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Taiwan optical disc drive overview
By Rodney Chan, DIGITIMES, Taipei [Friday 6 July 2007]
Last update: Tuesday 14 August 2007
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The year 2006 saw further consolidation in Taiwan’s optical disc drive (ODD) industry, as the biggest player, Lite-On IT, took over the ODD manufacturing business of its closest competitor, BenQ. It was also the second year in a row that the Taiwan ODD sector had seen shipments drop with 2006 being even worse than 2005 with a shipment decrease of almost 20% against a worldwide growth of 5%.
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