Hitachi-LG Data Storage is worlds largest optical drive manufacturer

Digitimes has lists of the market-shares of optical disc drive manufacuters. The numbers are gathered by Techno Systems Research (TSR) and show that Hitachi-LG is currently the number one optical disc drive manufacturer. Second comes the joint venture of Toshiba and Samsung.

Top H/H ODD vendors, 1H 2005

Company

Shipments (million drives)

Y/Y

Global market share

Hitachi-LG Data Storage (HLDS)

30.75

8.18%

32.01%

Toshiba-Samsung Storage Technology (TSST)

21.00

29.87%

21.86%

Lite-On IT

17.60

(7.81%)

18.32%

PBDS (BenQ)

8.97

46.09%

9.34%

NEC

5.83

44.29%

6.07%

Pioneer

5.56

47.99%

5.79%

Asustek Computer

2.31

(38.56%)

2.40%

Source: Digitimes

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