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{{Infobox company
|name = Sony Digital Audio Disc Corporation
|parent = [[Sony Corporation of America]]
|foundation = 1983
|location = [[United States]]
|homepage = [http://www.sonydadc.com/ Official '''Sony DADC−Digital Audio Disc Corporation''' website]
}}
'''Sony Digital Audio Disc Corporation''' ('''Sony DADC''') is a manufacturer of [[CD]]s, [[DVD]]s, [[Universal Media Disc|UMD]]s, and [[Blu-ray Disc]]s. The company has many plants worldwide. Although it primarily services [[Sony Music Entertainment]]-owned [[record label]]s, it also manufactures discs for other labels.

Sony DADC's first plant, in [[Terre Haute, Indiana]], opened May 2, 1983,<ref name=sony1>{{cite web|url=http://www.sonydadc.com/en/about-us/history/|title=Sony DADC - Terre Haute, Indiana|access-date=2009-11-05}}</ref> and produced its first CD, [[Bruce Springsteen]]'s ''[[Born in the U.S.A.]]'', in September 1984.<ref>http://www.indianabusinessnews.com/main.asp?SectionID=31&SubSectionID=64&ArticleID=58149</ref> It was the first CD manufacturer in the United States, is the company's principal CD manufacturing facility, and is the company's research and development center.<ref name=sony1/>

The plant was initially a subsidiary of [[CBS]]/Sony [[Corporate group|Group]], but Sony bought out CBS's stake in October 1985.<ref>{{citation|newspaper=New York Times|title=Sony-CBS Deal|date=1985-10-19|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1985/10/19/business/sony-cbs-deal.html|access-date=2017-01-06}}{{Page needed|date=August 2011}}</ref>

When [[Sony]] bought CBS Records in 1988, it acquired that company's manufacturing facilities, some of which later became part of Sony DADC. Among these are the plants in [[Pitman, New Jersey]] (closed in 2011)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/nj-sony-plant-closing-after-more-than-50-years/2142981/|title=NJ Sony Plant Closing After More Than 50 Yearse}}</ref> [[Terre Haute, Indiana]]; [[Toronto, Ontario]], Canada (plant closed in 2011); [[Mexico City]] (plant closed 2015); [[Salzburg, Austria]]; [[Mumbai, India]]; and [[Manaus, Brazil]]—all of which were originally manufacturers of vinyl [[gramophone record]]s. These plants began manufacturing CDs later: Pitman in 1988, Manaus in 1992,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sonydadc.com/opencms/opencms/sites/am/About_Us/Americas_Facilities/Manaus_Brazil.html|title=Sony DADC - Brazil|access-date=2009-11-05}}</ref> and Toronto<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sonydadc.com/opencms/opencms/sites/am/About_Us/Americas_Facilities/Canada.html|title=Sony DADC - Toronto, Ontario, Canada|access-date=2009-11-05}}</ref> and Mexico City<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sonydadc.com/opencms/opencms/sites/am/About_Us/Americas_Facilities/Mexico_City_Mexico.html|title=Sony DADC - Mexico City|access-date=2009-11-05}}</ref> in 1994.

[[LaserDisc]]s, primarily 12-inch disc prints of feature films and concerts, were manufactured by Sony DADC in the 1980s and 1990s. Some of the laserdiscs currently show [[laser rot]], more than those from any other manufacturer.<ref>{{citation|url=http://www.lddb.com/laserrot.php|title=Laserdisc Databank - Laser Rot|date=2012-10-19}}</ref>

Sony DADC now manufactures the majority of CDs sold in the United States.{{Citation needed|date=August 2011}} In November 2008, the company bought the American disc-manufacturing capabilities of [[Entertainment Distribution Company|Glenayre Technologies]], which manufactured the discs of [[Universal Music Group]].<ref>"Fisher's Distribution Company Sold to Sony" (3 November 2008). Retrieved from [http://www.insideindianabusiness.com/newsitem.asp?id=32346 Inside Indiana Business.com] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110713040412/http://www.insideindianabusiness.com/newsitem.asp?id=32346 |date=2011-07-13 }} on December 15, 2009.</ref> In the summer of 2009, the company assumed the physical distribution of [[EMI]]'s North American operations.<ref>"EMI to Outsource Distribution" (1 April 2009). Retrieved from [http://www.allaccess.com/net-news/archive/story/55606/emi-to-outsource-distribution All Access.com] on March 2, 2011.</ref> This left [[Warner Music Group|WEA]] as the only major label whose discs are not manufactured by the company,{{Citation needed|date=August 2011}} as its discs are manufactured by the operations of the former [[WEA Manufacturing]] that were sold to [[Cinram]].

On August 8, 2011, a Sony DADC distribution center in [[Enfield Lock|Enfield]] was destroyed during the [[2011 England riots]].<ref>{{cite news| last=Davoudi| first=Salamander| title=Indie labels hit by warehouse arson attack|url=http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/c2299f28-c289-11e0-9ede-00144feabdc0.html#axzz1UYUqabFn| access-date=9 August 2011|newspaper=Financial Times|date=8 August 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite news| url= http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/14490635 |title= More than 1.5m CDs destroyed in Sony warehouse fire | publisher= BBC | date= 11 August 2011 | work= [[BBC Radio 1]] [[Newsbeat]] | access-date=2011-08-11}}</ref> The warehouse was used by [[independent music]] distributor [[PIAS Entertainment Group]] to distribute CDs, LPs, and DVDs for over 100 European independent labels.<ref name="Pitchfork">{{cite news | title=Labels react to Sony/PIAS warehouse fire |url=http://pitchfork.com/news/43478-labels-react-to-sonypias-warehouse-fire/ |publisher=[[Pitchfork Media]] |access-date =9 August 2011 | date = 9 August 2011}}</ref> The total stock loss in the fire was reported to be between 3.5 million<ref name="piasbbc">{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/14579343|title=Independent record labels detail fire recovery plans|work=[[BBC News]]|date=18 August 2011|access-date=19 August 2011}}</ref> and 25 million units.<ref name="piasloss">{{cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/industry/record-labels/bpi-establishes-fund-for-indie-labels-impacted-1005316412.story|title=BPI establishes fund for indie labels impacted by London riots|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|author=Smirke, Richard|date=15 August 2011|access-date=17 August 2011}}</ref>

On January 17, 2018, the DADC plant in [[Terre Haute, Indiana]], announced that they would be laying off 375 employees, and shifting manufacturing of audio discs to another manufacturer, [[Arvato Entertainment|Sonopress]]. It was later determined that manufacturing of most audio discs would be facilitated by CDA Inc. The majority of audio discs manufactured for [[Universal Music Group]] US and [[Sony Music Entertainment]] US are presently manufactured by CDA Inc, while the discs are packaged and assembled into jewel cases in the USA. [[Technicolor]] sometimes also assists in the facilitation of disc manufacturing for Universal Music Group US.

==Sony DADC Plants==

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Parent !! Subsidiary !! Location<ref name="Sony DADC Locations sonydadc.com"/> !! Status
|-
| rowspan="4" | Sony DADC Japan Inc.<ref name="Sony DADC Japan sonydadc.co.jp"/>
|-
| DADJ-Y (Yoshida) || rowspan="2"| [[Shizuoka, Shizuoka|Shizuoka]] ||rowspan="3" style="background: #81F781"| Operational
|-
| DADJ-O (Oigawa)
|-
| DADJ-I (Ibaraki) || [[Ibaraki, Ibaraki|Ibaraki]]
|-
| rowspan="6" | Sony DADC Americas<ref name="Sony DADC Group List sonydadc.com"/>
|-
| rowspan="2" |Sony DADC US Inc. || [[Pitman, New Jersey|Pitman, NJ]] ||style="background: #FA5858"| Shut down {{small|(2011)}}
|-
| [[Terre Haute, Indiana|Terre Haute, IN]] ||style="background: #81F781"| Operational {{small|(1983–present)}}
|-
| |Sony DADC Americas Distribution || [[Bolingbrook, Illinois|Bolingbrook, IL]] ||style="background: #81F781"| Operational
|-
| Sony DADC Canada Co. || [[Toronto]] ||style="background: #FA5858"| Shut down {{small|(2011)}}
|-
| Sony DADC Brasil Industria,<br/> Comercio e Distribuicao Video-Fonografica Ltda. || [[Manaus]] ||style="background: #FA5858"| Shut down {{small|(2018)}}
|-
| Sony DADC México S.A. de C.V || |Sony DADC México || [[Mexico City]] ||style="background: #FA5858"| Shut down {{small|(2015)}}<ref name="Sony DADC Mexico closure dvd-and-beyond.com"/>
|-
| rowspan="24" | Sony DADC International<ref name="Sony DADC Group List sonydadc.com"/>
|-
| rowspan="3" | Sony DADC Europe GmbH (formerly Sony DADC Europe Limited, ''Zweigniederlassung Österreich'') || [[Thalgau]] ||style="background: #81F781" | Operational
|-
| [[Anif]] ||style="background: #FA5858"| Shut down {{small|(2019)}}
|-
| [[Salzburg]] ||style="background: #81F781" | Operational
|-
| Sony DADC UK Limited (formerly Sony DADC Europe Limited) || [[Southwater]] ||style="background: #81F781"| Shut down {{small|(2018)}}; Re-opened {{small|(2020)}}
|-
| Sony DADC UK Limited (formerly Sony DADC Europe Limited) || [[Enfield, London|Enfield]] ||style="background: #FA5858"| Shut down {{small|(2020)}}
|-
| Sony DADC UK Limited (formerly Sony DADC Europe Limited) || [[Derry Street]] ||style="background: #FA5858"| Shut down {{small|(2020)}}
|-
| Sony DADC UK Limited (formerly Sony DADC Europe Limited) || [[Rathbone Place]] ||style="background: #FA5858"| Shut down {{small|(2015)}}
|-
| Sony DADC UK Limited (formerly Sony DADC Europe Limited) || [[Market Place]] ||style="background: #FA5858"| Shut down {{small|(2013)}}
|-
| Sony DADC France S.A.S. || [[Paris]] ||style="background: #81F781" | Operational
|-
| Sony DADC Iberia S.L. || [[Alcorcon]] ||style="background: #81F781" | Operational
|-
| Sony DADC Czech Republic s.r.o.<ref name="Sony DADC Europe 2012 update ots.at"/> || [[Úherce (Plzeň-North District)|Uherce]] ||style="background: #81F781" | Operational
|-
| Sony DADC Czech Republic s.r.o.<ref name="Sony DADC Europe 2012 update ots.at"/> || [[Prague]] ||style="background: #81F781" | Operational
|-
| Sony DADC Czech Republic s.r.o.<ref name="Sony DADC Europe 2012 update ots.at"/> || [[Plzeň|Pilsen]] ||style="background: #81F781" | Operational
|-
| Sony DADC Czech Republic s.r.o.<ref name="Sony DADC Europe 2012 update ots.at"/> || [[Stenovice]] ||style="background: #81F781" | Operational
|-
| OOO Sony DADC Russia<ref name="Sony DADC Russia opening sonydadc.com"/> || [[Borovsk]] ||style="background: #FA5858"| Shut down {{small|(2020)}}
|-
| Sony DADC Manufacturing India Pvt. Ltd. || [[Mumbai]] ||style="background: #FA5858"| Shut down {{small|(2016)}}
|-
| ''Entertainment Network Scandinavia AB'' || [[Borås|Boras]]|| style="background: #81F781" | Operational
|-
| Sony DADC China Co. Ltd. ||rowspan="2" |[[Shanghai]] ||style="background: #81F781" | Non-Operational Holding Co.
|-
| ''Shanghai Epic Music Entertainment Company Ltd.'' ||style="background: #81F781" | Operational
|-
| Sony DADC Hong Kong Ltd. || [[Hong Kong]] ||style="background: #FA5858"| Shut down {{small|(2015)}}
|-
| Sony DADC Australia Pty Ltd. || [[Eastern Creek, New South Wales|Eastern Creek, NSW]] ||style="background: #81F781" | Operational
|-
| Sony DADC Australia Pty Ltd. || [[Erskine Park, New South Wales|Erskine Park, NSW]] ||style="background: #81F781" | Operational
|-
| Sony DADC Australia Pty Ltd. || [[Huntingwood, New South Wales|Huntingwood, NSW]] ||style="background: #FA5858"| Shut down {{small|(2018)}}
|}

