August 2026: IMES Receives “Best Supplier Award” at Western Digital Japan Supplier Event 2026
Award Ceremony at Western Digital Japan Supplier Event 2026
From the left:
Jeff Gajda
Chief Supply Chain Officer
Western Digital
Masashi Fujimori
President, IMES
Akinori Nakagawa
Director, IMES
Vidya Gubbi
Chief of Global Operations
Western Digital
At the Western Digital Japan Supplier Event 2026, held in Yokohama on August 31, 2026, International Engineering And Manufacturing Services Co., Ltd. (IMES) received the “Best Supplier Award.”
Masashi Fujimori, President of IMES, commented:
“We are deeply honored to have received this prestigious award from Western Digital, one of the world’s leading manufacturers of hard disk drives. This recognition of our efforts in developing automated equipment to establish manufacturing and supply systems for the mass production of next-generation HAMR and ePMR technologies is a great source of pride for all our employees and will serve as further encouragement for our future endeavors.
We would like to express our heartfelt gratitude to Western Digital and everyone involved for their continued support and cooperation. We will continue to strive to further enhance our technical capabilities and supply capacity, and to contribute to the growth of Western Digital’s business as a key partner.”
Trophy of Best Supplier Award to
International Manufacturing And Engineering Services Co.,Ltd
