The Japanese technology company Toshiba has an agreement with Western Digital signed for which Toshiba is not only production facilities of Western Digital 3,5″hard drives take over, but also the intellectual property rights obtains.
Toshiba will have its hard drive production at the acquired part of Western Digital host: the opslagdivisie Toshiba Storage Device will be that of the WD can be incorporated. The lines of Toshiba are build in Thailand: the production of hard drives will now be in Western Digital’s factories in the Philippines and in China take place. With the acquisition of get Toshiba Western Digital 3,5″-driveproductie for the consumer market, such as pcs and dvrs, and server-grade hdds in your hands.
The acquisition will strengthen Toshiba’s position in the hard drive market. Earlier, in 2009, the company acquired all of the opslagdivisie of Fujitsu, which are 2,5″-portfolio reinforced. The acquisition should by various authorities to be approved, but at the end of march should be completed. Also Western Digitals acquisition of Hitachi’s opslagdivisie, Hitachi Global Storage, must first be completed. That should still by European and Chinese antikartelwaakhonden be approved: a European condition would require that Western Digital is a part of its 3.5″hdd production capacity should dispose of.
What amount with the agreement involved is, did the companies not known. The acquisition means a consolidation of companies on the market for hard drives, where there is an oligopoly. Last year, Seagate, the hdd division of Samsung.
Update 1 march: Western Digital let know that the agreement between Toshiba and WD what a more nuanced picture. Toshiba acquires assets of Western Digital Toshiba the right to give 3,5″-disks to produce and sell. Moreover, it complies with Western Digital, thereby, conditions for the acquisition of Hitachi Global Storage Technologies.
The assets that Toshiba, in turn, to Western Digital sells, Toshiba Storage Device Thailand Company. The factory is located as a result of the floods still quiet, but will be part of Western Digital’s operations in Thailand.