Verbatim (company)
Verbatim Americas, LLC
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legal form | Limited Liability Company |
founding | April 28, 1969 |
Seat | Charlotte , United States |
Branch | Storage media |
Website | www.verbatim.com |
The Verbatim Corporation ( Latin verbatim , word for word 'or, literally') is a US-based subsidiary of the Japanese Mitsubishi Chemical company and a leading manufacturer of computer storage media , headquartered in Charlotte (North Carolina) .
history
Verbatim Corporation was founded in 1969 and was acquired by Mitsubishi Chemical in 1990. It belongs to their subsidiary Mitsubishi Kagaku Media Co. Ltd. Verbatim operates worldwide with offices in America, Europe, South Africa, Singapore, Hong Kong and Australia. On June 30, 2007 Verbatim took over Smartdisk, one of the leading US suppliers of storage products, thus laying the foundation for the sale of its own external hard drives.
Products
The products Verbatim produces include:
- DVD-RAMs
- external hard drives
- (re) writable Blu-ray discs
- (re) writable CDs
- (re) writable (dual-layer) DVDs
- (re) writable HD DVDs
- Magnetic tapes
- Memory cards
- USB sticks
- Power banks
The company has plants in the United States, Japan and Singapore. However, most of the production of CD-R (W) and DVD - / + R (W) is outsourced to licensees who produce on behalf of Verbatim according to Verbatim's manufacturing and quality guidelines. Provided they have the Advanced Azo / Super Azo / Metal Azo / SERL label, the products have the same quality properties as the "original" Verbatim products and are produced using the same materials and using the same processes.
Equivalent media are sold in parts of Asia under the name "Mitsubishi". The "Mitsubishi Black Diamond" DVDs that are sold in parts of Europe do not come from Mitsubishi Kagaku, but from Mitsubishi Electric .
Particularly in the CD-R segment and the “Pearl White” (8x) DVD product line, the companies mentioned also buy their own products. However, these products do not have the above labels and were previously listed under the DataLife product range instead of DataLifePlus. "Pearl White" 16x now have Mitsubishi media codes again, so they are original Verbatim and no longer purchased.
Since the end of 2006, Prodisc has been producing a blank media optimized for archiving purposes under the name "Archival Grade" ( sold as UltraLife in other countries ) on behalf of Verbatim . These are DVD-R blanks with Advanced AZO technology (8x writing speed), on which an additional reflective layer made of gold is applied and a particularly scratch-resistant lacquer is used on the data side. In Germany, this type of DVD is only available as "Photo Printable". Verbatim has both unprintable DVD-Rs and (unprintable) CD-Rs of this type, but Verbatim does not sell them in Germany.
The manufacturer PDO Europe sells both DVD-R and CD-R in Germany, which, according to PDO Europe, are identical to Verbatim's archival grade media and come from the same production.
Type | product | Manufacturer | Media Code ( ATIP / ADIP ) |
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CD-R | Extra Protection Surface (formerly DataLife) 43351 and others |
Prodisc , CMC Magnetics , Moser Baer India , Daxon , Ritek , Taiyo Yuden They are not made with Verbatim technology, but are relabeled products from the original manufacturers. |
various |
CD-R | Pastel Disc (formerly DataLife) 43417 and others |
Taiyo Yuden | Taiyo Yuden Co. Ltd., Jan. |
CD-R | DataLifePlus Metal Azo / Super Azo 43352, 43438 and others |
Moser Baer India and CMC Magnetics , with Verbatim technology Formerly also manufactured by Verbatim Singapore itself. |
Mitsubishi Chemical, 3 |
CD-RW | (DataLifePlus) SERL / Advanced SERL 43147, 43191, 43101 and others |
CMC Magnetics with Verbatim technology, and Verbatim Singapore | Mitsubishi Chemical, 3/4/5 |
DVD + R | (DataLifePlus) Metal Azo / Advanced Azo (8x) / Advanced Azo + (16x) 43550, 43500, 43498, 43481, 43471, 43274, 43231 and others |
Moser Baer India , Prodisc and CMC Magnetics , with Verbatim technology Formerly also manufactured by Verbatim Singapore itself. There are also smaller Taiyo Yuden series. |
MCC 001, MCC 002, MCC 003, MCC 004, YUDEN000 T02, YUDEN000 T03 |
DVD + R | DataLife or Pearl White 43559, 43570, 43571 and others |
CMC Magnetics and Ritek , or Moser Baer India with Verbatim technology With 4x and 8x relabeled product, with 16x Verbatim technology used! |
MCC 004, CMC MAG E01, RITEK R03, CMC MAG F01 |
DVD + R | DataLifePlus Pastel Disc Advanced Azo 43464 and others |
Taiyo Yuden | YUDEN000 T01, YUDEN000 T02 |
DVD + R DL | Advanced Azo (2.4x) | Verbatim Singapore, Moser Baer India | MKM 001 |
DVD + R DL | Azo (8x) | Verbatim Singapore, Moser Baer India , CMC Magnetics | MKM 003 |
DVD + RW | (DataLifePlus) SERL 43228 and others |
CMC Magnetics , with Verbatim technology, or Verbatim Singapore | MCC A01, MKM A02, MKM A03 |
DVD-R | (DataLifePlus) Metal Azo / Advanced Azo (8x) / Advanced Azo + (16x) 43548, 43518, 43475, 43272 and others |
