Production of recording media such as Hitachi Maxell and DVD-R is finished

We announced that Hitachi Maxell will withdraw completely from the production of recording media such as DVD-R.

In 2006TDK withdraws from production of recording media such as DVD and CDHowever, the "sharp decline in market price" that was cited as the reason for that time seems to be a major pain in the whole manufacturer.

Details are as below.
About organization reform and personnel change - Maxell

According to this release, Hitachi Maxell will abolish the disk business group from April 1 this year. By doing this, Hitachi Maxell will withdraw from the production of recording media such as DVD - R at the end of this month.

Hitachi Maxell officially announces withdrawal of optical disc production

According to this article, even after cutting production at its own company, we will continue to sell recording media of "Maxell" brand by outsourcing production to Taiwanese manufacturer etc.

It is somewhat sad that domestic manufacturers that provide high quality recording media will decline ....