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Monday 22 March 2010
U-Tech negotiating production of Blu-ray movie discs with Bollywood
U-Tech Media, the largest Taiwan-based maker of pre-recorded optical discs, is negotiating with Bollywood movie studios for outsourced Blu-ray Disc (BD) production of Indian movies,...
Wednesday 10 March 2010
Optical disc makers CMC, Ritek see mixed on-year growth in February 2010 revenues
CMC Magnetics and Ritek, the two largest Taiwan-based makers of blank optical discs, saw February revenues drop 29.86% and rise 11.14%, respectively, on year.
Wednesday 24 February 2010
Ritek, Gigastorage not to hike optical disc prices
Although Taiwan-based optical disc maker CMC Magnetics has raised its quotes by 5-10% to reflect increased costs of polycarbonate, fellow competitors Ritek and Gigastorage have indicated...
Thursday 11 February 2010
Taiwan ODD sector – 4Q 2009

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Wednesday 10 February 2010
Lite-On IT sees January 2010 revenues down on month, up on year
Optical drive maker Lite-On IT has reported consolidated revenues of NT$4.82 billion (US$151 million) for January 2010, slipping 6.8% on month but rising 72.8% on year.
Monday 1 February 2010
Optical disc prices may rise due to increased costs of polycarbonate
Procurement prices for polycarbonate, a key material to make blank optical discs, have been rising for a while, but Taiwan-based disc makers have not yet hiked their quotes, according...
Monday 25 January 2010
Ritek to purchase optical disc equipment from Daxon
Ritek, on January 22, announced that it has signed an MOU with fellow Taiwan-based Daxon to purchase the latter's optical disc manufacturing equipment at a total price of up to NT$500...
Monday 11 January 2010
Optical disc makers CMC, Ritek see mixed results in December
Taiwan-based optical disc makers CMC Magnetics and Ritek have reported unaudited revenues for December 2009, with the former seeing a decrease to NT$1.403 billion (US$43.4 million)...
Friday 11 December 2009
Optical disc makers CMC, Ritek see mixed results in November
Taiwan-based optical disc maker CMC Magnetics' unaudited November revenues reached NT$1.504 billion (US$46.5 million), dropping 13.19% on month and 25.19% on year, while fellow maker...
Monday 23 November 2009
Taiwan ODD sector – 3Q 2009

Introduction

Friday 20 November 2009
Blu-ray Disc gaining popularity in consumer segment
Global demand for Blu-ray Disc (BD) players and movie discs is expected to steadily increase as average retail prices for players will drop from US$193 currently to US$77 in 2012...
Tuesday 29 September 2009
Taiwan ODD sector – 2Q 2009

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Thursday 6 August 2009
Taiwan pre-recorded disc maker U-Tech gets tiny stake in Feng Sheng
U-Tech Media, the largest Taiwan-based pre-recorded optical disc maker, on August 5 announced it has invested NT$1.05 million (US$32,100) to acquire a 0.3% stake in fellow maker Feng...
Monday 20 July 2009
Optical disc maker Princo fronts security deposit in order to pursue CD-R royalty case with Philips
Second-tier Taiwan-based optical disc maker, Princo, has offered a security deposit of NT$300 million (US$9.1 million) in cash and stocks to a northern Taiwan court in an attempt...
Friday 17 July 2009
Ritek succeeds in trial production of thin-film PV modules, paper says
Taiwan-based optical disc maker Ritek has claimed success in its trial production of 600x1,200mm CIGS (copper-indium-gallium-selenide) thin-film photovoltaic (PV) modules at an energy...