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IW 50 Best Manufacturing Company

Western Digital Corp.
Lake Forest, California
http://www.westerndigital.com
Western Digital provides both products and services for people and organizations that collect, manage and use digital information, as well as to ensure information remains secure. Its 16,000 employees produce external and mobile hard drives including brands; WD Raptor, WD Caviar and WD Protégé EIDE.

CEO Matt Massengill, commenting on 2005 third-quarter fiscal results, said, "The supply/demand environment in the hard drive industry was well balanced throughout the quarter, which translated into an improved pricing environment. Combined with strong demand for high capacity hard drives, improved traction in non-desktop PC markets and our ongoing cost and quality leadership, we produced stellar results in the fiscal third quarter."

For further financial information visit http://phx.corporate-ir.net/phoenix.zhtml?c=61500&p=irol-homeprofile.
Primary Industry Computers And Other Electronic Products
Executive 1 Matthew E. Massengill,  Chmn., CEO
Executive 2 Arif Shakeel,  Pres., COO
Revenues (US$ Millions) 3046.7
Revenue Growth (%) 12.07
Earnings Per Share (US$) 0.7
Total Equity (US$ Millions) 487.6
Profit Margin (%) 4.97
Return On Equity (%) 46.21
Debt To Equity Ratio (%) 0.11
Market Capitalization (US$ Millions) 1731.24
Revenue Growth (%) 12.07
Note: Financial data appeared in IW's August 2005 issue.



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