| Business Summary | | Komag,
Incorporated
designs,
manufactures
and
markets
thin-film
media,
or
disks,
that
are
incorporated
into
disk
drives,
the
primary
storage
devices
for
digital
data.
Disk
drives
incorporating
thin-film
disks
are
used
wherever
large
amounts
of
data
are
stored,
including
applications
such
as
the
Internet,
enterprise
databases,
communications
systems,
personal
computers
and
consumer
appliances,
such
as
peer-to-peer
servers,
digital
video
recorders
and
game
boxes.
The
Company
manufactures
disk
products
primarily
for
3.5-inch
hard
disk
drives,
and
sells
its
media
products
primarily
to
independent
disk
drive
manufacturers
for
incorporation
into
hard
disk
drives
that
are
marketed
under
the
manufacturers'
own
labels.
In
August
2001,
the
Company
filed
a
voluntary
petition
for
reorganization
under
Chapter
11
of
the
United
States
Bankruptcy
Code. | More
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Business Description |
| Financial Summary | | Komag,
Inc.
develops,
manufactures
and
markets
thin
film
media
disks,
primarily
for
storage
medium
for
digital
data
in
computer
hard
disk
drives.
For
the
six
months
ended
7/1/01,
net
sales
rose
1%
to
$165.2
million.
Net
loss
before
extraordinary
item
totaled
$140
million,
up
from
$15.5
million.
Revenues
reflect
an
increase
in
unit
sales
volume.
Net
loss
reflects
a
negative
gross
margin
due
to
a
decrease
in
average
selling
prices
and
increased
fixed
costs. | More
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Developments |
| Officers | | | FY1999 Pay | |
| Chris Eyre, 53 Chairman | -- | Thian Tan, 51 CEO,
Director | $332K | Michael Russak, Ph.D. Pres,
CTO | -- | Ray Martin, 56 Exec.
VP of Sales and Customer Service | 276K | Christopher Bajorek, Ph.D., 56 Exec.
VP, Advanced Technologies | 374K | Dollar amounts are as of 2-Jan-2000 and compensation values are for the fiscal year ending on that date; "Pay" is salary, bonuses, etc.. |
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