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March 31, 1998 (TOKYO) -- Citizen Watch Co., Ltd. said it signed
an OEM contract with Iomega Corp. of the United States for
manufacturing Iomega's compact removal disk drive called Clik!?
and joint development of products based on that drive.
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Under the agreement, Citizen Watch will manufacture the Clik!?
Drive, distribute it globally and supply it on an OEM basis to
Japanese and overseas manufacturers. The announcement was made at
the CeBIT trade show in Hannover, Germany.
Citizen will start distributing the device in August. "Clik!?
Drive" is used as an insert in a Type II PC card slot. Data is
read and written on a 40MB removal disk called Clik!? Disk.
According to Citizen Watch, the retail price and sales targets
for the disk drive in Japan are not yet decided. In the United
States, a disk costs less than US$9.95, and a drive costs less
than US$200. Pricing will be similar in Japan.
Matsushita Communication Industrial Co., Ltd. also is interested
in an OEM licensing agreement for "Clik!?." According to Iomega
Japan Corp., a similar contract will be made with Matsushita
Communication Industrial.
(Hi-Tech News Center)
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