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Sony DADC Austria
7. Sony DADC –
The Company
Sony DADC Austria AG is a one hundred percent
daughter company of the Sony Corporation. Since
being founded in 1986 to cater for the
requirements of the European CD market, Compact
Disc has emerged as the dominant sound-carrier. In
1996 more than 900 million units were sold in
Europe. The CD has also become the basic
technology for other optical storage products
which include Laser Disc, MiniDisc, CD-ROM, CD-R,
CD-EXTRA, DVD or Play Station Disc that were
introduced on the market.
With a quantity of more than 300 million CDs
shipped annually Sony DADC is a leading
manufacturer of optical storage media in Europe.
Having two plants in Salzburg and the worldwide
network with subsidiaries in Japan, Hongkong,
Australia, USA, Canada, Mexico, Brazil and India,
Sony DADC guarantees to our customers the
highest levels of quality and service.
With separate development divisions and
worldwide network capabilities Sony DADC stays at
the forefront of CD production technology. This
enhances our ability to meet customer specific
requirements. Above all we create the basis for new
products in the future thus ensuring the Sony
Group will be your partner in the future also.
Sites: Factory I - Anif/Salzburg
Factory II - Thalgau/Salzburg
No. of employees: 1998 approx. 1000
Capacity: 1998 1.3 mio/day
Production quantity: more than 300 million units
annually
Customers: approx. 2500
(International and European music and film
companies, publishers, multimedia and
information providers as well as computer and
video game companies and the majority of
software and hardware manufacturers)
ISO 9002: Certification 1995
ISO 14001: Certification 1998
Facts and Figures:
Product Use Size Specification
Compact Disc Audio 12 cm max. playing time 77min.
8 cm max. playing time 21min. 50sec.
CD-ROM Information processing/ 12 cm max. 680 MB
Multimedia, Interactive
Entertainment
8 cm max. 192 MB
Video CD Video/Film 12 cm depending on combination
audio/video/data
MiniDisc Portable Audio 6.4 cm playing time approx. 74 min.
PlayStation Interactive
Disc Entertainment 12 cm max. 680 MB
CD EXTRA Multimedia, Audio, 12 cm max. 74 min. 30 sec.
Video, Data 8 cm max. 655 MB
MD recordable digitally re-record audio 6.4 cm 74 min
CD-R Write once audio / data 12 cm 74 min or 655 MB
DVD Video or ROM 12 cm 4.7 GB - 17.1 GB
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