30 September 2016 – Western Digital (Thailand) Company Limited and HGST (Thailand) Limited represented by Dr.Sampan Silapanad, Vice President Western Digital (Thailand) Company Limited donated 44 sets of KUKA robot (worth THB 44 million in total) to 25 universities for educational and research proposes.
King Mongkut’s University of Technology Thonburi (KMUTT), represented by Dr.Prakarnkiat Youngkong, received 2 sets of KUKA robot Model KR16-L6 which are setting up at Institute of Field Robotics (FIBO) around end of October 2016.
The donation ceremony was held at Western Digital (Thailand) Company Limited, Bangpa-in Industrial Estate, Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya.