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Thursday 15 April 2010
CMC hikes prices for optical discs by 10%
CMC Magnetics, the largest Taiwan-based maker of blank optical discs, has upward adjusted its quotes for the second quarter of 2010 by 10% to reflect increased polycarbonate costs,...
Wednesday 10 March 2010
Optical disc makers CMC, Ritek see mixed on-year growth in February 2010 revenues
CMC Magnetics and Ritek, the two largest Taiwan-based makers of blank optical discs, saw February revenues drop 29.86% and rise 11.14%, respectively, on year.
Wednesday 24 February 2010
Ritek, Gigastorage not to hike optical disc prices
Although Taiwan-based optical disc maker CMC Magnetics has raised its quotes by 5-10% to reflect increased costs of polycarbonate, fellow competitors Ritek and Gigastorage have indicated...
Thursday 4 February 2010
CMC expects Blu-ray to contribute 10% of revenues in 2Q10, 20% in 4Q10, says chairman
Taiwan-based blank optical disc maker CMC Magnetics expects shipments of its Blu-ray Disc (BD) discs to account for 10% of its revenues in the second quarter and 20% in the fourth...
Thursday 21 January 2010
CMC monthly Blu-ray Disc capacity reaches three million
Taiwan-based optical disc maker CMC Magnetics has expanded its monthly capacity for Blu-ray Disc (BD) to three million discs, according to industry sources in Taiwan.
Thursday 7 January 2010
New licensing contracts between Philips and CMC, Ritek effective for only 3 years
The new licensing contracts that Philips signed with Taiwan's two largest optical disc makers - CMC Magnetics and Ritek - will only remain in effect for three years instead of 10...
Monday 4 January 2010
Philips makes large cuts in CD-RW, DVD royalties for CMC, Ritek
Royal Philips Electronics has reduced royalty charges for CD-RW, DVD+R, DVD-R, DVD+RW and DVD-RW optical disc formats by 71.4-72.2% from US$0.035-0.036 per disc originally to US$0.01...
Monday 28 December 2009
CMC, Ritek differ on China HD disc outlook
CMC Magnetics, the largest Taiwan-based maker of blank optical discs, holds the opinion that China Blue High-definition Disc (CBHD) is only able to compete with Blu-ray Disc (BD)...
Friday 12 June 2009
CMC, Ritek enjoy revenue growth in May
CMC Magnetics and Ritek, the two largest Taiwan-based makers of blank optical discs, have estimated revenues of NT$1.623 billion (US$49.9 million) and NT$1.21 billion, respectively,...
Monday 18 May 2009
Toshiba accuses CMC, Ritek of DVD patent infringement
Toshiba has announced it filed a lawsuit on May 14 with the US District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin to charge US-based optical disc vendor Imation as well as several...
Monday 13 April 2009
CMC, Ritek March revenues grow
CMC Magnetics and Ritek, the top two Taiwan-based makers of optical discs, have both reported on-month and on-year revenues for March 2009.
Wednesday 11 March 2009
CMC, Ritek revenues grow in February
CMC Magnetics and Ritek, the top-two Taiwan-based makers of blank optical discs, have posted self-estimated revenues of NT$1.64 billion (US$48.3 million) and NT$1.02 billion respectively...
Wednesday 10 December 2008
CMC revenues up, Ritek down in November
Taiwan-based optical disc makers, CMC Magnetics and Ritek, December 9 released revenues figures for November, with the former's figure increasing and the latter's decreasing on mon...
Friday 7 November 2008
CMC Magnetics sees continued sales growth in October
CMC Magnetics, the largest Taiwan-based make of blank optical discs, on November 6 reported revenues of NT$1.924 billion for October 2008, the highest monthly total for the company...
Wednesday 10 September 2008
CMC Magnetics August revenues up 16%
CMC Magnetics, the largest Taiwan-based producer of blank optical discs, reported revenues of NT$1.61 billion for August, up 15.6% on month and representing the company's highest...