List of optical disc manufacturers
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This aims to be a complete list of optical disc manufacturers, including pre-recorded/pressed/replicated, record-able/write-once and re-writable discs. This list is not necessarily complete or up to date - if you see a manufacturer that should be here but is not (or one that should not be here but is), please update the page accordingly. This list only lists manufacturers - not brands. For example, many Maxell DVDs are made by Ritek or CMC magnetics. Many companies use equipment from Singulus Technologies. This list includes both CD, DVD and Blu-ray recordable and rewritable media manufacturers (like Ritek), and disc replicators (companies that replicate discs with pre-recorded content, like Sony DADC).
A
[edit]- Anwell Technologies (Defunct in 2019)[citation needed]
B
[edit]- BeAll [1]
C
[edit]- CDA, Inc[2]
- CD Video Manufacturing, Inc.
- Cinram (went bankrupt due to shrinking demand, purchased by Technicolor SA)[citation needed]
- CMC Magnetics
D
[edit]E
[edit]- EMI (sold to Cinram)
F
[edit]G
[edit]- Gigastorage Corporation[11]
H
[edit]- Hitachi Maxell (Maxell, stopped)[12][13]
I
[edit]L
[edit]- Lead Data Inc.[15]
M
[edit]- Memory-Tech [16][17]
- Micro-works Technology (defunct)[18]
- Mitsui Chemicals (MAM-A)[19][20][21][22]
- Moser Baer (Defunct since 2018 due to bankruptcy; Its assets have been liquidated)[citation needed]
- Mitsubishi Kagaku Media/Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation / Verbatim (sold in 2019 to CMC Magnetics)[citation needed]
O
[edit]- Optodisc Ltd.[23]
P
[edit]- PSI Media and Fulfillment Services[24]
- Pandisk Technologies[25][26]
- Philips[citation needed]
- Plasmon Data Systems (Defunct in late 1990's)[27]
- PrimeDisc [28]
- Princo Corp[29] (seems to have stopped, as of 2020 they no longer appear on their home page)[30]
- Panasonic (Matsushita) (made DVD-RAM, stopped due to shrinking demand; made Blu-ray discs for recording until Feb 2023[31][32])
R
[edit]S
[edit]T
[edit]- JVC / Taiyo Yuden (stopped due to shrinking demand, assets sold to CMC magnetics)
- TDK Corporation (former)[40]
- Technicolor SA
- Toshiba-EMI (sold to EMI Music Japan in 2006)[41]
- Traxdata
U
[edit]- Umedisc Group[42]
V
[edit]W
[edit]- WEA Manufacturing (sold to Cinram)[citation needed]
References
[edit]- ↑ "BeAll Developers - About DVD-R".
- ↑ Peralta, Katherine (12 April 2019). "Two manufacturers are laying off nearly 400 people across the Charlotte region". Charlotte Observer. Retrieved 8 August 2023.
- ↑ "About Disc Makers | Disc Makers".
- ↑ "DAXON TECHNOLOGY SDN. BHD.: Company & Credit Report : CTOS".
- ↑ "Terungkap! Disc Tarra Tutup Bukan karena Kalah Saing, Tapi..."
- ↑ "Discovery Systems". Discogs.
- ↑ "Dyntara". Discogs.
- ↑ "Fujifilm [Global]" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 13 April 2020. Retrieved 9 April 2020.
- ↑ "F.A.S. Development Corporation".
- ↑ "F.A.S." Discogs.
- ↑ "Gigastorage Corporation - Corporate History".
- ↑ "Production of recording media such as Hitachi Maxell and DVD-R is finished". GIGAZINE. 4 March 2008. Archived from the original on 11 April 2020. Retrieved 13 April 2020.
- ↑ "Maxell to no longer manufacture discs, blow customers away". Engadget. 4 March 2008.
- ↑ DVD6C terminated DVD license agreement cdrinfo.com
- ↑ "Lead Data Inc - Company Profile and News - Bloomberg Markets". Bloomberg News.
- ↑ "Home". memory-tech.co.jp.
- ↑ "Memory-Tech". Discogs.
- ↑ "Company Profile". www.microworks.com.sg. Archived from the original on 5 October 2007. Retrieved 24 July 2022.
- ↑ "Mitsui Gold Archival DVD-R and DVD+R". www.conservationresources.com. Archived from the original on 26 November 2018. Retrieved 13 April 2020.
- ↑ "Mitsui/MAM-A Gold DVD-R & DVD+R". Media Supply. Archived from the original on 10 October 2017. Retrieved 13 April 2020.
- ↑ "MAM-A Inc., The Gold Standard". www.mam-a.com. Archived from the original on 11 November 2019. Retrieved 13 April 2020.
- ↑ "[Disc-Connect] MAM-A Discs explained". www.disc-connect.com. Archived from the original on 16 January 2011. Retrieved 13 April 2020.
- ↑ "OptoDisc- High Quality Duplication Grade Media".
- ↑ "Physical Media | PSI Media & Fulfillment".
- ↑ "PARI: Articles".
- ↑ "Pandisk Technology". Discogs.
- ↑ "History (1997): Plasmon Withdraws CD-R Production - StorageNewsletter". 31 October 2021.
- ↑ "Produce Lasting Media | PrimeDisc".
- ↑ "Hiring: Princo Optoelectronics Corporation". Archived from the original on 11 August 2019. Retrieved 9 April 2020.
- ↑ "Princo Corp - Company Profile and News - Bloomberg Markets". Bloomberg.com. Retrieved 17 September 2020.
- ↑ "Panasonic Advantages | Blu-ray Disc™ | Panasonic". panasonic.net.
- ↑ "Panasonic to End Production of Blu-Ray Discs for Recording | Nippon.com". Nippon.com. Archived from the original on 25 January 2023. Retrieved 22 October 2023.
- ↑ "DVD-Video Disc and Burner Formats; DVD-R vs DVD+R". The Digital FAQ. Archived from the original on 1 February 2020. Retrieved 13 April 2020.
- ↑ "SKY".
- ↑ "SKY Media Manufacturing (Switzerland) SA".
- ↑ "After 18 years, Sony's recordable Blu-ray media production draws to a close — will shut last factory in Feb (Updated) - Tom's Hardware".
- ↑ ""Notice regarding the end of production of Blu-ray Disc media, MiniDiscs for recording, MD data for recording, and MiniDV cassettes".
- ↑ "OPTICAL DISC | Summit Creation".
- ↑ "SM". Discogs.
- ↑ GmbH, finanzen net. "TDK Corporation Announces Withdrawal From the Manufacturing of Recordable CD&DVD Accelerating the Restructuring Recording Media Business | Markets Insider". markets.businessinsider.com. Archived from the original on 13 April 2020. Retrieved 13 April 2020.
- ↑ "Toshiba EMI Outsources its CD Production to Memory-Tech | Cdrinfo.com".
- ↑ "Company Profile_XhongHang YuMing (AnYang) ScienceTechnology LTD".
- ↑ "VIVASTAR".
- ↑ "USA - Vivastar DVD-R | Afterdawn Discussion Forums".
- ↑ "Disc quality is key to CD-Rs". 21 May 2001.