Moser Baer ramps up output of Lightscribe CD-Rs

In the face of increasing market demand and escalating orders from its OEM partners, Moser Baer India Ltd, manufacturer of optical storage media
products, has announced plans to substantially increase production and shipments of
Lightscribe-enabled Recordable Compact Discs (CD-Rs). Moser Baer is currently one of only two optical media companies in the world to
be licensed by Hewlett-Packard to manufacture the high-precision discs.

Lightscribe is a direct disc labeling technology that gives consumers the ability to create labels on their disks using their CD and DVD drives. The
technology, created and patented by Hewlett-Packard, provides users a method to create professional labeling solutions, both in graphics and text.

Executive Director of Moser Baer, Ratul Puri said, "Since we started production of
LightScribe-enabled media in January, we have seen a steady ramp-up in our order book positions for this exciting new self-labeling
disc. Consequently, we are in the process of increasing capacities to meet up with the growing demand from our OEM partners." Moser Baer has an OEM
supplier relationship with 11 of the top 12 optical media brands in the world.

The Lightscribe Product Manager at Moser Baer Rajesh Mattoo said, "Demand is being driven by the worldwide introduction of
Lightscribe-enabled DVD 

drives. As more and more companies ship laptops and PCs with these new drives, the number of end-consumers taking to the exciting opportunities
that this product offers is growing steadily."

"While production capacity for the new media option is being built up sequentially-in keeping with demand growth-we are looking at an eventual
output number of several million discs per month, including, very shortly, Lightscribe DVD discs," he added.

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