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).

A

• Anwell Technologies (Defunct in 2019)
• Arvato Entertainment

B

• BeAll ^[1]
• Bluray Korea

C

• CD Video Manufacturing Inc.
• CDA, Inc^[2]
• Cinram (went bankrupt due to shrinking demand, purchased by Technicolor SA)
• CMC Magnetics

D

• Discmakers
• Daxon Technology
• Discovery Systems (Defunct)^[3]

E

• EMI (sold to Cinram)

F

• Fujifilm^[4]
• FAS Development Corp. (stopped in 2017)^[5][6]

G

• Gigastorage Corporation^[7]

H

• Hitachi Maxell (Maxell, stopped)^[8][9]

I

• Imation (stopped)
• Infodisc (stopped)^[10]
• Infosmart Technologies

L

• Lead Data Inc.^[11]

M

• Memory-Tech ^[12][13]
• Micro-works Technology (defunct)^[14]
• Mitsui Chemicals (MAM-A)^{[15][16][17][18]}
• Moser Baer (Defunct due to bankruptcy; Its assets have been liquidated)
• Mitsubishi Kagaku Media/Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation / Verbatim (sold in 2019 to CMC Magnetics)

N

• New Cyberian

O

• Optodisc Ltd.^[19]

P

• Pandisk Technologies^[20]
• Philips
• Plasmon Data Systems (Defunct in late 1990's)^[21]
• Prodisc
• Pressing-Media www.pressing-media.com
• PrimeDisc ^[22]
• Princo Corp^[23] (seems to have stopped, as of 2020 they no longer appear on their home page)^[24]
• Panasonic (Matsushita) (last made DVD-RAM, stopped due to shrinking demand, still makes Blu-rays^[25]) Ending production of blu-ray discs for recording in Feb 2023^[26]

R

• Ricoh^[27]
• Ritek
• River Pro Audio

S

• SKC
• Sky Media Manufacturing SA^[28][29]
• Sony
• Sony DADC
• Summit Creations Pte. Ltd.^[30][31]

T

• JVC / Taiyo Yuden (stopped due to shrinking demand, assets sold to CMC magnetics)
• TDK Corporation (former)^[32]
• Technicolor SA
• Toshiba-EMI (sold to EMI Music Japan in 2006)^[33]
• Traxdata

U

• Umedisc Group^[34]

V

• Verbatim
• Vivastar (defunct) ^[35][36][37]

W

• WEA Manufacturing (sold to Cinram)

References

1. "BeAll Developers - About DVD-R".
2. Peralta, Katherine (12 April 2019). "Two manufacturers are laying off nearly 400 people across the Charlotte region". Charlotte Observer. Retrieved 8 August 2023.
3. "Discovery Systems". Discogs.
4. "Fujifilm [Global]" (PDF). (PDF) from the original on 13 April 2020. Retrieved 9 April 2020.
5. "F.A.S. Development Corporation".
6. "F.A.S." Discogs.
7. "Gigastorage Corporation - Corporate History".
8. "Production of recording media such as Hitachi Maxell and DVD-R is finished". GIGAZINE. 4 March 2008. from the original on 11 April 2020. Retrieved 13 April 2020.
9. "Maxell to no longer manufacture discs, blow customers away". Engadget.
10. DVD6C terminated DVD license agreement cdrinfo.com
11. "Lead Data Inc - Company Profile and News - Bloomberg Markets". Bloomberg News.
12. "Home". memory-tech.co.jp.
13. "Memory-Tech". Discogs.
14. "Company Profile". www.microworks.com.sg. from the original on 5 October 2007. Retrieved 24 July 2022.
15. "Mitsui Gold Archival DVD-R and DVD+R". www.conservationresources.com. from the original on 26 November 2018. Retrieved 13 April 2020.
16. "Mitsui/MAM-A Gold DVD-R & DVD+R". Media Supply. from the original on 10 October 2017. Retrieved 13 April 2020.
17. "MAM-A Inc., The Gold Standard". www.mam-a.com. from the original on 11 November 2019. Retrieved 13 April 2020.
18. "[Disc-Connect] MAM-A Discs explained". www.disc-connect.com. from the original on 16 January 2011. Retrieved 13 April 2020.
19. "OptoDisc- High Quality Duplication Grade Media".
20. "PARI: Articles".
21. "History (1997): Plasmon Withdraws CD-R Production - StorageNewsletter".
22. "Produce Lasting Media | PrimeDisc".
23. "Hiring: Princo Optoelectronics Corporation". from the original on 11 August 2019. Retrieved 9 April 2020.
24. "Princo Corp - Company Profile and News - Bloomberg Markets". Bloomberg.com. Retrieved 17 September 2020.
25. "Panasonic Advantages | Blu-ray Disc™ | Panasonic". panasonic.net.
26. "Panasonic to End Production of Blu-Ray Discs for Recording | Nippon.com". www.nippon.com. from the original on 25 January 2023. Retrieved 22 October 2023.
27. "DVD-Video Disc and Burner Formats; DVD-R vs DVD+R". The Digital FAQ. from the original on 1 February 2020. Retrieved 13 April 2020.
28. "SKY".
29. "SKY Media Manufacturing (Switzerland) SA".
30. "OPTICAL DISC | Summit Creation".
31. "SM". Discogs.
32. 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. from the original on 13 April 2020. Retrieved 13 April 2020.
33. "Toshiba EMI Outsources its CD Production to Memory-Tech | Cdrinfo.com".
34. "Company Profile_XhongHang YuMing (AnYang) ScienceTechnology LTD".
35. "VIVASTAR".
36. "USA - Vivastar DVD-R | Afterdawn Discussion Forums".
37. "Disc quality is key to CD-Rs".

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