Firelake Mfg, [501 - 635] 1st St N, Dassel, MN 55325, US

Hutchinson Technology designs and manufactures suspension assemblies for hard disk drives. Suspension assemblies are precise metal springs that hold a disk drive s recording head at microscopic distances above the drive s disks. They are critical to the operation of the disk drive. The company manufactures the majority of the worldwide supply of suspension assemblies for all sizes of disk drives produced by all of the major disk drive makers. In the disk drive industry, Hutchinson helps to dramatically lower the cost of data storage and improve the overall performance, reliability and manufacturability of disk drives. by continually delivering market-leading innovations in suspension assemblies. In health care, it has built upon expertise in near-infrared analysis technology to develop a bio-measurement device that allows real-time, non-invasive technology for measuring the oxygenation of local tissue. The company is based in Hutchinson, Minn.