Since late 2003, horizontal directional drilling (HDD) contractors have been enjoying a much calmer business environment in a market poised for steady growth. This growth is enhanced by increasingly ...

If the state of today’s HDD (horizontal directional drilling) industry had to be summed up in a few sentences, these might work: Business is good. Machine technology is advancing. The HDD contractor’s ...

Vermeer introduces the D24 horizontal directional drill (HDD), the latest in utility installation equipment designed for urban contractors' evolving needs. "The D24 represents a significant step ...

More than 50 percent of reported underground utility damages are the result of insufficient excavation practices, according to Common Ground Alliance’s 2017 "Dirt Report." That’s a major reason why ...

Western Digital and Hitachi Global Storage Technologies have announced a deal that will see Toshiba acquiring the 3.5-inch hard disk drive manufacturing equipment and IP Western Digital now holds.

As a new technology to prevent rapid data erasure of HDD and information leakage, it is possible to instantaneously invalidate recorded data simply by detaching the HDD from the device "HDD to ...

TOKYO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Toshiba Corporation (TOKYO:6502) today announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement with Western Digital Corporation (NYSE: WDC) on Toshiba's acquisition of ...

The impact of the October/November monsoon floods in Thailand on many high technology industries have been considerable. Perhaps none have been as hard hit as the HDD industry where major plants for ...

The massive monsoon floods in Thailand have shut down over 14,000 factories as well as displaced many residents. Now that the peak floods appear to have passed the main industrial areas around Bangkok ...

Western Digital and Toshiba enter a deal in which Toshiba will take over WD's 3.5-inch HDD manufacturing equipment and intellectual property and WD will acquire Toshiba's 2.5-inch hard-drive facility ...