Verbatim Corp.

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The Verbatim Corporation is a US company and it is the worldwide leader in flash-memory producers. It is a subsidiary of Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation of Japan.

Most Verbatim DVD+R and DVD-R media uses their patented Advanced Azo Dye Technology and high-quality Mitsubishi dye. Verbatim DVD discs are well respected by many DVD-recording enthusiasts due to their high quality burns, low failure rates, and media longevity.

The Verbatim name is shared by several companies.

1 History
2 Products
3 Technologies
4 Shareholders
5 External links

[edit] History

The company was founded in 1969 and it has been a subsidiary of Mitsubishi Chemical since 1990.

Key Dates:

1969: Information Terminals, the predecessor to Verbatim, is created.

1979: Verbatim goes public; sales grow to $36 million.

1985: Eastman Kodak announces its $174 million bid for Verbatim.

1990: Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation acquires Verbatim.

1992: The company buys Carlisle Memory Products.

2005: Verbatim is ranked the leading supplier of recordable CD and DVD media in the world.

[edit] Products

Computer data storage products:

Those products are partly produced in Verbatim/Mitsubishi's own plants in Singapore and Japan, and partly under license by Taiwanese and Indian manufacturers.

Verbatim also resells relabeled products from Japanese, Taiwanese, Chinese, Malaysian and Indian factories (Pearl White DVD series in Europe, some CD-R not labeled Super Azo), including but not limited to products by Taiyo Yuden, Ritek Corporation, CMC Magnetics, Prodisc, Moser Baer India, Daxon/BenQ.

You can tell media made with Verbatim's own technology and relabeled products of other companies by looking at the packaging. If it does not say Metal Azo, Super Azo, Advanced Azo(+), SERL, Advanced SERL(+), Crystal, or TeRL, it is most likely but not always a relabeled product. Exceptions apply!

[edit] Technologies

Advanced Azo Dye Technology (patented high-developed Azo-Color-Technology)
SERL Super Eutectic Recording Layer technology for rewritable medias (after deleting the medium it regenerates)