History (1991): Conner Peripherals Europe Opening HDD Plant in Italy

Conner Peripherals Europe (CPE), a joint venture between Conner Peripherals, Inc (51%) and Ing. C. Olivetti & Co. SpA (49%), has opened a new 3 .5-inch disk drive plant in Aosta Valley, in the Northern part of Italy.

The 88,000-square-foot factory will employ 300 workers and will replace the joint venture’s 3-year old plant in Ivrea.

Last year, CPE manufactured around 200,000 drives valued at $60 million.

Conner Peripherals is considering another factory in Japan for next year.

This article is an abstract of news published on the former paper version of Computer Data Storage Newsletter on issue ≠41, published on June 1991.