HDD manufacturers are considering (temporary) relocation
Hard disk drive (HDD) manufacturers are considering temporarily moving their production abroad. They fear that the interruption of production due to the floods will lead to a shortage of HDDs in the global market. The world's four top manufacturers are based in Thailand, accounting for 60 percent of world trade. Western Digital has suspended production at its two factories at Bang Pa-in (Ayutthaya) and Navanakorn (Pathum Thani); Seagate Technology (Samut Prakan…
Hi-Tech rescue operation fails; army to Bang Pa-in and Navanakorn
The army was unable to close the hole in the dike to close the Hi-Tech industrial estate in Ayutthaya, which had expanded from 5 to 15 meters due to the strong water flow. Placing containers, delivered by helicopter, also offered no solace. According to the commander on site because the water was too high; it stood over three feet. [As a born Rotterdammer who has seen quite a few containers in his life, I dare to comment on that statement.
Also Hi-Tech flooded
Like dominoes, they fall one by one. First Saha Rattana Nakorn industrial estate, then Rojana Industrial Park and on Thursday the dike around Hi-Tech Industrial Estate (photo, before the breach) broke (all three in Ayutthaya). The next industrial estate under threat is Bang Pa-in Industrial Estate, one kilometer south of Hi-Tech. On Wednesday, workers had plugged leaks in the dike, but just before noon yesterday the dike gave way under the force of water that…
