Hitachi Global Storage Technologies (Hitachi GST) plans to expand its presence in China by setting up operations in Shanghai and Beijing in the first quarter of 2004, according to Pete Andreyev, company vice president and general manager for the Asia-Pacific region.
The hard disk drive manufacturer, which Hitachi formally launched on January 1, 2003 after buying IBM’s storage technology business, in August announced a three-year initiative to relocate the majority of its media manufacturing operations from San Jose, Calif. and Odawara, Japan to Shenzhen, Guangdong Province (China).
Background:
Press release – Hitachi and China’s Great Wall Technology strike extensive hard disk drive manufacturing agreement (Aug 18) (Great Wall’s ExcelStor subsidiary will manufacture 40GB and 80GB versions of Hitachi’s 3.5-inch Deskstar 7K250 desktop hard drive.)
Article translated by Adam Hwang and edited by Adam Hwang
