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		<title>SABIC Unveils Latest Polycarbonate Resin</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Jun 2011 13:36:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hugh Bennett</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Saudi Basic Industries Corporation (SABIC) announced its latest transparent polycarbonate (PC) plastic resin for high-volume extrusion, custom compounding, general purpose and optical-quality applications. For more information visit: www.sabicpc.com Unedited press release follows: SABIC Expands Industry’s Broadest Polycarbonate Portfolio with the Introduction of SABIC® PC Resin GUANGZHOU,  China &#8212; Here at Chinaplas 2011, Booth 10.2E21, the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pioneer BDR-205 Firmware Update</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Aug 2010 14:46:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hugh Bennett</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Pioneer Electronics has released new firmware for its current 12x BDR-205 and BDR-S05 Blu-ray Disc (BD) recorders. BDR-205, BDR-S05 Firmware version: 1.09 Date: August 4, 2010 BDR-205 Download link BDR-S05 Download link Changes Support new BD-R media. Support 12x writing speed to new BD-R media]]></description>
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		<title>Pioneer BDR-205 Firmware Update</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Apr 2010 15:15:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hugh Bennett</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Pioneer Electronics has released new firmware for its current 12x BDR-205 and BDR-S05 Blu-ray Disc (BD) recorders. BDR-205, BDR-S05 Firmware version: 1.08 Date: April 21, 2010 BDR-205 Download link BDR-S05 Download link Changes Support new BD-R media. (6x writing: OPTODISC, CMC) (4x writing: Daxon, Infomedia） Improvement of DVD-R writing speed (8x ZCLV-16x PCAV: MBI)]]></description>
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		<title>CMC and Ritek Unscathed by Earthquake</title>
		<link>http://www.hughsnews.ca/cmc-and-ritek-unscathed-by-earthquake-003482</link>
		<comments>http://www.hughsnews.ca/cmc-and-ritek-unscathed-by-earthquake-003482#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2010 16:50:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hugh Bennett</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[CMC Magnetics and Ritek Corporation announced that their operations were not significantly affected by the 6.4-magnitude earthquake that struck Kaohsiung, Taiwan on March 4, 2010. For more information visit: www.cmcdisc.com ; www.ritek.com]]></description>
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		<title>Ritek, Gigastorage Won&#8217;t Raise Disc Prices</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Feb 2010 21:00:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hugh Bennett</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[DIGITIMES reports that while CMC Magnetics says that it has increased its quotes for DVDs and CDs by 5% to 10% (due to polycarbonate price hikes), Ritek and Gigastorage do not intend to follow suit. The report also indicates that Ritek and Gigastorage will re-evaluate their disc pricing in Q2 2010. For more information visit: [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Blu-ray Important to CMC</title>
		<link>http://www.hughsnews.ca/blu-ray-important-to-cmc-002354</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Feb 2010 13:33:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hugh Bennett</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[DIGITIMES reports that CMC Magnetics&#8217; chairman Robert Wong expects Blu-ray Disc (BD) shipments to comprise 10% of his company&#8217;s revenues in Q2, rising to 20% in Q3 2010. Gross margins for BDs currently range from 30% to 40%. The report also quotes Wong as saying that, due to polycarbonate price hikes (from US$1.5/kg to $2.5/kg), [...]]]></description>
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		<title>CMC Increases Blu-ray Manufacturing Capacity</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Jan 2010 15:52:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hugh Bennett</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[DIGITIMES reports that CMC Magnetics&#8217; production capacity for writable Blu-ray Discs (BD) now stands at three million pieces per month. Additionally, the company currently enjoys 30-40% gross margins on BD (compared to break-even for DVD and CD). For more information visit: www.digitimes.com ; www.cmcdisc.com]]></description>
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		<title>Ritek and CMC Up and Down in December</title>
		<link>http://www.hughsnews.ca/ritek-and-cmc-up-and-down-in-december-001523</link>
		<comments>http://www.hughsnews.ca/ritek-and-cmc-up-and-down-in-december-001523#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Jan 2010 18:00:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hugh Bennett</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[DIGITIMES reports that CMC Magnetics and Ritek have announced unaudited revenues for Dec. 2009 of NT$1.403 billion (US$44.1 million) and NT$1.469 billion (US$46.1 million) respectively. CMC&#8217;s sales are down 23.3% from the same time last year while Ritek&#8217;s are up 39.1%. Currency conversion as of January 13, 2009. For more information visit: www.digitimes.com]]></description>
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		<title>Philips Licenses Effective Until 2012</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Jan 2010 16:00:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hugh Bennett</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[DIGITIMES has issued a correction of its January 4, 2009 report regarding Philips reducing the patent royalty it charges CMC Magnetics and Ritek on blank CD-RW, DVD-R, DVD+R, DVD-RW and DVD+RW discs. It previously reported that the contracts are valid until December 30, 2019 when, in fact, they will end on December 31, 2012. For [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Philips Slashes CD and DVD Disc Royalties</title>
		<link>http://www.hughsnews.ca/philips-slashes-cd-dvd-disc-royalties-00810</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Jan 2010 13:23:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hugh Bennett</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[DIGITIMES reports that Royal Philips Electronics has reduced the patent royalty it charges CMC Magnetics and Ritek on blank CD-RW, DVD-R, DVD+R, DVD-RW and DVD+RW discs. According to the report, the new licenses are valid from December 31, 2009 to December 30, 2019 and reduce the royalty to $0.01 (US) per disc from $0.035-$0.036 (US). [...]]]></description>
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