The players' improved audio and video performance is also attributed to Pioneer's unique construction techniques that have been honed for more than 30 years in the optical disc manufacturing business.
Analysts said that Futong achieved a breakthrough in the manufacturing of optical fiber preform, the core raw material for optical fiber production, and is the first enterprise in China that can make this material with the latest all-synthesis technology.
Li Fei, analyst for Dagong Global Credit Rating Company and author of the bond rating report, told FORBES that optical fiber preform is the upstream product of the optical fiber industry and requires high technical content in its manufacturing techniques.
They were only minor players in these erstwhile American-led industries in the 1980s but are now dominant in everything from optical fibers to smartphone components, not to mention virtually every serious manufacturing challenge in the aerospace industry.