Ritek maintains number one position in recordable DVD disc market

According to DigiTimes, CD and DVD disc
manufacturer Ritek has maintained the number one in the recordable DVD disc market since the second
half of last year. According to the company they have now seizing a global
market share of no less than 30%:

Quoting data from market research firm Fujiwara-Rothchild, Ritek said it took a 30.9% global market share in rewritable DVD discs and 28% in write-once DVD discs in the first quarter of 2003. Japan-based Ricoh recently approved Ritek's 4x DVD+RW discs, following its validation of Ritek's 4x DVD+R discs, Ritek said. In addition, Ritek was the first Taiwanese optical storage disc maker to submit a request for approval of 8x DVD-R discs to the DVD Forum Working Group-6 (WG6), a DVD Forum group responsible for the DVD-R/RW specifications, the Taiwanese company said.
Global rewritable DVD disc market shares, 1Q 2003
Rank	Company	Market share
1	Ritek	30.9%
2	CMC	12.6%
3-4	Maxell	7.7%
	Princo	7.7%
5	Prodisc	6.4%

Source: Ritek (quoting data from
Fujiwara-Rothchild), compiled by DigiTimes, June 2003.

Global write-once
DVD market shares, 1Q 2003

Rank

Company

Market
share

1

Ritek

28%

2

Matsushita

14%

3-5

Opto Disc

9%

CMC

9%

JVC

9%

Source: Ritek (quoting data from
Fujiwara-Rothchild), compiled by DigiTimes, June
2003.

According to the article, Ritek's monthly DVD disc capacity is about 10 million
units. Ritek wants to double this amount by the end of this
year.

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Source: DigiTimes