SyQuest Drives Now Supported by Inter-Manufacturing Inc.SANTA CLARA Santa Clara, city, Cuba Santa Clara (sän`tä klä`rä), city (1994 est. pop. 217,000), capital of Villa Clara prov., central Cuba. , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 5, 1999-- Inter-Manufacturing Inc. (IMI IMI International Masonry Institute (Washington, DC) IMI Israel Military Industries IMI Institute of the Motor Industry IMI International Market Insight IMI Imposto Municipal Sobre Imóveis (Portugal) ), a contract manufacturing services company located in Santa Clara announced, since Dec. 1, 1998, it has voluntarily assumed the roles formerly performed by SyQuest's (SYQT SYQT System Qualification Testing ) customer support and services departments for the SyQuest disk A removable hard drive from SyQuest. Using the SCSI interface, SyQuest's 5.25" drives support 44, 88 and 200MB cartridges. SyQuest's 3.5" drives support 105 and 270MB cartridges. SyQuest disks became de facto standards for transportable interchange of personal computer data. drives and cartridge products. IN WARRANTY AND OUT OF WARRANTY REPAIR The action taken by IMI is a result of SyQuest's inability to respond to customer's urgent needs. Since Nov. 15, 1998, SyQuest customers have contacted IMI for their repairs. IMI was able to give owners of SyQuest product limited support of "in warranty" and "out of warranty" products. "IMI services include refurbishing, cleaning, updating and testing of drives and cartridges. The company even performs data recovery. This announcement allows previous Syquest customers to obtain the services previously unavailable to them when SyQuest filed for bankruptcy. We are pleased to provide IMI's expertise to PC owners," stated Johan Willems, IMI's President and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. . NEGOTIATIONS WITH SYQUEST Since Nov. 17, 1998, negotiations with SyQuest Technology SyQuest Technology, Inc., now known as SYQT, Inc., was an early entrant into the removable hard disk market for personal computers. The company was started in 1982 by Syed Iftikar who named it partially after himself in a derivation of "Sy's Quest". concerning the official transfer of customer support and services from SyQuest to IMI were held. IMI BACKGROUND IMI's technical expertise includes a history of manufacturing services for Syquest Technology since May 1997. IMI is a private company founded to provoke manufacturing for high technology companies. The company's World Wide Web Site is at http://www.intermfg.com. |
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