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ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY DEVICES Generation Jump

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DQI Bureau
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PERFORMANCE HIGHLIGHTS

  • Grew 2,400% to gross Rs 175 crore
  • Head stack assemblies got Rs 174 crore.
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Advanced Technology Devices (ATD), a

Tandon Enterprises division started in 1986, grew tremendously in fiscal

1999-2000. It grossed revenues of Rs 175 crore, a 2,400% growth over the

previous fiscal.

An ISO 9002 certified company, it

catered to requirements from IBM, Western Digital and Syquest Technology.

Exports constituted the entire turnover of the company last year.

Head

stack assemblies and sub-assemblies raked in approximately Rs 174 crore, while

head gimble assembly got in a mere Rs 15 lakh.

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Until 1997, ATD was manufacturing hard

disk head stacks with metal in gap technology. After the advent of more

sophisticated technologies like the magneto resistive (MR) technology, the earlier

metal gap technology became obsolete and was phased out. Last year ATD sensed

the imminent need to move on. It moved away from the old metal in gap

technology, skipped second generation thin-film technology, and moved on to

third-generation magneto-resistive technology for

manufacturing its head stack assemblies.

AMD manufactured head stack assemblies that were used

in hard disk drives of 15-20 GB capacities. Now, newer stacks made there will

get into 30GB drives. ATD is in the process of developing giant magneto

resistive (GMR) products, with



plans for manufacturing them in volume. In the future, it is venturing into
other areas of precision assemblies, including opto-electronics. It has won

several national awards, and has achieved total quality management. Now, its

challenge will be to maintain at least three-figure growth rates. DQ

Fact Sheet

START-UP YEAR: 1986 PRODUCTS And SERVICES: Winchester

head stacks, sub assemblies TECHNICAL COLLABORATIONS: Tandon Associates Inc, USA

ADDRESS: Unit 59, SDF II, Seepz, Andheri(E), Mumbai 400 096 TEL: 829 1919 FAX:

829 1176

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