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- Sunnyvale, CA -- March 18,1992 -- Kalok, developer and marketer of a line
- of 3.5-inch hard disk drives, announced today that in response to rapid
- growth in demand for its products, it has concluded a manufacturing
- agreement with Daeyoung Electronics Co., Seoul, Korea.
-
- According to the pact, Daeyoung will build Kalok's 3100 Series of hard disk
- drives on a turnkey basis. Daeyoung's disk drive production facility is
- one of the largest in the Far East.
-
- The multi-year agreement, effective immediately, is valued at over $80
- million per year. Volume shipments of Kalok's 3100 Series drives
- manufactured by Daeyoung are expected to begin in the second quarter of
- this year.
-
- Daeyoung is a leading manufacturer of a wide range of high-quality,
- advanced technology communication, industrial control and information
- products. Daeyoung has been actively involved in disk drive manufacturing
- and development and has a 13,200 square meter drive manufacturing facility
- in Korea. This facility will supply Kalok's KL3100 series of drive
- families.
-
- Tom Makmann, Kalok's president, said, "Demand for our 105 and 120MB drives
- has far exceeded our forecasts, and as the market is expected to grow
- stronger throughout the coming year, we are responding with additional
- manufacturing capacity."
-
- Makmann continued, "Not only do we gain an experienced and trained disk
- drive manufacturing team with long-time ties to our design staff, the
- agreement saves us significant capital outlay in procuring additional
- facilities and manufacturing equipment."
-
- "Daeyoung is uniquely positioned to provide Kalok with an experienced, high
- volume manufacturing facility for their products," said Dong Hyun Chang,
- executive managing director at Daeyoung. 'We have a strong focus on
- quality, reliability, and product cost that will support Kalok as it
- rapidly increases its supply to customers."
-
- According to Makmann, the agreement allows Kalok to continue its focus on
- new product development and to bring state-of-the-art devices to the
- marketplace, including the new half-inch high Point5 series of 3.5-inch
- drives. "Furthermore," he said, "with Daeyoung as a partner, Kalok's
- position in the marketplace as a volume supplier of low-cost,
- high-performance disk drives will be significantly enhanced."
-
- Kalok is the developer and manufacturer of the KL3100 Series of
- industry-standard 3.5-inch hard disk drives for distribution, OEM, VAR and
- aftermarket channels. These include the newest additions to the series
- designed specifically for the 386/486 operating environment, the KL3120
- with 120MB of capacity, and the KL3100 with 105MB of capacity, both
- featuring AT/IDE interfaces. Kalok drives are known for quality and
- reliability due to a low parts count which is half that of competitive
- units.
-
- Kalok Corp., founded in 1987, maintains technical support centers in
- Europe, the Far East and at U.S. corporate headquarters located at 1289
- Anvilwood Ave., Sunnyvale, CA 94089.
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