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The hard disk drive supply chain was hit hard late last year when a
series of floods struck Thailand. The Asian country accounts for about a
quarter of the world's hard drive production, but thousands of
factories had to close shop for weeks as facilities were under water, in
what is considered the world's fourth costliest natural disaster
according to World Bank estimates. That's on top of the human cost of over 800 lives.
Western Digital and Toshiba had factories in the flood zones whereas
Seagate was mainly affected by the resulting supply constraints from
business partners who were forced to halt production of related
components. Among those was Nidec, which produces ~70% of the world's
hard drive spindle motors. ... 続きを読む
http://www.techspot.com/guides/494-hard-drive-pricewatch-thai-floods/
2012/02/09
HDD Pricewatch: Three Months Into the Thai Floods
