Seagate Completes Factory in Korat, Thailand
For disk heads
By Jean Jacques Maleval | December 12, 2011 at 2:48 pm
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Seagate completes B1bn Korat factory
Seagate Technology (Thailand) has released the figures for its new read/write-head factory in Nakhon Ratchasima. Costing 1 billion baht for construction and equipment, Seagate’s 29,800-squaremetre building in Nakhon Ratchasima will start operations next February. The firm expects its read/write-head production will increase by up to 40% at maximum capacity.
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The company has two facilities in Thailand:
- Seagate Teparuk in Samutprakarn established in 1988 to produce head stack and head gimbal assemblies.
- Seagate Korat in Nakhon-Ratchasima in 1996 to manufacture components - slider, head assembly and head gimbal assembly - as well as hard drives.











