Prodisc lands DVD-R disc order from Japan vendor

April 14, 2003

Prodisc, known for making average quality CD and media has received a large order from a Japanese vendor according to an article on Digitimes.com. Prodisc is a Taiwanese media manufacturer and this is again a sign that Japanese companies are no longer to compete with several Taiwanese industries.

Taiwan-based optical storage disc manufacturer Prodisc Technology recently landed an order for 2.4 and 4x DVD-R discs from a Japanese vendor, which has also placed the same kind of orders to other Taiwanese disc makers, according to sources. Prodisc declined to comment, citing client confidentiality, but the company said it is not unusual for a vendor to split orders among several manufacturers due to limited production capacity from a single maker.

Prodisc said it will add new equipment by the end of the month and expects monthly production capacity to increase by about one million units from five million currently. The company, planning to purchase several more pieces of equipment through the year, targets a 10-million-unit monthly capacity by year-end.