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Monday 12 July 2010
ODD makers Lite-On IT, Quanta Storage post mixed growth in June revenues
Lite-On IT and Quanta Storage, two Taiwan-based ODM/OEM makers of optical disc drives (ODDs), have posted June consolidated revenues of NT$5.01 billion (US$155 million) increasing...
Tuesday 6 July 2010
Taiwan to account for 25% of PC-use ODD market in 2010, says MIC
Taiwan-based ODM/OEM and own-brand makers will ship 40.13 million PC-use optical disc drives in total during the second half of 2010 to reach 78.01 million units for the whole year,...
Thursday 10 June 2010
Lite-On IT downward adjusts 2Q10 ODD shipment goal
Optical disc drive (ODD) maker Lite-On IT has downward adjusted its shipment goal for the second quarter from the original prediction of 10% sequential increase to flat growth, according...
Wednesday 12 May 2010
Taiwan ODD sector – 1Q 2010

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Monday 10 May 2010
Taiwan makers to ship nearly 22 million ODDs in 2Q10, says Digitimes Research
Taiwan-based makers will ship 21.9 million optical disc drives (ODDs) in the second quarter of 2010, increasing by 9% on quarter and by 29% on year, according to forecast by Digitimes...
Wednesday 5 May 2010
Shortage of slim-type ODD pick-up heads easing
The short supply of pick-up heads used in slim-type optical disc drives (ODDs) from the second quarter of 2009 has begun to ease, according to Taiwan based ODD makers.
Wednesday 28 April 2010
Lite-On IT to deal out 2009 dividend of NT$1.51
Taiwan-based optical disc drive (ODD) maker Lite-On IT on April 27 announced the distribution of a dividend per share of NT$1.51 (US$0.05) - NT$1.46 in cash and NT$0.05 in stock -...
Friday 26 March 2010
Lite-On IT posts net profit of over NT$1.8 billion for 2009
Lite-On IT, the largest Taiwan-based maker of half-height optical disc drives (ODDs), on March 25 published its 2009 financial report, with net profit of NT$1.886 billion (US$57.4...
Friday 12 March 2010
Computer storage market set to resume growth in 2010, says iSuppli
After suffering a decline in 2009, global revenues from shipments of hard disk drives (HDDs) and optical disk drives (ODDs) used in computers is expected to grow in 2010 as PC shipments...
Tuesday 2 March 2010
Slim-type ODD proportion increases for Lite-On IT
Lite-On IT, the largest Taiwan-based maker of half-height optical disc drives (ODDs), is increasing the proportion of slim-type models, which are expected to account for 35% of overall...
Wednesday 24 February 2010
Lite-On IT to ship 42 million H/H, 20 million slim ODDs in 2010, says newspaper
Taiwan-based optical disc drive (ODD) maker Lite-On IT will ship 42 million half-height (H/H) models and 20 million slim units in 2010, the Chinese-language newspaper Economic...
Tuesday 23 February 2010
Lite-On IT China factory facing labor shortage
Taiwan-based optical disc drive (ODD) maker Lite-On IT's factory in southern China is running short of about 800-1,000 workers, about 10% of its regular personnel, due to a prevailing...
Thursday 11 February 2010
Taiwan ODD sector – 4Q 2009

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Tuesday 26 January 2010
Lite-On IT expects Blu-ray Disc to occupy 10-15% of total ODD capacity
Taiwan-based optical disc drive (ODD) maker Lite-On IT expects Blu-ray Disc (BD) players and PC-use drives to account for 10-15% of its total ODD capacity in 2010, up from less than...
Monday 25 January 2010
Lite-On IT aims at 15% global market share for slim-type ODDs in 2010
Lite-On IT, the largest Taiwan-based maker of half-height (H/H) optical disc drives (ODDs), shipped about 10 million slim-type ODDs for a global market share of 7-8% in 2009 and expects...
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