Overview
Headway Technologies, a wholly-owned TDK subsidiary since its 2000 acquisition, operates a Class 100 cleanroom wafer fab in Milpitas, California producing thin-film magnetic recording heads for hard disk drives, alongside TDK group company SAE Magnetics. Key facility details include: The facility is situated at 682 South Hillview Drive, Milpitas, CA 95035, USA. It focuses on Assembly & Packaging. Production at this facility commenced in 1994.
Technology
About Headway Technologies
Headway Technologies, Inc. is a wholly-owned subsidiary of TDK Corporation (acquired in 2000 for $122 million), operating independently under its own brand from its Milpitas, California headquarters since 1994. Alongside TDK group company SAE Magnetics, Headway is one of the world's few remaining independent thin-film magnetic recording head manufacturers, producing read/write heads for hard disk drives in a Class 100 cleanroom wafer fab.