Prodisc and Optodisc merge to form UPO Holding Corp

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04 Oct 05 21:57 by Quakester2000 in category Uncategorized To news archive

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Prodisc Technology the manufacturer of DVD+R/-R media
and its rival Optodisc Technology both among the top 5 media producers in Taiwan have agreed to merge. The companies will now be held under a new holding company called UPO Industrial Holding Corporation. The two companies will convert their shares in to those of UPO and will then by subsidiaries of the UPO holding company. The UPO corporation will have a capital of NT$20.0 Billion (US$603million), the holding company is planned to for establishment in January 2006.

The merger of both companies will save both companies in R&D (Research and Development) and buying costs said Prodisc’s president. He went on to say that the companies will be able to complement both product portfolios and clienteles.

While Prodisc concentrates on DVD+R/-R discs for OEM clients, Optodisc markets DVD+RW/-RW/RAM discs to distributors in clone markets. The combined capacity of both Optodisc Technology and Prodisc Technology will mean the new company will be able to output 100 million DVD+R/-R discs, six million DVD+RW/-RW discs and one million DVD-RAM discs a month.

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>Prodisc Technology and Optodisc Technology, among the top five producers of optical discs in Taiwan, on October 3 jointly announced their merger through a new holding company, UPO Industrial Holding Corporation.Prodisc and Optodisc will convert their stock shares into those of UPO to become 100% owned subsidiaries of the holding company. UPO will have authorized capital of NT$20.0 billion (US$603 million) and initial paid-in capital of NT$7.76 billion (US$234 million), with a January 2, 2006 date tentatively set for its establishment. By merging, the two companies will save in R&D and procurement costs, according to Prodisc president Tony Hsu. In addition, the merger can combine the two companies’ complementary product lines and clienteles.

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border=0>Prodisc focuses on DVD+R/-R discs for OEM clients while Optodisc mainly ships DVD+RW/-RW and DVD-RAM discs to distributors in clone markets, Hsu pointed out. Prodisc and Optodisc have a combined monthly production capacity of 100 million DVD+R/-R discs, six million DVD+RW/-RW discs and one million DVD-RAM discs.

In response, CMC Magnetics, and Ritek, the two top makers of optical discs in Taiwan, reacted positively to the merger saying that consolidation in the industry would be good for the over all health of the optical disc industry.

Source: Digitimes

9 Comments

mcheu: Posts: 60; Posted on: 05 Oct 05 00:24

Argh! I hope that means the OptoDisc facilities will be brought up to ProDisc standards, and not the other way around. ProDisc's product has been pretty good these last few years, while OptoDisc seems to be only a bit better quality than the Princo product.

mrQQ: Posts: 833; Posted on: 05 Oct 05 07:49

I would have to disagree. While what I have used would probably be top line products of Optodiscs, they have been of GREAT quality, matching, and sometimes even exceeding PIE/PIF rates of TY/MCC.

Scour: Posts: 998; Posted on: 05 Oct 05 12:13

The Optodisc +R 8x looks good, but the -R not. Maybe it depends on the used writer, but Prodisc has generally good products (If you have the right writer) I don´t count all PI and PIF

If I want to do that I can only use TY-media

cynicalbastard: Posts: 480; Posted on: 05 Oct 05 13:38

am I the only one thinking Proptodisc shoulda been the new name? :g

gammalost: Posts: 34; Posted on: 05 Oct 05 14:37

Optodisc may produce a nice pi/po result at times, but I have serious doubts to their lastability. The 4x ones were horrible.

Dolphinius_Rex: Posts: 520; Posted on: 05 Oct 05 19:28

My results with Optodisc have almost ALWAYS been better then my results with Prodisc. But this is mainly with their 8x DVD-R and 8x DVD+R media.

Wesociety: Posts: 5230; Posted on: 06 Oct 05 00:31

LMAO!!!! Good one! Propto-disc

Scour: Posts: 998; Posted on: 06 Oct 05 02:33

Fully agree :+

Wesociety: Posts: 5230; Posted on: 07 Oct 05 19:30

Completely the opposite for me. Prodisc has performed much better.

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