Optodisc Technology and Infomedia, two second-tier Taiwan-based makers of blank DVD discs, have stepped into production of 25GB single-sided single-layer Blu-ray Disc (BD), with the...
Japan-based Taiyo Yuden has decided to reduce its monthly capacity of blank CD-R and DVD optical discs by 40.9% from 110 million discs currently to 65 million discs to cope with increased...
Despite the fact notebook vendors are increasing orders in September and the optical disc drive (ODD) industry is already benefiting in terms of shipments, the industry is currently...
The total production capacity of 2.8 billion CD-R and DVD optical discs a year in Guangdong Province, southern China, accounts for 50% of the total production in China, according...
Taiwan-based optical disc maker Ritek on August 10 announced it is undertaking pilot production of 50GB single-sided double-layer (DL) BD-R (Blu-ray Disc recordable) discs and will...
Quotes for polycarbonate, a key material for making optical discs, have continually hiked from NT$70 (US$2.12)/kg in early 2010 to over NT$100/kg, the highest ever on record, according...
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,...
Optical disc maker CMC Magnetics will raise quotes in July, with the upward price trend expected to continue through the end of the year to reflect the rising costs of polycarbonate,...
Taiwan-based optical disc maker CMC Magnetics will raise its quotes by 5-10% in June to reflect continued increases in the material cost of polycarbonate, the Chinese-language Commercial...
Pre-recorded optical disc makers U-Tech Media and Feng Sheng Technology expect their revenues for second-quarter 2010 to slip considerably on quarter due to seasonality amid increased...
Optical disc makers CMC Magnetics and Ritek have reported mixed revenues for April, with the former seeing a decrease and the latter increases on month and year.
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...
U-Tech Media, the largest Taiwan-based maker of pre-recorded optical discs, is negotiating with Bollywood movie studios for outsourced Blu-ray Disc (BD) production of Indian movies,...
