Wednesday, October 12th 2011
WD Reports Impact on HDD Production Due to Severe Flooding in Thailand
Western Digital Corp. today announced that production of hard drives in its facilities close to Bangkok, Thailand, will be constrained in the current quarter due to the severe flooding in Thailand. The flooding is causing problems with the region's infrastructure, including transportation and utilities, and has resulted in the inundation of some supplier facilities and employee homes. The company is gratified to report that its approximately 37,000 Thailand-based employees are deemed safe at this time.
The company is working with its suppliers to maximize throughput and availability of parts in order to best meet the needs of its customers.
In the quarter ending July 1, 2011, WD shipped approximately 54 million hard drives from its facilities in Thailand and Malaysia, with approximately 60 percent coming from its Thailand sites. The company's Thailand operations source much of its supply of components from local suppliers.
While WD's facilities in Thailand are operational, production has been suspended on a temporary basis to protect its employees and its facilities and equipment against water ingress. The company indicated that conditions associated with the continued flooding are evolving quickly and the extent of the impact on its operations in Thailand cannot yet be fully determined. The company will provide further updates on the situation, including on its investment community conference call on Wednesday, October 19, 2011.
The company is working with its suppliers to maximize throughput and availability of parts in order to best meet the needs of its customers.
While WD's facilities in Thailand are operational, production has been suspended on a temporary basis to protect its employees and its facilities and equipment against water ingress. The company indicated that conditions associated with the continued flooding are evolving quickly and the extent of the impact on its operations in Thailand cannot yet be fully determined. The company will provide further updates on the situation, including on its investment community conference call on Wednesday, October 19, 2011.
28 Comments on WD Reports Impact on HDD Production Due to Severe Flooding in Thailand
Taking into account WD being a very-high volume HDD supplier and how a bigger chunk of the industry is spread across Japan, Taiwan, and Singapore, I don't expect HDD prices to go up.
37,000 WD
sweatshop workersEmployee's got smart, formed a union and were damanding 50c more to their $1 a day salary and WD couldnt bring back the gas chamber so they tried to drown them instead.I love a good conspiracy.
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Seriously though. I hope all their staff are safe.
If what he said is true, their 37 000 employees are getting the pay of what 1-2 employees from the Western world would get lol o.o
and they would probably be working in sweatshops if it didn't affect the HDDs quality.
the cost would be too great. its better to let nature run wild which costs nothing unless their the ones that paid people off to blow up the dam.
that way they can claim it back on insurance.
Not in the market for any HDDs at the moment, but it's brutal how fast retailers took advantage of the Thailand flooding.
I guess I'll have to wait now >.>
heh heh
I was just about to build my girlfriends parents a cheap sanybridge rig too :(
Also, my face when seeing the new prices
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Answers on a stamped addressed envelope children.
WD's plant restoration is moving at a breakneck pace.