Ritek accounted for 20.0% of the total global shipment volume for DVD+R/-R discs, 21.5% for DVD+RW/-RW/-RAM (rewritable) discs and 18.7% for CD-RW discs for the third quarter of this year, the largest market share of each sector, according to Japan-based market research firm Fujiwara-Rothchild.

India-based Moser Baer India (MBI), though, topped all Taiwanese makers in CD-R disc shipments for last quarter, mainly because leading Taiwanese makers have been shifting production focus from CD-R discs to DVD discs, according to industry sources.

Taiwanese makers posted an aggregate global market share of 67.8% for DVD+R/-R discs, 59.8% for DVD+RW/-RW/-RAM discs, 62.2% for CD-RW discs, and 53.0% for CD-R discs, noted Fujiwara-Rothchild.

World’s top makers of optical discs: 3Q 2005 global market share of shipment volume
CD-R		CD-RW		DVD+R/-R		DVD+RW/-RW/-RAM
MBI	17.6%	Ritek*	18.7%	Ritek*	20.0%	Ritek*	21.5%
Ritek*	15.6%	CMC*	14.9%	CMC*	13.3%	Optodisc*	16.1%
CMC Magnetics*	7.8%	Infomedia*	14.0%	Prodisc*	10.4%	CMC*	12.1%
Prodisc Technology*	7.8%	MBI	12.1%	Daxon*	10.4%	MBI	12.1%
Daxon Technology*	7.8%	Daxon*	8.4%	MBI	8.9%	JVC	8.1%
Princo*	7.0%	Princo*	3.4%	Optodisc Technology*	7.8%	Daxon*	7.4%

Source: Fujiwara-Rothchild, compiled by DigiTimes.com, November 2005
*Taiwanese maker

Source: DigiTimes