CD DVD Replicating Plant - Richmond, Indiana, U.S.A.
Please only use for release specifically stating Sanyo Laser Products, Inc.
Please also consider ODS Optical Disc Solutions (2).
The matrix is in the form "ccc" "Aymddx"
― "ccc" is a place holder of varying length and format for the publisher's serial number or reference for the release.
― "A" is a letter assigned to identify the LBR used to make the glass master.
― "y" is the last digit of the year the glass master was made.
― "m" is the month of the year. (1 through 9 = Jan. through Sept., A=Oct, B=Nov. C=Dec.
― "dd" is the day of the month.
― "x" is a unique letter (Possibly indicating the order of daily production for the LBR, but this is not yet established.)
Example: L34141 = April 14, 1993
L = Laser Beam Reader
3 = 1993
4 = April, 4th month of the year
14 = 14th day of the month
1 = ? not yet decoded.
Note: The date indicates when the glass master was made but does not indicate a release date.
History:
- Sanyo Laser Products, Inc. goes back to the birth of CD technology in Japan in the early 1980s. Back to Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd., which began producing CDs in 1982 in Gifu, Japan. In 1986, Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd. formed subsidiary Sanyo Laser Products, Inc. to open a sister facility in Richmond, Indiana, a CD DVD Disc Replicator active 1987 to Jan. 26, 1995 and Jan 1, 2001 to April 2005.
- Established in 1986 , It began production circa June 1987 using glass masters from Sanyo's Gifu, Japan plant and began in-house glass mastering in 1988.
- A t Venture between Sanyo-Verbatim CD Company and renaming of the plant from 27th January 1995, to Dec. 31, 2000. Sanyo's plant, which had been producing CD audio products, offered state-of-the-art manufacturing and pressing, sales and service operations. Its capacity was expanded with an undisclosed amount of cash contributed by Verbatim, which added its optical disc technology as well as sales and marketing expertise, especially in the OEM market.
- The t venture was dissolved Jan. 2001 following Sanyo's buy back of Verbatim's 50% and the name changed back to Sanyo Laser Products, Inc. more commonly referring to itself simply as Sanyo Laser Products.
- The plant manager, Fred Austerman, bought the plant from Sanyo March 31, 2005 and named the new company Optical Disc Solutions Inc. a newly formed Richmond IN USA company.
- The plant closed when ODS Optical Disc Solutions (2) was sold to WTS Media (Wholesale Tape & Supply Co. Inc.) in May 2015 and production moved to Chattanooga TN.
