Taiwan optical storage industry overview

Michael McManus, DigiTimes.com, Taipei. With reporting by Claire Sung, Betty Hsu and Jimmy Hsu. [Friday 28 May 2004]
Last update: Friday 28 May 2004

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Global shipments of PC-use optical storage drives are expected to reach 220 million units in 2004. Although the overall optical drive industry will grow modestly this year, the DVD burner sector is likely to post strong growth.

Table of contents

Introduction – drives
Table 1: 2003, 2004 estimated global optical storage drive shipments (million units)
Table 2: Taiwanese optical disk drive industry shipments
Table 3: Taiwanese optical disk drive industry shipment value
Slim-type drives
Table 4: Estimated quarterly global demand for notebook DVD drives in 2004 (million units)
Half-height drives
Recordable DVD drives
Single side double layer burners
DVD recorders
Table 5: Global DVD recorder demand by region (thousand units)
Next generation DVD
Taiwan major drive makers: Financial performance
Table 6: Major Taiwan optical storage drive makers, quarterly revenues and gross margin
Introduction – discs
Table 7: Optical disc and drive production in Taiwan 2003-1H 2004
DVD discs
Table 8: Fujiwara’s adjustment in its 2004 projection of global DVD disc demand
Table 9: Taiwan DVD-R/+R producers, planned capacity expansion
Single-sided double-layer DVD discs
CD-R discs
Table 10: Global demand for CD-R discs
Disc makers: Financial performance
Table 11: Taiwan optical storage disc makers, quarterly revenues and gross margin
Optical storage company introductions
BenQ
Table 12: Corporate
Table 13: Sales Offices
Table 14: Quality Certifications
Table 15: BenQ business groups (by product)
Table 16: BenQ sales by business (%)
Table 17: BenQ sales business by geography (%)
Quanta Storage
Lite-On IT
Table 18: Lite-On IT, first-quarter 2004 financial performance for old and new product lines
Table 19: Lite-On IT optical drive shipments, 2003-2004 (thousand units)
Behavior Tech Computer (BTC)
AOpen
Others
Ritek
CMC Magnetics
Prodisc Technology

Tags: IT components, peripherals