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Wednesday 13 October 2010
CMC, Ritek expected to expand 50GB Blu-ray Disc capacities in 2011
Since global demand for 50GB single-sided double-layer Blu-ray Disc (BD) discs will grow significantly and Japan-based makers including Sony, Panasonic and TDK are expected to not...
Thursday 30 September 2010
Taiwan expected to become the largest Blu-ray disc maker by the end of 2010
Although Taiwan currently only has two makers, Ritek and CMC Magnetics, manufacturing Blu-ray discs, as the Japanese Yen exchange rate appreciates, Japan-based makers are starting...
Wednesday 29 September 2010
Taiyo Yuden may release OEM orders to CMC, Ritek, says newspaper
Japan-based Taiyo Yuden has decided to reduce its monthly capacity of blank CD-R and DVD optical discs by 40.9% from 110 million discs currently to 65 million discs to cope with increased...
Wednesday 11 August 2010
Ritek to start volume production of 50GB DL Blu-ray Disc in 4Q10, 100GB BDXL in 2H11
Taiwan-based optical disc maker Ritek on August 10 announced it is undertaking pilot production of 50GB single-sided double-layer (DL) BD-R (Blu-ray Disc recordable) discs and will...
Wednesday 4 August 2010
Taiwan makers expected to surpass Japan makers in Blu-ray Disc output
As Japan-based makers including Sony, Sharp and TDK have been shifting their focus of blank Blu-ray Disc (BD) disc production from 25GB BD-R (recordable, write once) and BD-RE (rewritable)...
Wednesday 21 July 2010
CMC, Ritek no plans to offer Blu-ray XL
While Japan-based Sharp and TDK will launch 100GB Blu-ray Disc (BD) XL discs in late July and September 2010 respectively, CMC Magnetics and Ritek, the two largest Taiwan-based makers...
Tuesday 11 May 2010
CMC and Ritek see mixed growth in April revenues
Optical disc makers CMC Magnetics and Ritek have reported mixed revenues for April, with the former seeing a decrease and the latter increases on month and year.
Thursday 6 May 2010
Ritek obtains 50GB 4x Blu-ray Disc certification, to start volume production in 2Q10
Taiwan-based optical disc maker Ritek has announced it has obtained certification for single-sided double-layer 50GB Blu-ray Disc (BD) at 4x write/read speed and will kick off volume...
Tuesday 4 May 2010
Young Fast, RiTek subsidiaries to set up glass-based capacitive touch panel JV
Taiwan-based touch panel maker Young Fast Optoelectronics has announced to set up a joint venture (JV) with the Ritek Group's subsidiaries RiTdisplay and AimCore Technology for glass...
Friday 30 April 2010
Ritek sees 1Q10 operation turn profitable
Taiwan-based optical disc maker Ritek on April 29 published its audited financial report for the first quarter of 2010, swinging to net profit of NT$37.2 million from a net loss of...
Thursday 29 April 2010
More than 20 companies join Taiwan Blu-ray Disc Consortium
More than 20 companies have joined the Taiwan Blu-ray Disc (BD) Consortium, a special interest group formed by Taiwan-based companies involved in the BD market. The consortium is...
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...
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)...