Industry Data storage Founded 2000 Headquarters Tokyo, Seoul | Products Optical disc drives Parent organization Hitachi | |
Key people Young-Keun Park, President & CEO
Shiwa Yoshihiro, President & CFO Website www.hlds.co.kr/v2/e_index.html | ||
Hitachi-LG Data Storage (HLDS or HL-DT-ST), a joint venture between Hitachi and LG, is a manufacturer of DVD and Blu-ray optical disk drives for desktop and notebook computers. Founded in late 2000, the company began operation in January 2001, and shipped its first product in the summer of that year. In 2006, HLDS began developing Blu-ray Disc drives. The company claims that it has led the disk drive industry in market share since its founding, with a 20% share for fiscal year 2001, and 29% for fiscal year 2012.
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