List of optical disc manufacturers
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).
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- CDA, Inc[1]
- Cinram (went bankrupt due to shrinking demand, purchased by Technicolor SA)
- CMC Magnetics
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- EMI (sold to Cinram)
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- Imation (stopped)
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- Mitsui Chemicals (MAM-A)[5][6][7][8]
- Moser Baer
- Mitsubishi Kagaku Media/Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation / Verbatim (sold in 2019 to CMC Magnetics)
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- Prodisc
- Pressing-Media www.pressing-media.com
- Princo Corp[9] (seems to have stopped, as of 2020 they no longer appear on their home page)[10]
- Panasonic (Matsushita) (last made DVD-RAM, stopped due to shrinking demand, still makes Blu-rays[11])
- Philips
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- Sony
- Sony DADC
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- JVC / Taiyo Yuden (stopped due to shrinking demand, assets sold to CMC magnetics)
- TDK Corporation[13] (former[14])
- Technicolor SA
- Traxdata
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- WEA Manufacturing (sold to Cinram)
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References[]
- ^ https://www.charlotteobserver.com/news/business/article229184634.html[bare URL]
- ^ "Fujifilm [Global]" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 2020-04-13. Retrieved 2020-04-09.
- ^ "Production of recording media such as Hitachi Maxell and DVD-R is finished". GIGAZINE. Archived from the original on 2020-04-11. Retrieved 2020-04-13.
- ^ "Maxell to no longer manufacture discs, blow customers away". Engadget.
- ^ "Mitsui Gold Archival DVD-R and DVD+R". www.conservationresources.com. Archived from the original on 2018-11-26. Retrieved 2020-04-13.
- ^ "Mitsui/MAM-A Gold DVD-R & DVD+R". Media Supply. Archived from the original on 2017-10-10. Retrieved 2020-04-13.
- ^ "MAM-A Inc., The Gold Standard". www.mam-a.com. Archived from the original on 2019-11-11. Retrieved 2020-04-13.
- ^ "[Disc-Connect] MAM-A Discs explained". www.disc-connect.com. Archived from the original on 2011-01-16. Retrieved 2020-04-13.
- ^ "Hiring: Princo Optoelectronics Corporation". Archived from the original on 2019-08-11. Retrieved 2020-04-09.
- ^ "Princo Corp - Company Profile and News - Bloomberg Markets". Bloomberg.com. Retrieved 2020-09-17.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Panasonic Advantages | Blu-ray Disc™ | Panasonic". panasonic.net.
- ^ "DVD-Video Disc and Burner Formats; DVD-R vs DVD+R". The Digital FAQ. Archived from the original on 2020-02-01. Retrieved 2020-04-13.
- ^ https://docs-europe.electrocomponents.com/webdocs/0bdc/0900766b80bdcccf.pdf
- ^ 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 2020-04-13. Retrieved 2020-04-13.
See also[]
- Blu-ray Disc authoring
- Blu-ray Disc
- Blu-ray Disc Association
- Blu-ray Disc recordable
- Blu-ray Region Code
- CBHD Based on HD DVD format.
- Comparison of high definition optical disc formats
- Digital rights management
- HD DVD
- HD NVD
- High definition optical disc format war
- Optical disc
- PlayStation 3
Categories:
- Blu-ray Disc
- DVD
- Lists of consumer electronics manufacturers
- DVD manufacturing
- DVD companies
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- Technology-related lists
- Optical computer storage media