GristyMcFisty used our news submit to tell us that according to DigiTimes, Taiwan's three largest producers of optical discs,
CMC Magnetics, Prodisc Technology and Ritek, have indicated that they will not
adjust their prices of blank CD-R discs for the first quarter of 2004:
 As global demand has grown, the three makers' price quotes for
CD-R discs have kept rising from US$ 0.11-0.12 per unit early this year to
US$ 0.20-0.22 at present, or about 7-10% each quarter. The three
companies' gross margins on CD-R discs have increased to 25-30%.
The companies have shifted some CD-R disc production capacity
to making DVD+R/-R discs to meet growing demand. They hope that stable
pricing will balance out a reduction in CD-R disc output and create a
healthy market in the first quarter of
2004. |
Source: DigiTimes
