Citing increased demand from previous clients, Ritek of Taiwan has announced they will be doubling their monthly production output for BD-R (Blu-ray recordable) discs. An existing DVD production line will be upgraded and refitted to Blu-ray manufacturing for the expansion.
The new line will hit volume production by the end of the Q3 2008 and the new line will add a monthly capacity of 250,000 BD-R discs, double current max production.
Ritek added that most of the increased demand could be attributed to the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, and that the company even plans to add a third line by the end of 2008, ramping up production to 750,000 discs per month.
For the first six months of 2008, Ritek's market share of the global output of blank BD-R and BD-RE was 15.3%, in fourth place behind Sony at 20.7%, Panasonic at 24.7% and the leader TDK at 28.7%.
Ritek added that most of the increased demand could be attributed to the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, and that the company even plans to add a third line by the end of 2008, ramping up production to 750,000 discs per month.
For the first six months of 2008, Ritek's market share of the global output of blank BD-R and BD-RE was 15.3%, in fourth place behind Sony at 20.7%, Panasonic at 24.7% and the leader TDK at 28.7%.
