Prodisc and Optodisc have today announced their merger. They are going to use the stock exchange method to set up a new company called “Hsin Lien Industrial Investing Stock" control company with Capital of 7.76 billion NTD (£133m). Lin Ming-Fa will be the president and CEO of the new company and Wang Cheng-Ming will be the vice president. After the merger, they will take 15.5% of the DVD-R market share.