Sanyo, U.S.A.

CD Replicating Plant - Richmond, Indiana, U.S.A. For discs produced 1987 through Jan 26, 1995 Please also consider Sanyo Laser Products, Inc., Sanyo Laser Products, Sanyo-Verbatim CD Company and ODS Optical Disc Solutions (2). Discs may be recognized in different ways: Have "Manufactured By Sanyo" in the mirror band plus have "Made in U.S.A." printed on the label. Have "Manufactured By Sanyo" in the mirror band plus "Manufactured In U.S.A." printed on the outer edge of the label. Have "Manufactured By Sanyo" in the mirror band plus "Made In U.S.A. By Sanyo" printed on the outer edge of the label. Have "Manufactured By Sanyo" in the mirror band plus "Manufactured By Sanyo In U.S.A." printed on the label. Have "Sanyo USA" in the mirror band. Have "Made in U.S.A. By Sanyo" printed on the outer edge of the label. These discs do not have SID codes. 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 and occasionally their name. ― "A" is a letter or number assigned to identify the LBR used to make the glass master. ― "y" is the last digit of the year the glass master was made. 7 = 1987, 8 = 1988, 9 = 1989, 0 = 1990, 1 = 1991, 2 = 1992, 3 = 1993, 4 = 1994, 5 = 1995 ― "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: S7B20D = November 20, 1987 (See Note Below) S = Laser Beam Recorder 7 = 1987 B = November 20 = 20th day of the month D = ? not yet decoded. Note: The date indicates when the glass master was made but does not indicate a release date. History: - Sanyo, U.S.A.'s corporate name was Sanyo Laser Products, Inc. a CD DVD Disc Replicator active 1987 to Jan. 26, 1995 and Jan 1, 2001 to April 2005. Its roots go back to Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd., which began producing CDs in 1982 in Gifu, Japan. In 1986, Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd. established the American sister company 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 Joint Venture between Sanyo Laser Products, Inc. and Verbatim Corporation led to the incorporation of 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 joint 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 Optical Disc Solutions was sold to WTS Media (Wholesale Tape & Supply Co. Inc.) in May 2015 and production moved to Chattanooga TN.