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 Singulus Technologies AG is a German manufacturer of photovoltaic, semiconductor and optical disc manufacturing equipment. The range of use of the machines built by SINGULUS TECHNOLOGIES include physical vacuum thin-film and plasma coating, we ...

. 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). __NOTOC__

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Anwell Technologies Anwell Technologies Limited was a Hong Kong multinational manufacturing company. Founded in 2000, the company initially designed machines that mass-produced optical discs, but later began manufacturing thin-film solar cells and organic light-em ...

(Defunct in 2019) * Arvato Entertainment

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* BeAll * Bluray Korea

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* CD Video Manufacturing Inc. *CDA, Inc *

Cinram Cinram International was a Toronto, Canada-based manufacturer of pre-recorded Blu-ray Discs, DVDs, CD-Audio, CD-ROMs, VHS tapes and audio cassettes. It was an affiliate of the Arizona-based Najafi Companies. History Cinram was established in ...

(went bankrupt due to shrinking demand, purchased by Technicolor SA) * CMC Magnetics

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* Daxon Technology * Discovery Systems (Defunct)

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* EMI (sold to Cinram)

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* Fujifilm * FAS Development Corp.

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* Gigastorage Corporation

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* Hitachi Maxell (Maxell, stopped)

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* Imation (stopped) * Infodisc (stopped) * Infosmart Technologies

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* Lead Data Inc.

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*Memory-Tech *Micro-works Technology (defunct) * Mitsui Chemicals (MAM-A) *

Moser Baer Moser Baer was an Indian multinational manufacturer of optical discs, storage devices, CDs, DVDs, based in New Delhi. The company was present in over 100 countries, serviced through 15 marketing offices and representatives, and had tie-ups ...

(Defunct due to bankruptcy; Its assets have been liquidated) *

Mitsubishi Kagaku Media Verbatim is a brand for storage media and flash memory products currently owned by CMC Magnetics Corporation (CMC), a Taiwanese company that is known for optical disc manufacturing. Formerly a subsidiary of Mitsubishi Chemical, the global busi ...

/ Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation / Verbatim (sold in 2019 to CMC Magnetics)

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New Cyberian New is an adjective referring to something recently made, discovered, or created. New or NEW may refer to: Music * New, singer of K-pop group The Boyz (South Korean band), The Boyz Albums and EPs * New (album), ''New'' (album), by Paul McCartn ...

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* Optodisc Ltd.

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* Pandisk Technologies * Philips * Plasmon Data Systems (Defunct in late 1990's) * Prodisc * Pressing-Media www.pressing-media.com * PrimeDisc * Princo Corp (seems to have stopped, as of 2020 they no longer appear on thei
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* Panasonic (Matsushita) (last made DVD-RAM, stopped due to shrinking demand, still makes Blu-rays) Ending production of blu-ray discs for recording in Feb 2023

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* Ricoh * Ritek * River Pro Audio

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* SKC * Sky Media Manufacturing SA * Sony *

Sony DADC Sony Digital Audio Disc Corporation (Sony DADC) is a manufacturer of CDs, DVDs, Universal Media Disc, UMDs, and Blu-ray Discs. The company has many plants worldwide. Although it primarily services Sony Music Entertainment-owned record labels, Son ...

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JVC JVC (short for Japan Victor Company) is a Japanese brand owned by JVCKenwood corporation. Founded in 1927 as the Victor Talking Machine Company of Japan and later as , the company is best known for introducing Japan's first televisions and for ...

/ Taiyo Yuden (stopped due to shrinking demand, assets sold to CMC magnetics) * TDK Corporation (former) * Technicolor SA *

Traxdata RITEK Corporation manufactures optical discs such as CD-R, CD-RW, DVD-R, DVD-RW, DVD+R, DVD+RW, DVD-RAM, HD DVD, Blu-ray Disc and Blu-ray M-Disc, storage cards such as CF (CompactFlash) cards, SD cards and MMC cards (MultiMediaCard), mem ...

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* Umedisc Group

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* WEA Manufacturing (sold to Cinram)

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* Verbatim

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