Ritek

Taiwanese CD, DVD and Blu ray disc manufacturer and electronics company

RITEK Corporation is a Taiwanese company that manufactures optical discs such as compact discs (CDs), DVDs, and Blu ray, as well as storage cards such as CompactFlash cards, SD cards and MultiMediaCards, flash drives. Ritek has also launched some products in nano and biotechnology. Ritek Corporation was established in 1988 with the goal of manufacturing CDs in Taiwan. In 1990 the company produced the first CD in Taiwan. In November 2005, the company had a market share of 20 percent in rewritable DVDs and CD RWs and was the biggest disc manufacturer worldwide. , Ritek has 5,900 employees. Los Angeles, United States

In 1952, Yeh Ching Tai created Min Li Plastics (明理塑膠工廠). The factory produced plastic cigarette boxes and polyethylene milk bottles. During that period, he purchased a second hand electroplating tool from Japan, with the original intention of plating chromium on plastics to enhance durability; this did not work. He then moved to electroplate copper and nickel on the stampers of vinyl records, entering the record business. Yeh Ching Tai established First Vintage Record and Platinum Studio. He set up vinyl record production facilities in Sanchungpu in 1960. As part of the business for First Vintage Record, he took singer Sally Yeh to perform and market albums throughout department stores. Mr. Yeh Ching Tai also introduced the recording technology from Japan to establish Platinum Studio. In 1980, Yeh imported from Switzerland 24 track recorders and invited a technician from Japan 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. In November 2006, Ritek became the exclusive producer of Maxell CD Rs and DVDs. In 2008, Ritek's USB flash drive received a product design award from iF International Forum Design. 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.

In 1999 the company manufactured the first OLED in Taiwan. In 2001, the company built fully automated OLED mass production lines and RiTdisplay Corporation was established as OLED manufacturer in Taiwan.

In 1999, The company set up with Philips joint venture facilities for the manufacturing of CD R in Germany (PrimeDisc Technologies in Wiesbaden). In 2003, RME was set up in Germany as a printing and packaging plant for compact discs. In 2004, Ritek's Japanese subsidiary, Ritek Japan, was established. In 2007, Ritek's North Africa subsidiary, Ritek North Africa, was established. In 2018, Ritek became Japan Panasonic's only overseas Archival Disc (AD) production partner. In 2016, Ritek collaborated with Japan's largest chain elderly daycare center to found Ricare Day Service Center.