| Built By / Subsequent Owners |
CC |
Location |
CDs Online |
Closed |
Notes
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| AmericanHelix / Kao Infosystems (1993) / Dering Corp.
|
US
|
Lancaster, Pennsylvania
|
&19871987
|
n/a
|
|
| Capitol-EMI
|
US
|
Jacksonville, Illinois
|
&1986-12aQ4 1986
|
?
|
|
| CBS / Sony Disc Manufacturing
|
US
|
Pitman, New Jersey
|
&1988?1988?
|
?
|
Converted LP plant.
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| CBS/Sony / DADC
|
JP
|
Shizuoka?
|
&1982?1982?
|
?
|
|
| Cinram
|
CA
|
Scarborough, Ontario
|
&1986-06aQ2 1986
|
?
|
|
| Cinram
|
CA
|
??
|
&1987-03aQ1? 1987
|
?
|
|
| CTA Co. Ltd.
|
JP
|
?
|
?
|
?
|
|
| Daio Kosan Co. Ltd.
|
JP
|
?
|
?
|
?
|
|
| Denon America
|
US
|
Madison, Georgia
|
&1987-03aQ1? 1987
|
?
|
|
| Digital Audio Disc Corp. (DADC)
|
AT
|
Salzburg
|
&1987?1987?
|
?
|
|
| Digital Audio Disc Corp. (DADC)
|
US
|
Terre Haute, Indiana
|
&1984-09-2121 Sep 1984
|
n/a
|
12 presses a/o late 1986
|
| Disc Mfg., Inc.
|
US
|
?
|
?
|
?
|
|
| Discovery Systems (bankrupt) / Metatek (1989)
|
US
|
Dublin, Ohio
|
&1986-12aQ4 1986
|
&19881988
|
CD-ROM only 1989+
|
| Disctek / Disctronics (mid-1987)
|
UK
|
Horsham, West Sussex
|
&1986-07-011 Jul 1986
|
?
|
|
| Disques Americ Inc. (Americ Disc)
|
CA
|
Drummondville, Quebec
|
&1987?1987?
|
?
|
| DOCDisc
|
NL
|
?
|
&1986-12aQ4? 1986
|
?
|
|
| EMI
|
UK
|
Swindon, Wiltshire
|
&1986-05-1515 May 1986
|
?
|
|
| EVGA
|
NO
|
Telemark
|
&1987?1987?
|
?
|
|
| Hauppage
|
US
|
?
|
Unconfirmed
|
?
|
|
| ICM
|
SZ
|
??
|
&1985-10Oct 1985
|
?
|
|
| JVC
|
JP
|
??
|
&1984-12aBy late 1984
|
?
|
|
| JVC
|
US
|
Tuscaloosa, Alabama
|
&1987-03aQ1 1987
|
?
|
|
| Kao Infosystems
|
US
|
Fremont, California
|
&1994-04-011 Apr 1994
|
?
|
|
| Koch Digitaldisc
|
AT
|
?
|
&1986-03aQ1? 1986
|
?
|
|
| LaserVideo, Inc.
|
US
|
Anaheim, California
|
&1983-11Nov 1983
|
?
|
Also produced LaserDiscs
|
| LaserVideo, Inc.
|
US
|
Huntsville, Alabama
|
&1986-11Nov 1986
|
?
|
|
| Matsushita-Technics
|
JP
|
?
|
&1984-12aBy late 1984
|
?
|
|
| Mayking
|
UK
|
Battersea
|
&1992-06aSummer 1992
|
?
|
|
| Memory-Tech Corporation
|
JP
|
?
|
&1986-09Sep 1986
|
?
|
Mitsubishi/Tokyo Denka consortium
|
| Memory-Tech Inc. / Disctronics / U-TECH Dallas
|
US
|
Plano, Texas
|
&1987-06aQ2? 1987
|
?
|
|
| MPO/Mayking
|
FR
|
Averton, Mayenne
|
&1984-12Dec 1984
|
?
|
|
| Nimbus
|
UK
|
Wyastone Leys, Wales
|
&1984-08Aug 1984
|
?
|
|
| Nimbus
|
UK
|
Cwmbran, Wales
|
&1986-09Sep 1986
|
?
|
|
| Nimbus
|
US
|
Greene County, Virginia
|
&1987-06aQ2? 1987
|
?
|
|
| Nippon Columbia (Denon)
|
JP
|
?
|
&1983-12a 1983?
|
?
|
| Philips and DuPont Optical (PDO) / PMDC / Universal M&L / EDC
|
US
|
King's Mountain, North Carolina
|
&1986-12aQ4 1986/Q1 1987
|
?
|
|
| Philips and DuPont Optical (PDO) / PMDC / Universal M&L / EDC
|
UK
|
Blackburn, England
|
??
|
&2009-12-31 31 Dec 2009
|
|
| Pilz GmbH.
|
US
|
Concordville, Pennsylvania
|
&1993-07Jul 1993
|
&1996-09aQ3 1996
|
|
| PolyGram / PDO / PMDC / Universal M&L / EDC
|
DE
|
Hanover, Niedersachsen
|
&1982-08-17 17 Aug 1982
|
?
|
|
| Praxis Technologies
|
CA
|
Mississauga, Ontario
|
&1986-06aQ2 1986
|
?
|
|
| Sanyo
|
JP
|
?
|
&1984-12aBy late 1984
|
?
|
|
| Sanyo
|
US
|
Richmond, Indiana
|
&1987-06aQ2? 1987
|
?
|
|
| SHAPE Optimedia
|
US
|
Kennebunk, Maine
|
&1986?1986?
|
?
|
|
| SHAPE Optimedia / DOCData / U.S. Optical Disc
|
US
|
Sanford, Maine
|
&1986-12a1986?
|
?
|
|
| Sonopress
|
DE
|
Gütersloh, Nordrhein-Westfalen
|
&1985-12aQ4 1985/Q1 1986?
|
?
|
|
| Sonopress
|
US
|
Weaverville, North Carolina
|
&19911991
|
?
|
|
| Technidisc
|
US
|
Troy, Michigan
|
?
|
&1996-08-1212 Aug 1996
|
Best (worst?) known for LaserDiscs
|
| TELDEC / Record Service GmbH.
|
DE
|
?
|
?
|
?
|
|
| Toshiba-EMI / Toemi Media Solutions
|
JP
|
Gotemba, Shizuoka
|
&1984-12aBy late 1984
|
?
|
|
| U.S. Digital Disc Corp.
|
US
|
The Bronx, New York
|
Never opened?
|
?
|
Cofounded by Ken Pohlmann
|
| Virgin Megastore
|
UK
|
London
|
?
|
?
|
|
| WEA
|
DE
|
Alsdorf, Nordrhein-Westfalen
|
&1987?1987?
|
?
|
|
| WEA / Specialty Records Corp.
|
US
|
Olyphant, Pennsylvania
|
&1986-12aQ4 1986
|
?
|
|