News source: PR Newswire

SCOTTS VALLEY, Calif., Aug. 31 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- SeagateTechnology (NYSE: STX), the world's leading hard drive company, todayannounced the winners of its Outstanding Supplier Awards for 2005. BeltonGroup, Hoya Corporation and Xyratex, Ltd. all brought home this year's tophonors. Seagate unveiled the winners at its 5th Annual Suppliers Dayconference in Singapore.

The awards are presented to those suppliers delivering consistently highperformance in the areas of Quality, Technology Availability, Delivery,Flexibility and Cost Management.

The Belton Group, a leading manufacturer of Arm Coil Assembly and Hook-Up,was this year's Outstanding Supplier in the Mechanical Components category. Inaddition to delivering on aggressive volume requirements, Belton consistentlyoutperformed its peers to meet Seagate's quality, Six Sigma, LeanManufacturing and technology metrics.

Hoya Corporation, a leading provider of glass substrates and media,supplies glass substrates for multiple Seagate products. Hoya was awarded theOutstanding Supplier Award in the Media/Suspension category. During Seagate'sfiscal year 2005, Hoya was instrumental in providing products for Seagate'srapid growth in the Mobile and Consumer Electronics markets. Hoya's execution,technology and flexibility were key elements of Seagate's success throughoutthe year.

Xyratex, Ltd., a leading provider of capital equipment to Seagate'smanufacturing sites, was honored as Outstanding Supplier in the ManufacturingCapital Equipment category. Xyratex responded pro-actively to Seagate'saccelerated demand schedule, and its 24-7 response accompanied by a highlyefficient supply chain helped dramatically reduce total lead-time for newequipment.

"Our mantra for our suppliers is 'Drive Quality,'" said Karl Chicca,Seagate senior vice president of Global Materials. "The importance of reliablestorage continues to grow within traditional and new markets, like consumerelectronics, and our suppliers must not only provide components that meet ourstringent requirements, but must continue to raise the bar on quality.

"Much of Seagate's success in fiscal year 2005 can be credited to thequality, technology, delivery and flexibility of our supply base. We continuedto improve our industry-leading supply chain over the last year and receivedtremendous support from our suppliers to meet our customer demand. It was nosmall feat and I thank them for their hard work and contribution."

About Seagate

Seagate is the worldwide leader in the design, manufacturing and marketingof hard disc drives, providing products for a wide-range of Enterprise,Desktop, Mobile Computing, and Consumer Electronics applications. Seagate'sbusiness model leverages technology leadership and world-class manufacturingto deliver industry-leading innovation and quality to its global customers,and to be the low cost producer in all markets in which it participates. The company is committed to providing award-winning products, customer support andreliability to meet the world's growing demand for information storage.Seagate can be found around the globe and at http://www.seagate.com.

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