SDK Begins Shipping Best-in-Class 2.5-Inch 1TB HD Media

TOKYO, Sep 25, 2017 - (JCN Newswire) - Showa Denko KK (SDK, TSE:4004) began shipments this month of 2.5-inch hard disk (HD) media with storage capacity of 1 terabyte (TB) per disk, the highest capacity for this size on the market today.

SDK's 2.5-inch 1 TB HD media have been adopted by Toshiba Electronic Devices & Storage Corporation (TDSC) MQ04ABF100 HDD for client storage applications.

SDK uses ninth-generation perpendicular magnetic recording (PMR) technology for this application, having become the world's first manufacturer of PMR-technology-based HD media In 2005.

SDK is the world's largest independent HD media supplier with a market share of 25%. The company regularly launches highest-level-capacity HD media, the key component which influences HDD storage capacity.

SDK will continue to strengthen its HD media business in accordance with its "Best in Class" motto.

About Showa Denko K.K.

Showa Denko K.K. ("SDK"; TSE:4004, US:SHWDF) is a major manufacturer and marketer of chemical products serving a wide range of fields ranging from heavy industry to the electronic and computer industries. The Petrochemicals Sector provides cracker products such as ethylene and propylene, the Chemicals Sector provides industrial and high-performance gases and chemicals and high-purity gases and chemicals for the semiconductor industry, and the Inorganics Sector provides ceramics products such as alumina, abrasive, refractory and graphite electrodes and fine carbon products. Today, the Aluminum Sector provides aluminum materials and high-value-added fabricated aluminum, the Electronics Sector provides HD media, compound semiconductors such as ultra high-bright LEDs and rare earth magnetic alloys, and the Advanced Battery Materials Department (ABM) provides lithium-ion battery components. For more information, please visit www.sdk.co.jp/english/.

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