Sony DADC manual Sony Dadc Austria, Facts and Figures, No. of employees 1998 approx

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

Facts and Figures:

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

Our products:

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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