Finally, Hitachi's HDD business turned into profitability, sales were avoided

From GIGAZINE beforeHitachi may sell HDD business that will continue to be in the redWe are telling you that there is a possibility that it will not be sold.

While each company withdrew from the unprofitable sector and are making efforts to shrink the business, Hitachi alreadyI withdrew from the manufacture of a household personal computerIn addition,Production of recording media such as DVD-R is finishedHowever, it seems that it may be finished without being sold because it turned into black.

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According to this article, Hitachi seems to have canceled negotiations to accept the investment from Silver Lake of the U.S. investment fund with respect to HDD business which had been poor performance.

This was due to a turnaround in the operating profit for the first time in eight quarters as a quarterly base in the October - December quarter of 2007, as a result of stronger voices of stakeholders opposed to Hitachi's internal capital acceptance negotiations It is said that the negotiations broke down, as Silver Lake did not agree with Silver Lake who takes a cautious view on the continuity of performance improvement.