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Thursday 7 January 2010
New licensing contracts between Philips and CMC, Ritek effective for only 3 years
The new licensing contracts that Philips signed with Taiwan's two largest optical disc makers - CMC Magnetics and Ritek - will only remain in effect for three years instead of 10...
Monday 4 January 2010
Philips makes large cuts in CD-RW, DVD royalties for CMC, Ritek
Royal Philips Electronics has reduced royalty charges for CD-RW, DVD+R, DVD-R, DVD+RW and DVD-RW optical disc formats by 71.4-72.2% from US$0.035-0.036 per disc originally to US$0.01...
Thursday 31 December 2009
Ritek to invest NT$800 million more in CIGS thin-film PV module joint venture PVNext
Ritek, the second largest Taiwan-based maker of blank optical discs, on December 30 announced the additional investment of up to NT$800 million (US$24.8 million) in PVNext, a CIGS...
Monday 28 December 2009
CMC, Ritek differ on China HD disc outlook
CMC Magnetics, the largest Taiwan-based maker of blank optical discs, holds the opinion that China Blue High-definition Disc (CBHD) is only able to compete with Blu-ray Disc (BD)...
Thursday 24 December 2009
Taiwan-based Ritek may double or triple Blu-ray Disc production capacity in 2010
Ritek, the second largest Taiwan-based maker of blank optical discs, has set up a monthly production capacity of two million blank Blu-ray Disc (BD) discs and will expand the capacity...
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 5 October 2009
Ritek to raise additional capital to expand Blu-ray Disc capacity, says newspaper
Ritek will issue up to 250 million news shares to raise additional paid-in capital mainly to expand its monthly Blu-ray disc (BD) production capacity from one million units currently...
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...
Wednesday 29 July 2009
Ritek thin-film PV joint venture wins government investment
Taiwan's National Development Fund, the central government's venture capital arm used to promote development of target industries, has decided to invest NT$500 million (US$15.3 million)...
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...
Tuesday 30 June 2009
Ritek, CMC to expand Blu-ray Disc capacities, says newspaper
Taiwan-based blank optical disc maker Ritek will expand its monthly Blu-ray Disc (BD) capacity from one million discs currently to two million discs in the third quarter of 2009,...
Friday 12 June 2009
CMC, Ritek enjoy revenue growth in May
CMC Magnetics and Ritek, the two largest Taiwan-based makers of blank optical discs, have estimated revenues of NT$1.623 billion (US$49.9 million) and NT$1.21 billion, respectively,...
Monday 18 May 2009
Toshiba accuses CMC, Ritek of DVD patent infringement
Toshiba has announced it filed a lawsuit on May 14 with the US District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin to charge US-based optical disc vendor Imation as well as several...
Thursday 16 April 2009
AimCore to start producing ITO films in 2Q09
Taiwan-based ITO (indium tin oxide) conductive glass maker AimCore, a subsidiary of optical disc maker Ritek, will start small volume production of ITO films in the second quarter...
Monday 13 April 2009
CMC, Ritek March revenues grow
CMC Magnetics and Ritek, the top two Taiwan-based makers of optical discs, have both reported on-month and on-year revenues for March 2009.