Lite-On IT achieves new historical high in 3Q11 revenues

Oct 25, 01:20

Taiwan-based optical disc drive (ODD) maker Lite-On IT has announced consolidated revenues of NT$17.65 billion (US$585.02 million) for the third quarter, a new historical high and...

Lite-On IT September revenues hit record

Oct 6, 11:26

Taiwan-based optical disc drive (ODD) maker Lite-On IT has reported unaudited consolidated revenues of NT$6.39 billion (US$215 million) for September, hitting a record for the second...

Lite-On IT sees increased August revenues

Sep 8, 16:43

Optical disc drive (ODD) maker Lite-On IT has reported unaudited consolidated revenues of NT$5.83 billion (US$201 million) for August, rising 7.0% on month and 25.6% on year, while...

Lite-On IT posts 1H11 net EPS of NT$1.51

Aug 26, 15:00

Optical drive maker Lite-On IT has reported net profit of NT$1.427 billion (US$49 million) for the first half of 2011, translating into net EPS of NT$1.51.

Lite-On IT July revenues rise

Aug 9, 11:07

Taiwan-based optical disc drive (ODD) maker Lite-On IT on August 8 reported consolidated revenues of NT$5.45 billion (US$189 million) for July, growing 8.92% on month and by 17.50%...

Lite-On IT looks to moderate growth in 3Q11 shipments and revenues

Aug 5, 12:33

Optical disc drive maker Lite-On IT expects its shipments as well as revenues to post a moderate sequential growth in the third quarter due to a high base recorded in the second quarter...

ODD shipments still facing a crisis in 2H11 as Intel focuses on the ultrabook

Aug 2, 01:25

Optical disc drive (ODD) shipments are facing a great uncertainty in the future as Intel is aggressive pushing its new ultrabook design, which will not require the adoption of an...

Lite-On IT June revenues down

Jul 8, 11:10

Optical disc drive maker Lite-On IT on July 7 reported consolidated revenues of NT$5 billion (US$173 million) for June, slipping 8.86% on month and 0.16% on year.

Optical drive shipments expected to grow 5-10% sequentially in 3Q11

Jun 21, 01:20

Taiwan-based optical drive maker Lite-On IT and Quanta Storage expect their shipments in the third quarter will only grow as high as 5-10% due to the unclear order visibility despite...

Lite-On IT May revenues increase

Stockwatch - Jun 9, 01:05

Optical disc drive maker Lite-On IT on June 8 reported consolidated revenues of NT$5.49 billion (US$190 million) for May, growing 4.07% on month and 11.83% on year, while its January-May...

Lite-On IT to start shipping SSDs in 3Q11

Jun 3, 11:30

Lite-On IT, a Taiwan-based optical disc drive (ODD) maker who has stepped into the SSD segment, will begin OEM shipments of 32-64GB SSDs based on Marvell-developed HyperDuo technology...

Lite-On reports on-month growth in April revenues

May 10, 01:30

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...

Quanta Storage to focus on maintaining gross margin

May 5, 01:15

Taiwan-based optical drive maker Quanta Storage, facing declines in both shipments and revenues in early 2011, has turned conservative about its performance in the future and is also...

Lite-On IT expects 10% growth in slim optical drive shipments in 2011

Apr 28, 01:50

Lite-On IT expects its slim-type optical drive shipments to have 10% growth in 2011 with its new business model of slowly expanding its share, according to the company.

Lite-On IT to deal out 2010 dividend per share of NT$2.4

Stockwatch - Apr 27, 11:00

Taiwan-based optical disc drive (ODD) maker Lite-On IT will distribute a dividend of NT$2.4 - NT$2.35 in cash and NT$0.05 in stock - for 2010 operation, the company has announced.

Lite-On IT reportedly lands SSD orders from Intel

Apr 27, 01:15

Lite-On IT has reportedly landed OEM orders for SSDs from Intel. The SSDs will be built using Marvell's controller chips with SATA III interface. Lite-On IT declined to comment.

Lite-On IT, Quanta Storage see March revenues down on year

Stockwatch - Apr 12, 10:36

Optical disc drive (ODD) makers Lite-On IT and Quanta Storage saw March consolidated revenues drop on year to NT$4.81 billion (US$163 million) and NT$1.198 billion, respectively,...

Lite-On IT to close Hungary subsidiary

Stockwatch - Mar 24, 16:57

Taiwan-based optical disc drive (ODD) maker Lite-On IT's board of directors on March 24 decided to close APM Hungary, its wholly-owned subsidiary maker of automotive playback modules...

