History (1993): Komag Shipped 20 Millionth Thin Film Disk

Komag Inc. (Milpitas , CA) announced the shipment of its 100 millionth thin-film disk.

The company is currently operating a total of 15 disk production lines in three countries: 10 in the US, 4 at its Japanese joint venture, Asahi Komag Co. Ltd. , and 1 at its new facility in Malaysia.

The company’s worldwide operations are now shipping at a rate in excess of one disk per second, or 1 million disks every 11.5 days.

Komag expects production from a second and a third Malaysian production line to commence in the first and fourth quarters of 1994, respectively.

Komag USA (M) Sdn Bhd.

This article is an abstract of news published on the former paper version of Computer Data Storage Newsletter on issue 71, published on December 1993.

Note: In 2007, Western Digital acquired Komag for $984 million.