| Built By |
CC |
Location |
CDs Online |
Closed |
Notes
|
| AmericanHelix |
US |
Lancaster, Pennsylvania |
&19871987 |
n/a |
Bought by Kao Infosystems in 1993; now Dering Corp.
|
| Capitol-EMI |
US |
Jacksonville, Illinois |
&1986-12aQ4 1986 |
? |
|
| CBS |
US |
Pitman, New Jersey |
&1988?1988? |
? |
Vinyl plant through late 1986; converted
|
| CBS/Sony |
JP |
Shizuoka? |
&1982?1982? |
? |
Became DADC
|
| 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 |
&1984-09Sep 1984 |
n/a |
12 presses a/o late 1986
|
| Discovery Systems |
US |
Dublin, Ohio |
&1986-12aQ4 1986 |
&19881988 |
Bankrupted; Reorg'ed as "Metatek, Inc." in 1989, switched to CD-ROMs
|
| Disctek |
UK |
Horsham, West Sussex |
&1986-07-011 Jul 1986 |
? |
Subsequent owners: Disctronics (mid-1987)
|
| 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 |
?? |
? |
? |
|
| 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 |
? |
|
| Memory-Tech Corporation |
JP |
? |
&1986-09Sep 1986 |
? |
Mitsubishi/Tokyo Denka consortium
|
| Memory-Tech Inc. |
US |
Plano, Texas |
&1987-06aQ2? 1987 |
? |
Subsequent owners: Disctronics, U-TECH Dallas
|
| MPO |
FR |
Normandy |
&1984-12aQ4 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 |
? |
? |
?
|
| Philips and DuPont Optical (PDO) |
US |
King's Mountain, North Carolina |
&1986-12aQ4 1986/Q1 1987 |
? |
Subsequent owners: PMDC, Universal Manufacturing, EDC.
|
| Philips and DuPont Optical (PDO) |
UK |
Blackburn, England |
?? |
&2009-12-31 31 Dec 2009 |
Subsequent owners: PMDC, Universal Manufacturing, EDC.
|
| Pilz GmbH. |
US |
Concordville, Pennsylvania |
&1993-07Jul 1993 |
&1996-09aQ3 1996 |
|
| PolyGram |
DE |
Hanover, Niedersachsen |
&1983?1983? |
? |
Subsequent owners: PDO, PMDC, Universal Manufacturing, EDC.
|
| Praxis Technologies |
CA |
Mississauga, Ontario |
&1986-06aQ2 1986 |
? |
|
| Sanyo |
JP |
? |
? |
? |
|
| Sanyo |
US |
Richmond, Indiana |
&1987-06aQ2? 1987 |
? |
|
| SHAPE Optimedia |
US |
Kennebunk, Maine |
&1986?1986? |
? |
|
| SHAPE Optimedia |
US |
Sanford, Maine |
Never opened? |
? |
|
| 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 |
DE |
? |
? |
? |
Became Record Service GmbH.
|
| Toshiba-EMI |
JP |
Gotemba, Shizuoka |
? |
? |
Subsequent owner: Toemi Media Solutions
|
| 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 |
US |
Olyphant, Pennsylvania |
&1986-12aQ4 1986 |
? |
|