ODD pick-up heads see no immediate danger of shortage

Mar 15, 15:29

Supply of pick-up heads of PC-use optical disc drives (ODDs) from Japan-based makers, including Sanyo Electric, Sharp and Panasonic, is unlikely to be affected by the March 11 earthquake...

Lite-On IT sees decreased February revenues

Mar 9, 10:59

Optical disc drive (ODD) maker Lite-On IT had consolidated revenues of NT$4.14 billion (US$140 million) in February decreasing 17.13% on month and 7.38% on year, with the January-February...

Lite-On IT, Quanta Storage see mixed growth in January revenues

Stockwatch - Feb 11, 01:05

Optical drive maker Lite-On IT has reported consolidated revenues of NT$5.0 billion (US$169 million) for January, increasing 4.33% on month and 3.75% on year, while fellow maker Quanta...

Fierce optical drive price competition to pose pressure on makers in 1Q11

Jan 11, 02:20

Taiwan-based optical drive makers are expected to continue to face pressure in the first quarter of 2011 despite market watchers giving an optimistic forecast that optical drive and...

Lite-On IT sees decreased December revenues, but record annual revenues

Stockwatch - Jan 7, 16:35

Lite-On IT has reported consolidated revenues of NT$4.78 billion (US$155 million) for December 2010, dropping 2.5% on month and 7.5% on year. However, the 2010 consolidated revenues...

CES 2011: Lite-On IT joint venture PLDS to showcase Blu-ray Disc drives, SSDs

Jan 5, 01:30

Philips & Lite-On Digital Solutions (PLDS), a joint venture of Lite-On IT and Philips will exhibit three Liteon Blu-ray Disc (BD) drives, Plextor BD drives and SSDs at the upcoming...

HyDrive seeing weak demand in notebook industry

Jan 4, 01:45

HyDrive, an optical drive model that features a built-in solid state drive (SSD) and was launched by Hitachi LG Data Storage (HLDS) as well as Toshiba-Samsung Storage Technology (TSST),...

Lite-On IT ramping up slim-type ODD capacity

Dec 24, 02:10

Lite-On IT will continue to ramp up its capacity for slim-type ODDs to account for 60% of its total ODD shipments in 2011, while reducing the ratio of half-height (H/H) ODDs to 40%...

Taiwan makers ship more than 71 million ODDs in 2010, says Digitimes Research

Dec 21, 11:15

Taiwan-based Lite-On IT and Quanta Storage together will globally ship an estimated 71.388 million optical disc drives (ODDs) of all types in 2010, according to Digitimes Research.

Lite-On IT sees decreased November revenues

Stockwatch - Dec 10, 09:51

Taiwan-based optical disc drive (ODD) maker Lite-On IT has reported consolidated revenues of NT$4.92 billion (US$161 million) for November, dropping by 0.8% on month and by 9.9% on...

Xbox 360 to help boost Lite-On IT sales in 4Q10

Dec 2, 01:50

Despite the notebook market is expected to only see limited shipment growth in the fourth quarter of 2010, Lite-On IT expects its fourth-quarter revenues to maintain at NT$14.1 billion...

Lite-On IT, Quanta Storage see decreased October revenues

Stockwatch - Nov 11, 10:57

Taiwan-based optical disc drive (ODD) maker Lite-On IT and Quanta Storage on November 10 reported unaudited consolidated revenues for October, with both seeing decreases.

Lite-On IT expected to profit from in-car ODDs beginning 2011

Nov 4, 11:53

Taiwan-based Lite-On IT is expected to begin to profit from ODM production of in-car optical disc drives (ODDs) for automobile manufacturers with projected earnings of NT$350 million...

Lite-On IT revenues down, slim ODD shipments up in 3Q10

Oct 27, 11:45

Taiwan-based optical disc drive (ODD) maker Lite-On IT saw consolidated revenues for the third quarter of 2010 drop sequentially by 4.6% but shipments of slim-type ODDs increased,...

Lite-On IT revenues bounce back to over NT$5 billion in September

Oct 8, 02:15

ODD maker Lite-On IT saw its monthly revenues bounce back to the NT$5 billion (US$161.95 million) mark in September 2010, totaling NT$5.13 billion and increasing 10.5% from the previous...

Lite-On IT expects slim-type ODD shipments to return to peak-season level in September

Sep 17, 02:10

With clients continuing to launch new notebook models, Lite-On IT expects its shipments for slim-type ODDs in September 2010 to return to the level in the peak season and continue...

Lite-On IT sees slim ODDs surpass H/H models in revenues for first time in August

Sep 13, 11:49

Lite-On IT saw sales revenues from slim-type ODDs exceed those from half-height (H/H) models for the first time in August 2010, according to the company.