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RITEK Corporation is a Taiwanese company that manufactures such as compact disc (CDs), DVD, and Blu-ray, as well as storage cards such as CompactFlash cards, SD cards and MultiMediaCard, Flash drive. Ritek also produces and touch panel products such as passive-matrix OLED and ITO glass. digitimes.com Green energy 17 Juli 2009, Ritek succeeds in trial production of thin-film PV modules, paper says, retrieved 13 September 2020. cleanenergyauthority.com, Ritek solar, retrieved 12 September 2020. Ritek has also launched some products in Nanotechnology and biotechnology. RITEK company profile, Metal Mask, retrieved 12 September 2020.
Ritek Corporation was established in 1988 with the goal of manufacturing CDs in Taiwan. History of Ritek on company website, retrieved 12 September 2020. In 1990 the company produced the first CD in Taiwan. ritek.com, Our Journey, chapter 1990, retrieved 12 September 2020. In November 2005, the company had a market share of 20 percent in rewritable DVDs and CD-RW and was the biggest disc-manufacturer worldwide. beta.blickpunktfilm.de 28 November 2005, Ritek ist weltgrößter Disc-Hersteller (German), retrieved 12 September 2020. , Ritek has 5,900 employees.
In 1980, Yeh imported from Switzerland 24-track recorders and invited a technician from Japan ritek.com, Our Journey chapter 1980, retrieved 12 September 2020. for instructions. At that time, he mentioned that digitalization was the trend for the record industry. Japan was already trial producing compact disks. To ensure time to market, Mr. Yeh Ching-Tai recruited a group of engineers from the Industrial Technology Research Institute in 1985 to manufacture compact disks. They started with simple plastic pressing to accumulate technological expertise.
In 1988, Yeh founded RITEK Corporation. The company's English name is a portmanteau of the words "right" and "technology".
In May 1990, the company manufactured the first compact disk in Taiwan with support from the Mechanical and Systems Research Laboratories, Industrial Technology Research Institute. The company became a formal member of the IFPI Members Foundation in Taiwan in 1991. The company set up facilities for the production of compact discs in Australia in 1994.
In 1996, Ritek Corporation had its IPO in Taiwan. The company created the Compact Disk Manufacturers Association (CMA), aiming to protect copyright for CD replication. The company set up facilities for the production of CDs in the United States, and manufactured the first CD-RW and the first DVD in Taiwan. The company manufactured the first DVD-R in Taiwan in 1997. Also in 1997, Ritek signed a copyright verification agreement with the Taiwan offices of the Music Publishers Association and became the first CD manufacturer in Taiwan to obtain ISO 9001 certification. The company also set up facilities for the production of CDs in the United Kingdom.-DVDs]]In 1998, Ritek manufactured the first DVD-RAM in Taiwan. In 1999, U-TECH Media Corporation was formed as the largest pre-recorded medium manufacturer in Taiwan. Ritek Foundation was established. Ritek became the first CD maker in Taiwan that obtained the ISO 14001 certification, and in 2000 it became the first Taiwanese CD maker to obtain QS9000 certification., and Ritek's MiniDisc won a Taiwan Excellence Award. taiwanexcellence.org, Ridata Mini Disc (MD) - Taiwan Excellence 2000, retrieved 12 September 2020. In November 2006, Ritek became the exclusive producer of Maxell CD-Rs and DVDs. cdrinfo.com 14 November 2006, Ritek to Become Exclusive ODM Maker for Hitachi Maxell, retrieved 13 September 2020. In 2008, Ritek's USB flash drive received a product design award from iF International Forum Design. iF World Design Guide, Yego / USB flash drive, retrieved 13 September 2020. In 2013, Ritek launched M-DISC DVD and Bluray. In 2017, RiData OTG Flash Drive won the Gold Award for Technology Trends by PC HOME and PC ADV 3C. Ritek entered into a licensing agreement with Imation in 2019. imation.com, 2019-11-13, Imation global license announcement, retrieved 2020-09-13.
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