Sony expands Blu-ray disc manufacturing facility to meet demand
In a few short weeks, we’ve seen the Blu-ray format gaining momentum and Sony is responding to the increasing demand. Sony Corp. is investing $113 million to expand the 1 million-square-foot Blu-ray disc manufacturing Terre Haute, Indiana plant and will create 85 new jobs. Mastering, replication, packaging, and distribution areas of the facility will all be expanded. Sony inked the deal with Indiana Secretary of Commerce Nathan Feltman at a five-day Japanese trade mission.
Dieter Daum, Executive Chairman of Sony DADC Global stated, “The rapid adoption of the new Blu-ray Disc format by consumers allows us to quickly expand Blu-ray Disc capacity in the United States. Based on the past experience with manufacturing in Terre Haute, the selection of this facility for the expansion was logical.”
The Terre Haute plant facility produces 425,000 Blu-ray discs per day, in addition to DVDs, CDs, and UMDs. By October, Sony’s three facilities combined (Terre Haute, Austria, and Japan) will have more than doubled its Blu-ray disc output from 21 to 47 million discs per month.
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