Introduction and Vision
Since Sony launched the world's first music Compact Disc to the market in 1982, Sony has been a leading company in optical disc technologies.
Sony Disc & Digital Solutions serves as the corporate umbrella for Sony's global optical disc and digital solutions business. This provides global strategy, planning direction, advanced engineering and research and serves as an interface between the regional entities and Sony Corp.
In accordance with those directions, Sony DADC operates in each region as a content supply chain service provider. By utilizing a full spectrum of the technologies accumulated within Sony, Sony DADC is able to provide customers with total supply chain solutions and content delivery to the global market place in a quick, cost-effective, and secure manner. Either physically or electronically, Sony DADC delivers environmentally friendly and quality conscious services to its customers.
Sony Group Organizational Chart
http://www.sony.net/SonyInfo/CorporateInfo/Data/organization.html
Management Team
| Executive Board | Keiji Kimura, EVP, Sony Corporation Dieter Daum, President Masao Miyamura, Executive Deputy President & CFO |
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| Sony DADC International (Europe & Asia Pacific) |
Dieter Daum, President Christian Reiser, EVP Guenther Schindlauer, EVP Russell Taylor, CFO |
| Sony DADC Americas | Dave Rubenstein, President Mike Mitchell, EVP Dave Stevens, EVP Paul Scott, EVP John Daly, EVP John Towers, CFO |
| Sony DADC Digital Services | Michael Frey, President |
| Sony DADC Japan | Kazumi Sawada, President Takao Murooka, CFO |
| Global Function | Dietmar Tanzer, CIO Katsuhiko Ohgama, CQO |
History of Sony's optical disc business
| 1980 | Sony and Philips developed Compact Disc Digital Audio System |
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| 1982 | Sony manufactured the world's first music CD in Shizuoka, Japan |
| 1983 | Sony DADC US Inc. was established in Terre Haute, Indiana, U.S. |
| 1986 | Sony DADC Austria AG was established in Salzburg, Austria |
| 1993 | Sony Disc Technology Inc. was established to enhance optical disc technologies |
| 1994 | Sony started to manufacture CD for PlayStation® |
| 1997 | Sony started to manufacture DVD |
| 2000 | DigitalWorks was established in Sony DADC Austria AG |
| 2004 | Sony started to manufacture UMD |
| 2005 | Sony Disc Technology Inc. was reorganized to Sony Disc & Digital Solutions Inc. |
| 2006 | Sony started to manufacture Blu-ray Disc (BD) |
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