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Tuesday 24 May 2011
Taiwan BD makers facing strong competition from India-based MBI
Despite global Blu-ray disc (BD) sales are rising in 2011, since Taiwan-based BD makers including CMC Magnetics and Ritek, will only have limited capacity growth in 2011, while competitor...
Thursday 19 May 2011
Gigastorage expects optical disc production to break even in June
Gigastorage, a second-tier Taiwan-based maker of blank optical discs, has raised its quotes each month since March 2011 and will continue to hike prices possibly until July, mainly...
Friday 13 May 2011
Optical disc makers cut output to stabilize prices
As first-tier Taiwan-based makers of blank optical discs, including CMC Magnetics, Ritek and Gigastorage, have reduced output by 20-30% since the beginning of 2011 and most second-tier...
Tuesday 10 May 2011
Lite-On reports on-month growth in April revenues
Taiwan-based optical drive maker Lite-On IT saw its revenues in April grew 10% on month to NT$5.27 billion (US$184.04 million) with combined consolidated revenues from the first four...
Wednesday 13 April 2011
CMC, Ritek may hike optical disc quotes to reflect hiked cost
In response to continual hikes in the cost of optical-grade polycarbonate (PC), which now stands at US$3/kg, Taiwan-based blank optical disc makers CMC Magnetics and Ritek are likely...
Monday 28 March 2011
ODD demand sees limited impact from tablet PC
Optical disc drive (ODD) shipments, originally expected to be strongly impacted by the growing popularity of tablet PCs, will manage to meet makers' expectations in the second quarter...
Thursday 24 February 2011
Fire strikes Ritek plants causing tight supply of Blu-ray discs
A fire broke out at optical disc maker Ritek's plants in Hsinchu, Taiwan before the Lunar New Year holidays. Despite the company announcing that the fire would not impact its operations,...
Wednesday 23 February 2011
CMC, Gigastorage cut output of optical discs
Taiwan-based CMC Magnetics and Gigastorage have reduced production of CD-R and DVD-R/+R blank discs by as much as one-third from 2009 to cope with shrinking global demand, according...
Friday 18 February 2011
Taiwan ODD sector – 4Q 2010

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Wednesday 19 January 2011
Taiwan optical disc production value expected to rise in 2011
Although total unit shipments to the global optical disc market are shrinking, the growth for the Blu-ray Disc (BD) segment is expected to boost Taiwan-based makers' production value...
Thursday 13 January 2011
Price of optical disk raw material starts dropping in 4Q10
International pricing for optical-grade polycarbonate and tetrafluoro-propanol (TFP), which are used in optical discs, started seeing a drop in the fourth quarter of 2010, and with...
Friday 19 November 2010
Taiwan ODD sector – 3Q 2010

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Tuesday 2 November 2010
Japan DVD and CD outsourcing may not help Taiwan makers much, says sources
As Japan-based optical disc maker Taiyo Yuden was recently reported to have cut its CD and DVD production by 40% due to the rising Japan exchange rate, market watchers believe the...
Wednesday 13 October 2010
Taiwan optical disc makers feel pressure from rising material costs
International prices for optical-grade polycarbonate (PC), a main constituent of optical discs, have risen from US$2.2-2.3/kg around the end of 2009 to US$2.7-2.8/kg currently, while...
Monday 11 October 2010
CMC eyeing movie theater business in China
Taiwan-based maker of blank optical discs CMC Magnetics has seen a good return from investment on a theater chain in Taiwan, and is talking with real estate developers in China to...