Lite-On

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title: "Lite-On" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["companies-based-in-taipei", "electronics-companies-established-in-1975", "computer-hardware-companies", "computer-storage-companies", "computer-systems-companies", "electronics-companies-of-taiwan", "taiwanese-brands", "1975-establishments-in-taiwan", "2020-mergers-and-acquisitions"] description: "Taiwanese electronics company" topic_path: "engineering" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lite-On" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

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Field	Value
name	Lite-On Technology Corporation
logo	File:Liteon logo.svg
image	Lite-On Technology Building 20150723.jpg
image_caption	Lite-On Technology Center (光寶科技大樓)
type	Public
traded_as
industry	Consumer Electronics
foundation
location_city	Taipei
location_country	Taiwan
key_people	Tom Soong (Chairman), Anson Chiu (CEO)
products	Computer components, consumer electronics
revenue
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Lite-On Technology Corporation (also known as LiteOn and LiteON) is a Taiwanese company that primarily manufactures consumer electronics, including LEDs, semiconductors, computer chassis, monitors, motherboards, optical disc drives, and other electronic components. The Lite-On group also consists of some non-electronic companies like a finance arm and a cultural company.

History

Lite-On was started in 1975 by several Taiwanese Texas Instruments ex-employees. The original line of business was optical products (LEDs). They then branched out into computer power supplies by starting the Power Conversion Division. Other divisions were soon to follow.

In 1983 Lite-On Electronics issued initial public offering as the first technology company listed on the Taiwan Stock Exchange with Stock Code 2301. In 2003 Lite-ON appoint Dragon Group as their sole distributor in Indonesia. In 2006 Lite-On IT Corporation acquired BenQ Corporation's optical disc drive business to become one of the top 3 ODD manufacturers in the world.

In March 2007, Lite-On IT Corporation formed a joint venture with Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V. for their optical disc drive division as Philips & Lite-On Digital Solutions Corporation (PLDS).

Kioxia (formerly Toshiba Memory) announced on August 30, 2019, that it signed a definitive agreement to acquire Lite-On's SSD business for . The transaction closed in 2020.

References

References

1. "LITE-ON Technology Corporation".
2. "Lite-On IT Corporation and Philips to join hands in Optical Storage market".
3. "Philips & Lite-On Digital Solutions Corp.".
4. (2 September 2019). "Toshiba Memory picks up Lite-On SSD business in $165 million deal".
5. (June 30, 2020). "Kioxia to Complete Acquisition of LITE-ON Technology's SSD Business".

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