This aims to be a complete list of

optical disc In computing and optical disc recording technologies, an optical disc (OD) is a flat, usually circular disc that encodes binary data (bits) in the form of pits and lands on a special material, often aluminum, on one of its flat surfaces. ...

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 (Defunct in 2019) * Arvato Entertainment

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* BeAll *

Bluray Korea The Blu-ray Disc (BD), often known simply as Blu-ray, is a digital optical disc data storage format. It was invented and developed in 2005 and released on June 20, 2006 worldwide. It is designed to supersede the DVD format, and capable of sto ...

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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 Vantiva SA, formerly Technicolor SA, Thomson SARL, and Thomson Multimedia, is a French multinational corporation that provides creative services and technology products for the communication, media and entertainment industries. Vantiva's headq ...

) * CMC Magnetics

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* Daxon Technology * Discovery Systems (Defunct)

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EMI EMI Group Limited (originally an initialism for Electric and Musical Industries, also referred to as EMI Records Ltd. or simply EMI) was a British transnational conglomerate founded in March 1931 in London. At the time of its break-up in 201 ...

(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 , or MCC, is a subsidiary of Mitsubishi Chemical Holdings Corporation. It is a Japanese corporation, that merged with Mitsubishi Pharma Corporation in 2005 to create Mitsubishi Chemical Holdings Corporation. Mitsubishi Chemical is the largest ...

/ 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 Koninklijke Philips N.V. (), commonly shortened to Philips, is a Dutch multinational conglomerate corporation that was founded in Eindhoven in 1891. Since 1997, it has been mostly headquartered in Amsterdam, though the Benelux headquarters i ...

* 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 DVD-RAM (DVD Random Access Memory) is a DVD-based disc specification presented in 1996 by the DVD Forum, which specifies rewritable DVD-RAM media and the appropriate DVD writers. DVD-RAM media have been used in computers as well as camcorders an ...

, 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 , commonly stylized as SONY, is a Japanese multinational conglomerate corporation headquartered in Minato, Tokyo, Japan. As a major technology company, it operates as one of the world's largest manufacturers of consumer and professional ...

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) *

* Traxdata

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* Umedisc Group

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WEA Manufacturing WEA Manufacturing was the record, tape, and compact disc manufacturing arm of WEA International Inc. from 1978 to 2003, when it was sold and merged into Cinram International, a previous competitor. The last owner when the plant closed was Techn ...

(sold to Cinram)

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* Verbatim

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