Western Digital’s Japan entity changes company name from SanDisk Limited to Western Digital GK

Western Digital today announced plans to change the name of its Japanese entity from SanDisk Limited (HQ: Minato-ward, Tokyo, President, Atsuyoshi Koike) to Western Digital GK as of January 1, 2021.

• New entity name: Western Digital GK

• Effective date: January 1, 2021

• Company representative: Atsuyoshi Koike, President

Background
Western Digital provides NAND flash memory, drive devices-SDD (Solid State Drive) and HDD (Hard Disk Drive) to retail consumers, enterprises, and large-scale data centers. We provide top-level total storage solutions, developing and mass-producing multiple products, including WD® and SanDisk® brands.

As part of ongoing integration activity, Western Digital is renaming certain legacy entities to align with the Western Digital name. We aim to create a corporate structure that allows for quick decision-making and that can further contribute to our business partners. Western Digital will continue to market products under the Western Digital®, G-Technology™, SanDisk® and WD® brands.

About Western Digital
Western Digital creates environments for data to thrive. As a leader in data infrastructure, the company is driving the innovation needed to help customers capture, preserve, access and transform an ever-increasing diversity of data. Everywhere data lives, from advanced data centers to mobile sensors to personal devices, our industry-leading solutions deliver the possibilities of data. Western Digital data-centric solutions are comprised of the Western Digital®, G-Technology™, SanDisk® and WD® brands.

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