History 2005: Showa Denko Expands Disk Media Production

At the current rate of expansion in the HDD industry, the risk of shortages is greatest in the disk media component sector.

This is what’s been inspiring the leader among independent makers, Japanese Showa Denko, since its Trace Storage acquisition in 2004, to expands its production from 10.7 to 13.75 million disks per month by March 2006, following an investment of $111 million.

The company has targeted 1.8-inch glass disk platters, but is also looking at 0.85-inch disks using perpendicular magnetic recording.

This article is an abstract of news published on issue 209 on June 2005 from the former paper version of Computer Data  Storage Newsletter.