Western Digital sells plant to Hitachi

Nibble Aluminium substrates not required

By Nick Farrell

Thu May 21 2009, 13:22

HARD DRIVE MAKER Western Digital has flogged a Malaysian factory which makes aluminium substrates to the company whose name sounds like a sneeze, Hitachi.

According to the AP, Western Digital bought the plant in 2007 when it acquired Komag. It did not really need it and the sale is part of the company's cost-cutting measures. µ

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Comments

Surprising

This is rather surprising to me. My company has worked with IBM/Hitachi for many years and I have never seen them use aluminum substrates for any products.

posted by : Gomez Addams, 21 May 2009 Complain about this comment

LOL!!!

I, too, loved the sneeze reference!

Laughing out loud at my desk! hehe!

posted by : UltraSBM, 21 May 2009 Complain about this comment

hi.. hi... HITACHI!!11

Sounds like a sneeze LOL

posted by : nic, 21 May 2009 Complain about this comment

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