing and technology resilience. These national programs are designed to strengthen India’s capacity to innovate, scale indigenous technologies, and ensure long-term economic sustainability.
ARCI’s Advanced Materials Technology Incubator (AMTI) aligns seamlessly with these national missions by offering a platform for deep-tech entrepreneurs to redefine material science markets, contribute to economic growth, and elevate India’s global position in advanced manufacturing.
Unlocking Innovation at AMTI
AMTI is a dedicated incubation ecosystem developed by the International Advanced Research Centre for Powder Metallurgy and New Materials (ARCI) to support innovation-led entrepreneurs / startups / MSMEs working in materials science, energy and advanced manufacturing. Located adjacent to ARCI’s R&D hub in Hyderabad, AMTI provides startups with the essential infrastructure (office space/pilot scale facilities), mentorship, and collaboration needed to quickly transform lab-scale innovations to market-ready technologies thereby reducing time-to-market.
Key offerings include:
Infrastructure Support - AMTI provides ready-to-use industrial space with essential utilities, along with access to ARCI’s advanced material characterization and testing facilities. Aligned with ARCI’s expertise in e-mobility, sustainable manufacturing, coatings, additive manufacturing, energy materials (Batteries, Solar, Fuel Cell), nano materials, and other facets of advanced materials technologies.
Mentorship & Technical Collaboration - AMTI facilitates close collaboration with ARCI’s scientists, enabling joint R&D, expert mentoring, and seamless knowledge transfer to advance innovations to market place. This facilitates required industry linkages, investor connect, and market access for incubatee startups/MSMEs.
Product Validation & Scale-Up Support - Enabling technology validation through performance testing and certification, while supporting startups/MSMEs in prototype development, pilot-scale production, process stabilization and yield improvement, bridging the critical "valley of death" for technology commercialization.
Regulatory & Operational Enablement - AMTI ensures startups are operationally ready with essential utilities - electricity, water, safety systems and maintains both infrastructure and surrounding ecology. Startups receive guided support in securing statutory clearances (e.g., Pollution Control Board, safety norms), enabling compliance from day one.
AMTI not only empowers startups to build breakthrough products but also anchors them within India’s national mission framework-fueling economic growth, technological self-reliance, and global leadership in advanced manufacturing.
Incubation facility of Altmin Private Limited
Altmin Private Limited is the technology recipient of Carbon-coated Lithium Iron Phosphate (C-LFP) Cathode Materials Technology developed by ARCI and has been licensed the technology both on an exclusive basis for territories other than India and on a non-exclusive basis within India, following successful third-party validation. ARCI has been providing support to Altmin Private Limited in scaling-up efforts, as well as the required space / shed within ARCI’s Advanced Materials Technology Incubator (AMTI). The shed occupied by Altmin Private Limited was inaugurated by Dr. V.K. Saraswat, Member, NITI Aayog, and Dr. Anil Kakodkar, Chairman, Governing Council, ARCI, and Former Chairman, Atomic Energy Commission of India, on August 18, 2023.As a major milestone, ALTMIN established India’s first pilot-scale C-LFP manufacturing facility, with a capacity of 100 kg/day. This facility is now operational and producing large quantities of C-LFP cathode material powder. ALTMIN is currently supplying LFP material to multiple stakeholders for validation and subsequent qualification in Li-ion cell manufacturing. ALTMIN is now moving towards setting up a full-scale commercial LFP production plant. This collaboration between ARCI and ALTMIN represents a major milestone in India’s mission to develop a robust, self-reliant battery materials ecosystem.
