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Western Digital

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Western Digital Corporation engages in the design, development, manufacture, and sale of hard drives worldwide. It offers hard drives, including 3.5-inch, 2.5-inch, 1.8-inch, and 1.0-inch form factor drives under the Western Digital, WD, the WD logo, WD Caviar, WD Raptor, WD VelociRaptor, WD Scorpio, WD Elements, My Passport, My Book, My DVR Expander, and GreenPower brand names. The company’s hard drives are used in desktop computers; notebook computers; external storage devices; enterprise applications, such as servers, workstations, network attached storage, and storage area networks; and consumer electronics products, which comprise personal/digital video recorders and satellite and cable set-top boxes. Western Digital Corporation sells its products to original equipment manufacturers and original design manufacturers for inclusion in computer systems or subsystems, distributors, resellers, and retailers. The company was founded in 1970 and is headquartered in Lake Forest, California.

Recent Milestones

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  Western Digital invested in Skyera. (2/21/13)
  Posted 2/21/13 at 6:48pm via finsmes.com
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  Western Digital added Masahiro yamamura as Director. (1/1/12)
  Posted 4/18/13 at 8:10pm
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  Western Digital — WD® COMPLETES ACQUISITION OF HOYA'S MAGNETIC MEDIA OPERATIONS. (6/30/10)
  Posted 7/5/10 at 9:43pm via wdc.com
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  Western Digital — Fab plant bought by data-storing company. (6/2/10)
  Posted 7/7/10 at 4:23am via azcentral.com
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  Western Digital added Len J. Lauer as Director. (1/1/10)
  Posted 4/18/13 at 7:52pm
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  Western Digital added Wiiliam L. Kimsey as Director. (1/1/03)
  Posted 4/18/13 at 7:44pm
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  Western Digital added Michel D. Lambert as Director. (1/1/02)
  Posted 4/18/13 at 7:46pm
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  Western Digital added Kathleen A. Cote as Former Chief Executive Officer. (1/1/01)
  Posted 4/18/13 at 7:35pm
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  Western Digital added Henry T. DeNero as Director. (1/1/00)
  Posted 4/18/13 at 7:39pm
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  Western Digital added Roger H. Moore as Director. (1/1/00)
  Posted 4/18/13 at 8:05pm
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  Western Digital added Matthew E. Massengill as Director. (1/1/00)
  Posted 4/18/13 at 8:00pm
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  Western Digital added Thomas Pardun as chairman . (1/1/00)
  Posted 6/16/13 at 3:06am
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  Western Digital added Thomas E. Pardum as Chairman of the Board, Former President. (1/1/93)
  Posted 4/18/13 at 7:30pm
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  Western Digital added Michael Ofstedahl as Senior Director OEM Sales. (1/1/87)
  Posted 12/22/10 at 5:47am
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  Went public with stock symbol NYSE:WDC.
  Posted 4/30/10 at 12:12pm
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  Western Digital added Wolfgang U. Nickl as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer.
  Posted 1/24/13 at 5:23am

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Screenshots

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Uploaded: 11/4/09

Stock Price

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1. Skyera Closes $51.6M in Second Financing Round (finsmes.com) [edit]
WD® COMPLETES ACQUISITION OF HOYA'S MAGNETIC MEDIA OPERATIONS (wdc.com) [edit]
Fab plant bought by data-storing company (azcentral.com) [edit]