Replacement and repair of this equipment should provide at least a short term revenue opportunity for companies such as KLA-Tencor, Flexstar, Teradyne and Xyratex as well as a host of other component and harddisk drive assembly and test equipment companies .
The ferocious seasonal rains that hit the country in October 2011 caused massive flooding which disrupted the production of harddisk drives, cameras, microchips and automotive parts and assembly plants.