Reaping brisk sales of CD-Rs, TDK adds DVD-Rs, DVD-RAMs to lineup
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TDK Corp expects sales of its optical recording media products to increase by 30% in 1998. The company sells recordable and rewritable CDs, MiniDiscs as well as magnetooptical discs. It also plans to introduce its own line of DVDs and DVD-RAMs by spring of 1998. TDK has put in place a production system for manufacturing 8.5 million discs monthly, with 4 million discs from its Chikumagawa plant in Japan, 3 million discs from its Georgia plant in the US, and the remaining 1.5 million discs from its Luxembourg plant.
Publication Name: Journal of the Electronics Industry
Subject: Electronics and electrical industries
ISSN: 0385-4515
Year: 1998
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Pioneer focuses on DVD to expand shares of optical media market
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Pioneer Corp is focusing increasingly on the DVD family of discs. It has been aggressive in the development, production and supply of DVD-R discs. In spring 2000, Pioneer launched a 16x-speed DVD-ROM drive. In Jul 2000, it launched the DVR-S201, a 4.7GB DVD-R drive, primarily for authoring data. It has also introduced the DRM-7000 industrial-use optical disc changer which is compatible with DVD-Rs. Pioneer is planning to expand its production capacity for DVD-RWs beyond 600,000 units in 2001.
Publication Name: Journal of the Electronics Industry
Subject: Electronics and electrical industries
ISSN: 0385-4515
Year: 2000
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Increasing production, TDK pursues lucrative optical media market
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TDK Corp is a leading player in Japan's recording media industry. The firm is a recognized maker of all tape and disc formats, including magneto- optical discs. It foresees acute competition and it intends to benefit from the fast-growing demand for optical discs. To meet increased demand, TDK's management will change its production plans to achieve a monthly production of 12 million recordable CDs and 4.7 million MiniDiscs.
Publication Name: Journal of the Electronics Industry
Subject: Electronics and electrical industries
ISSN: 0385-4515
Year: 1999
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