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Panasonic to Manufacture DVD-RAM Discs In the U.S.
JCNN News Summaries - Japan Corporate News Network, Oct 18, 2004 by Dale Hug
Panasonic Disc Manufacturing Corporation of America (TSE: 6752) has announced that domestic production of blank DVD-RAM discs at the company's Torrance, California facility has begun.
Initial production of the 4.7 GB non-cartridge discs, the first rewriteable DVD blank media manufactured in the United States, started in September, and the discs are being distributed through Panasonic Consumer Electronics Company (PCEC) and other Panasonic Sales Companies in North, Central and South America.
Industry surveys have shown that home video editing, archiving of TV shows and the increasing sales of large screen/high definition TV units are some of the reasons the demand for recordable DVD discs is expected to rapidly accelerate on a global basis.
Future expansion plans call for the establishment of a DVD-RAM Verification Laboratory at the Torrance location, in addition to the existing DVD Video and DVD-Audio Verification Laboratory function there which certifies that DVD discs meet industry standards.
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