One year later -- 12 months of milestones for Micropolis after purchase by Singapore Technologies.CHATSWORTH, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 14, 1997--Since the purchase of its disk drive business by Singapore Technologies a year ago, Micropolis has experienced an exciting and challenging year. Combining its long-standing tradition of technology and innovation with new management and financial strength, Micropolis stands well-positioned to serve the growing demand for high-quality disk drives worldwide. The first thing Singapore Technologies did after the purchase was to begin assembling a new management team, composed of Micropolis pioneers and seasoned players from the industry's leading drive companies, including Dr. Joe Chen, Dr. Sanjoy Ghose, Dr. Eric Dunstan, Jon Toor, Edwin Tan, Terry Ostridge and Robert Rauch. Under the management of the new team, the company has implemented a spectrum of strategic programs all designed to meet the needs of a changing marketplace. "Micropolis - The Drive for Excellence!" Designed to renew the company's commitment to quality, "The Drive for Excellence!" program includes significant new product design and verification disciplines, a supplier management program to ensure suppliers consistently provide high quality parts into the operation and new process monitoring techniques to monitor manufacturing operations Manufacturing operations concern the operation of a facility, as opposed to maintenance, supply and distribution, health, and safety, emergency response, human resources, security, information technology and other infrastructural support organizations. on an ongoing basis. Additionally, continuous process improvement techniques are constantly being used to ensure shorter response times, shorter shipment lead-times, closed loop corrective action A corrective action is a change implemented to address a weakness identified in a management system. Normally corrective actions are instigated in response to a customer complaint, abnormal levels if internal nonconformity, nonconformities identified during an internal audit or and quality replacement product. A new management and organization structure has been put in place for worldwide customer service and technical support. New Manufacturing Facility The new 380,000 square foot facility in Singapore opened The Singapore Open can refer to several sporting events bearing the same name, or at least in part:
(2) (International Organization for Standardization, Geneva, Switzerland, www.iso.ch) An organization that sets international standards, founded in 1946. The U.S. member body is ANSI. 9002 certified. New Products In October, the company announced a new family of Ultra SCSI The designation for various high-speed SCSI interfaces. The original specification was Ultra SCSI, followed by Ultra2, Ultra3, etc. For details, see SCSI. Tomahawk tomahawk [from an Algonquian dialect of Virginia], hatchet generally used by Native North Americans as a hand weapon and as a missile. The earliest tomahawks were made of stone, with one edge or two edges sharpened (sometimes the stone was globe shaped). drives. Both the Tomahawk 9.1 GB and 4.55 GB drives maximize performance with 7.9 ms average seek times and rotational speeds Rotational speed (sometimes called speed of revolution) indicates, for example, how fast a motor is running. Rotational speed is equivalent to angular speed, but with different units. Rotational speed tells how many complete rotations (i.e. of 7200 rpm. The overwhelming acceptance of these products in the marketplace recently propelled Micropolis into the number two position of hard drive suppliers in this market segment, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. the market research firm of TRENDFocus Inc. In November the AV Gold, audio video "optimized" versions of the Tomahawk drive, were introduced. Most recently Micropolis entered into an OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer) The rebranding of equipment and selling it. The term initially referred to the company that made the products (the "original" manufacturer), but eventually became widely used to refer to the organization that buys the products and partnership with StorMedia, a leading supplier of thin film disks for hard drives, establishing a "factory-in-factory" plan to ensure a constant supply of thin film disks manufactured to Micropolis' exact specifications. Also this month Micropolis introduced two new lines of disk drives -- the Micropolis Mustang mustang [Sp. mesteño=a stray], small feral horse of the W United States. Mustangs are descended from escaped Native American horses, which in turn were descended from horses of North African blood, brought to the New World by the Spanish c.1500. for the Performance PC and entry-level workstation market, and the Stinger Ultra SCSI for the entry-level server and workstation market. The new 3.5-inch, low profile drives are designed to deliver exceptional performance and higher storage capacities demanded by today's applications. Micropolis, founded in 1976, was purchased by Singapore Technologies, a technology-based conglomerate with headquarters in Singapore, in early 1996. Micropolis (S) Pte Ltd PTE LTD Private Limited is a leading designer and manufacturer of high performance disk drives with its R&D centers in Chatsworth and Scotts Valley, Calif., manufacturing facilities in Singapore and Thailand, and sales offices throughout the world. Its products are sold to OEMs and system integrators and through distributors and VARs. Singapore Technologies has more than $8 billion in assets and a workforce of 16,000 persons including more than 4,000 technical and engineering staff. Note: Micropolis, Micropolis Mustang, Tomahawk, Stinger and "The Drive for Excellence!" are trademarks and registered trademarks of Micropolis (S) Pte Ltd. All other brand or product names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective owners. More information on Micropolis and its products can be found at http://www.micropolis.com CONTACT: Micropolis (USA) Inc. Mike Sanders For the former National Basketball Association (NBA) player, see Mike Sanders (basketball). Michael Edwin Neil Sanders[1] (born July 20, 1974 in Atlanta, Georgia) is an American professional wrestler and stand-up comedian, formerly working with WWA, TNA , 818/709-3445 mike_sanders@micropolis.com or Capital Relations Deana Murchison/Lisa Zylstra, 805/494-0830 deana@caprel.com |
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