Toshiba Information Equipment (Philippines) Celebrates 30th Anniversary and First Shipment from Expanded Nearline HDD Production Line

LAGUNA, Philippines - Toshiba Information Equipment (Philippines), Inc. ("TIP"), a hard disk drive manufacturing company of Toshiba Electronic Devices & Storage Corporation, today marked its 30th anniversary with a commemorative ceremony attended by approximately 250 guests, including representatives of the Philippine government, suppliers, business partners, and local community stakeholders in Manila.

Today also marked an important milestone in TIP's continued development in the Philippines. At its Laguna Technopark ("LTI") facility, the company recently began manufacturing nearline hard disk drives ("nearline HDDs"), expanding production beyond its Carmelray Industrial Park facility, and made the first shipment of products manufactured on the newly expanded production line. Nearline HDDs are high-capacity data center HDDs designed to support AI and cloud workloads. The expansion of production at LTI supports growing global demand for high-capacity data center storage driven by the rapid adoption of AI and cloud services.