After the Floods, a Sea of Disk Drive Shortages

Businessweek  - 
Compared to the scores of companies in the disk drive industry with operations in Thailand, Seagate Technology (STX) is lucky. Only 180 of its 15,400 workers are among the 13 million people whose homes have been swamped. The floodwaters that have engulfed much of the industrial heartland north of Bangkok for the past six weeks have spared both of Seagate’s sprawling Thai factories. In fact, the weather at Seagate’s plant in Teparuk, which is outside the flood zone, has been uncharacteristically dry, says Thailand country manager Jeffrey D. Nygaard. ... 続きを読む

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