==Manufacturing codes==
{{Unreferenced section|date=August 2011}}
Printed on the discs or packaging of Sony DADC-manufactured CDs are codes indicating master copies (matrix numbers) of discs. These codes begin with a 4-letter prefix followed by a series of digits. Common prefixes include the following:
* DIDC – Classical recordings released on Sony-affiliated record labels.{{Citation needed|date=March 2011}}
* DIDP – Popular (i.e., non-classical) recordings released on Sony-affiliated record labels.{{Citation needed|date=March 2011}}
* DIDX – Recordings pressed by DADC for release on non-Sony-affiliated record labels.{{Citation needed|date=March 2011}}
* DIDY – Recordings pressed by the US division of DADC for the [[Columbia House]] Record Club.
* DIDZ – Recordings released on [[Warner Music Group|WEA]] Japan. (This code was only used from 1983 to 1985.)
* CDRM - Software titles
* LDVS - Standard Laserdiscs
* LDTA - THX & AC-3 Laserdiscs
* LDTX - THX Laserdiscs
* LDAC - AC-3 Laserdiscs
* DVSS - Single-layer DVDs
* DVDL - Dual-layer DVDs
* BVSS - Single-layer [[Blu-ray Disc]]s
* BVDL - Dual-layer Blu-ray Discs
* BHSS - Single-layer Hybrid Blu-ray Discs
* BHDL - Dual-layer Hybrid Blu-ray Discs
* DRSS - DVD-ROM software titles
* PSRM - [[PlayStation (console)|PlayStation]] titles
* PTRM - [[PlayStation 2]] CD-ROM titles
* PDSS - PlayStation 2 DVD-ROM titles
* PDDL - PlayStation 2 DVD-ROM Dual-layer titles
* UPSS - [[PlayStation Portable]] UMD Single-layer titles
* UPDL - PlayStation Portable UMD Dual-layer titles
* BPSS - [[PlayStation 3]] Blu-ray Disc Single-layer titles
* BPDL - PlayStation 3 Blu-ray Disc Dual-layer titles
* B4SS - [[PlayStation 4]] Blu-ray Disc Single-layer titles
* B4DL - PlayStation 4 Blu-ray Disc Dual-layer titles
* B5SS - [[PlayStation 5]] Blu-ray Disc Single-layer titles
* B5DL - PlayStation 5 Blu-ray Disc Dual-layer titles

==See also==
* [[WEA Manufacturing]]

==References==
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<ref name="Sony DADC Russia opening sonydadc.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.sonydadc.com/en/metanavigation/news/press-releases/sony-dadc-starts-local-playstationR3-ps3TM-disc-manufacturing-in-russia-30/ |title=Sony DADC starts local PlayStation®3 (PS3™) disc manufacturing in Russia |publisher=sonydadc.com |date=25 October 2011 |access-date=4 August 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160804015908/http://www.sonydadc.com/en/metanavigation/news/press-releases/sony-dadc-starts-local-playstationR3-ps3TM-disc-manufacturing-in-russia-30/ |archive-date=4 August 2016 |url-status=live }}</ref>

<ref name="Sony DADC Group List sonydadc.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.sonydadc.com/metanavigation/about-us/group-companies/ |title=GROUP COMPANIES OF SONY DADC |publisher=sonydadc.com |date=4 August 2016 |access-date=4 August 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160804020505/http://www.sonydadc.com/metanavigation/about-us/group-companies/ |archive-date=4 August 2016 |url-status=live }}</ref>

<ref name="Sony DADC Japan sonydadc.co.jp">{{cite web|url=http://www.sonydadc.co.jp/en/ |title=Sony DADC Japan Inc. - Company Profile |publisher=sonydadc.co.jp |date=4 August 2016 |access-date=4 August 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160804021001/http://www.sonydadc.co.jp/en/ |archive-date=4 August 2016 |url-status=live }}</ref>

<ref name="Sony DADC Locations sonydadc.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.sonydadc.com/metanavigation/locations/ |title=Sony DADC Locations Worldwide Services |publisher=sonydadc.com |date=4 August 2016 |access-date=4 August 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160804021659/http://www.sonydadc.com/metanavigation/locations/ |archive-date=4 August 2016 |url-status=live }}</ref>

<ref name="Sony DADC Mexico closure dvd-and-beyond.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.dvd-and-beyond.com/display-article.php?article=2119 |title=Sony DADC closes Mexico plant |publisher=dvd-and-beyond.com |date=3 May 2015 |access-date=4 August 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160804022340/http://www.dvd-and-beyond.com/display-article.php?article=2119 |archive-date=4 August 2016 |url-status=live }}</ref>

<ref name="Sony DADC Europe 2012 update ots.at">{{cite web|language=de |author=Christina Schobesberger |url=http://www.ots.at/presseaussendung/OTS_20120116_OTS0185/sony-dadc-austria-ag-strafft-produktionsprogramm-in-europa |title=Sony DADC Austria AG strafft Produktionsprogramm in Europa |publisher=ots.at |date=16 January 2012 |access-date=7 August 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160806211950/http://www.ots.at/presseaussendung/OTS_20120116_OTS0185/sony-dadc-austria-ag-strafft-produktionsprogramm-in-europa |archive-date=6 August 2016 |url-status=live }}</ref>

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==External links==
* [http://www.sonydadc.com/ Official '''Sony DADC−Digital Audio Disc Corporation''' website]

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