Hitachi to produce BD pick-up heads in joint venture in China

[Tekman]

Hitachi reportedly to produce BD pick-up heads in joint venture in China
CBN Daily, November 2; Adam Hwang, DIGITIMES [Monday 5 November 2007]


Hitachi, a member of the Blu-ray Disc (BD) Association, will invest 100 million yuan (US$13.4 million) to produce BD pick-up heads (PUHs) on a joint venture basis with Huizhou Foryou Group, which is based in southern China, with monthly output to reach 200,000 units by the end of 2007 and 0.5-1 million units in 2008, according to the Chinese-language CBN Daily newspaper in China.

Huizhou Foryou started technological cooperation with Hitachi in 1993 to make DVD PUHs, the CBN Daily indicated. Hitachi's investment in making BD PUHs is regarded as a breakthrough in the BD supply chain in China, mainly due to the minimization of production costs of BD devices as well as the expected large growth in global demand arising from the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games, the CBN Daily pointed out.

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