Disk Drive Industry Links

Components, Materials Suppliers

Adaptec Controllers, Interconnect Solutions

Agere Systems Semiconductor

Asahii Kasehi Semiconductor components

ALPS Electric Components, Read/Write Heads

Beyonics Precision Mechanical Parts, PCBAs, Contract Mfg.

Brilliant Manufacturing

Cirrus Logic Disk Drive Controllers, Amplifiers

Engis Polishing Compounds

Exar Semiconductor Components

FCI Electronics Connectors, Components

F Squared Magnetics designs and produce complete voice coil motors, magnet assembly and coil, for disc drives

Hutchinson Suspension Assemblies

IBM Microelectronics Semiconductor components

IBM Storage Almaden Laboratories, Storage Technology

Infineon Discreet Semiconductor Products

IMP Analog ICs

Innovex Flex Interconnect Products

The Kaifa Group Rigid Disk Substrates, HGAs, Head Stacks

Komag Rigid Thin Film Media, Optical Components

KR Precision Suspension Assemblies

LSI Logic Disk Drive Controller ICs

Loctite Specialized Adhesives

Magnecomp Suspension Assemblies

MMI Holdings Ltd. Precision aluminum die casting, surface finishing, high volume machining, clean room assy services

Marvell Semiconductor Read Amps

Miyoshi Precision Ltd. top covers, disk clamps and voice coil motors plates for HDD

Molex Connectors

MMI Group Precision aluminum components, contract mfg, automation systems, test systems

OHara Glass Disk Substrates

Seksun Precision Metal stamping

Sankyo-Seiki Direct Drive Spindle Motors

Symbios (See Also LSI Logic)

Texas Instruments Read Channel Devices, Controllers

Texwipe Contamination Control, Clean Wipestalline diamond abrasives and slurries for disk texture, head lapping, and very precise surface finishes

ADE Technologies - -Advanced, non contact, capacitance guages for drive motors and disk thicknessmeasurement

Advanced Imaging Inc. - Dynamic row bending ELG lapping systems

Agilent Technologies -Signal Analyzers

Adept -Advanced Robotics & Controls

Candela Instruments - Optical surface metrology for the HDD industry

EcoSnow Systems - CO2 Precision Cleaning Systems

FEI Company - Wafer process control, Ion Beam head trimming, 3D metrology,

GCE Technologies - Specialty Manufacturing and Test Systems Design and Fab

Guzik Technology - Read/Write Analyzers, Spin Stands

Hitachi Electronics - Media Certification & Automation

HDI Intrumentation - Optical metrology systems for surface analysis of substrates and finished media

Integral Solutions Inc. - Quasi Static GMR head testers including instability tests at Row, Slider, HGA, HSA, and HDD levels

KLA-Tencor - Metrology Systems for Semiconductor and HDD industries

LeCroy - Wave form analyzers

Lighthouse Clean Room contamination monitoring and control solutions

Marposs - Automation,Metrology & Controls for HGA, HSA, Spindle Motor, and Actuator Mfg

MicroPhysics - Magnetic head testers and engineering software for hard disk drive and tape drive applications in production, engineering, R&D

Mattson Technology - Plasma Etch, photoresist equipment

MicroE Precision encoders and motion control positioning systems

MMI Holdings Ltd Complex system contract assembly, precision mechanical sub-assemblies, automation and robotics, design services

Newport Corp. - Precision Motion Control

Oliver Design - Rigid Disk Cleaning Systems

SpeedFam - Surface Processing Equipment

ThoT Technology - Laser Doppler vibrometer based instruments & spin stands for measuring rotating surfaces or periodic vibrations

Vanguard Systems - Automation equipment

Veeco - Process and Metrology Systems

Xyratex - Interface Test Systems, Servo Track Writers, Protocol Analyzers, Factory Automation