Toshiba Storage Device Division (former "Disk Product Division") has been in existence since 1972 when it began producing 14 inch Hard Disk Drives for the OEM market place. In 1975 it started the production of 8 inch Hard Disk Drives for the then infant computer industry in Europe, followed by 5.25 inch, 3.5 inch and 2.5 inch hard drives. As the industry continued to grow Toshiba established a European presence in 1987 based in Neuss, Germany. Toshiba's presence in Europe has since expanded to include sales and support offices in the U.K. & the Republic of Ireland. Toshiba was the first manufacturer to offer a 2.5 inch 40 MB HDD using two glass platters. Nowadays Toshiba reinforces its industry-leading position with new high-capacity, high-performance 2.5 inch hard-disk drives up to 80 GB, world leaders in their class.

Toshiba Storage Device Division, placing high value on offering local support, is one of the few optical storage vendors that is able to support its European customer base directly with local European Sales, Marketing, Technical and Operational staff. Even though Toshiba started off in the hard drive business we were one of the first companies to see the potential for CD-ROM drives and started production in 1989. Nowadays Toshiba ships over 3 million drives a year in Europe, offering the broadest range in the industry of slim and half height products. Toshiba has a clear customer focus and is committed to producing the highest quality products through world class engineering and manufacturing. These qualities have established Toshiba products as worldwide beaters.

Therefore it was no great surprise when it was Toshiba who developed the CD-ROM's successor DVD-ROM and later the first multifunction combination CD-Rewriter and DVD-ROM all-in-one. This tradition of innovation is continued with our pioneering products in all our business areas of 1.8 inch & 2.5 inch HDD, COMBO and DVD-ROM business, which continue to deliver unbeatable price performance.

With this commitment and excellent service Toshiba Storage Device Division enables original equipment manufacturers, value-added resellers, value-added dealers, systems integrators and distributors in Europe to implement optimum mass storage solutions.

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