nsane.forums Posted October 18, 2011 Share Posted October 18, 2011 Massive flooding in Thailand, the worst in 50 years in that country, could cause shortages in hard drive supplies for the next several months as some hard drive makers shut down operations.Thailand is currently experiencing the worst flooding it has experienced in the last 50 years. As a result, PC makers could suffer from a shortage of hard drives for the next several months. The biggest makers of hard drives, Western Digital, has already announced that over the past weekend, " ... rising water penetrated the Bang Pa-in Industrial Park flood defenses, inundating the company's manufacturing facilities there and submerging some equipment."The company revealed that another manufacturing plant in that country is now being threatened with rising flood waters. As a result, Western Digital has announced that the flooding " ... will have significant impact on the company's overall operations and its ability to meet customer demand for its products in the December quarter." Digitimes says that Western Digital's Thailand plants account for 60 percent of the company's total hard drive output. Western Digital has said that all of its 37,000 employees in that country are safe.iSuppli reports that Toshiba, the world's number four hard drive maker, has also shut down its two manufacturing plants in Thailand. Seagate, the world's number two hard drive supplier, also has plants in Thailand but according to the report they are still operational at this time. Nidec Corp, which is the number one maker of hard drive motors, may also have been affected by the flooding in that country. iSuppli claims that shortages of hard drives worldwide could happen through the end of 2011 and possibly through the first quarter of 2012. View: Original Article Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
myidisbb Posted October 18, 2011 Share Posted October 18, 2011 thats why you shouldnt make all the stuff in one country. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nemesis Posted October 19, 2011 Share Posted October 19, 2011 thats why you shouldnt make all the stuff in one country.yea but that wont happen, not until the price of labour goes down elsewhere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrsmith Posted October 19, 2011 Share Posted October 19, 2011 thats why you shouldnt make all the stuff in one country.yea but that wont happen, not until the price of labour goes down elsewhere.and we all know how often prices go down Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
park_007 Posted October 22, 2011 Share Posted October 22, 2011 I think the price of those harddrives will be higher soon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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