Moser Baer India , Prodisc and CMC Magnetics , with Verbatim technology Formerly also manufactured by Verbatim Singapore itself. There are also smaller Taiyo Yuden series. |
MCC 00RG200, MCC 01RG20, MCC 02RG20, MCC 03RG20, TYG02, TYG03 |
DVD-R | DataLife or Pearl White 43568, 43569 and others |
CMC Magnetics and Ritek , or Moser Baer India with Verbatim-Technik With 4x and 8x relabeled product, with 16X Verbatim-Technik used! |
MCC 03RG20, CMC MAG. AE1, CMC MAG. AF1 |
DVD-R | DataLifePlus Pastel Disc Advanced Azo 43465 and others |
Taiyo Yuden | TYG01, TYG02 |
DVD-R | Archival Grade |
Prodisc | MCC 02RG20 |
DVD-R DL | Advanced azo | Verbatim Singapore | MKM 01RD30 |
DVD-RW | DataLifePlus SERL |
CMC Magnetics , with Verbatim technology, or Verbatim Singapore | MCC 00RW11N9, MCC 01RW4X, MKM 01RW6X |
DVD-RAM | (formerly DataLifePlus) 43449 and others |
Panasonic Japan | 3x: M01J3002, M01J3003, M01J3004; 5x: M01J5006 |
BD-R | Verbatim Japan | VERBATIMA000 |
Countries of manufacture
Country of manufacture | Possible manufacturer |
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Taiwan | CMC Magnetics , Prodisc , Ritek |
China | CMC Magnetics , Prodisc , Ritek |
Japan | Taiyo Yuden |
India | Moser Baer India |
Singapore | Verbatim Singapore |
Malaysia | Daxon |
Mexico | CMC Magnetics |
Ireland | CMC Magnetics (formerly Kodak ) |
EU | CMC Magnetics (formerly Kodak ) |
Inner ring
With the help of the information on the inner ring, further information about the actual manufacturer can be obtained for some DVD + R and DVD-R blank types. However, this is only relevant for the production site in Taiwan, as two different manufacturers manufacture here on behalf of Verbatim.
Country of manufacture | Possible manufacturer | Code on the inner ring | example |
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Taiwan, China | CMC Magnetics | 16 characters, starting with 3 letters e.g. B. MAH, PAP, PAH, MAD First character M or P (minus or plus), second character usually A (Azo) or W (reWritable), third character writing speed (D = 4x, H = 8x, P = 16x), Seventh character year of production (I = 2004, J = 2005, K = 2006, L = 2007, tbc) Example code is a DVD + R 16x blank that was purchased in early 2007 |
PAPA14KJ07193850 |
Taiwan | Prodisc | + or - in the middle between 2 blocks of 9 characters | 3444E2197 + 430778210 |
India | Moser Baer India | 6 digits -R + 2 letters + 4 digits or 7 digits + R + 2 letters + 5 digits |
130 509 -REE 8173 2311 424 + REA 25152 |
Singapore | Mitsubishi Chemical Corp./Verbatim Singapore | 14 characters, usually 2 letters at the beginning | VM256743X43512 |
Stampercode
The stamp code is applied to the recording side during the production process. It comes directly from the device on which the blank was made. The stamp code is located near the - usually transparent - inner ring. However, it can only be read from a certain angle.
The stamper code for blanks from Verbatim usually has a structure similar to ZD… -DVR-…. or also ZC… -DVR-…. (Example: ZD0001-DVR-X47B ).
Optical storage techniques
The optical media manufactured and purchased using Verbatim technology or Taiyo Yuden use various patented techniques.
- Metal Azo (CD-R)
Metal Azo is a deep blue azo dye for writing speeds of up to 16x. Metal Azo is still occasionally used on audio CD-Rs.
- Super Azo (CD-R)
Super Azo is used at higher speeds (24x and higher). In Japan, Super Azo CD-Rs are also sold as "Sonic Azo".
- Metal Azo (DVD +/- R)
Metal Azo is a purple azo dye for writing speeds of up to 2x / 2.4x.
- Advanced Azo (+) (DVD +/- R)
Advanced Azo was introduced with 4x DVD + R and retained with 8x DVD + R. The 16x DVD + R use Advanced Azo +.
- SERL (CD-RW, DVD +/- RW)
The rewritable data carriers use the Super Eutectic Recording Layer ( SERL ) technology, which is supposed to regenerate itself when erased (unlike media from other manufacturers).
SERL is used for media that are written to at less than approx. 6000 1 / min. This is the case with CD-RW media designed for 4x or 10x / 12x speed. For DVD + RW media, the maximum speed is 4x.
Special audio CD-RWs are also produced using the so-called TeRL ( Tellurium Alloy Recording Layer ) technology.
- Advanced SERL (+) (CD-RW)
Advanced SERL is used for media above the 6000 rpm limit. CD-RW media for 24x or 32x speed and DVD-RW media for 6x speed are produced with Advanced SERL.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Verbatim products ( Memento of the original from September 23, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , atelco.de, accessed on: March 3, 2015.
- ^ Silver and Gold Reflective Layers for Longer Data Storage. verbatim-europe.com, archived from the original on October 6, 2007 ; Retrieved December 11, 2006 (English).
- ↑ Archival Grade DVD-R 4.7 GB 8X 5pk Jewel Case. (No longer available online.) Verbatim.com, archived from the original on February 4, 2010 ; accessed on November 2, 2010 (English). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ photokina - anti-aging for archived data. Press release from: Prime Digital Optical Europe GmbH. openpr.de, August 26, 2008, accessed on November 2, 2010 (cookies required).