12 Facts About Taiyo Yuden

In June 2015, Taiyo Yuden announced its intention to discontinue its recording media business by December of that year, citing market shrinkage, changing market conditions, difficulty while improving earnings and a hike in the cost of raw materials.

Taiyo Yuden is a constituent of the Nikkei 225 stock market index.

Taiyo Yuden was established by Hikohachi Sato on March 23,1950, in Suginami, Tokyo.

In January 1973 Taiyo Yuden is listed in the First Section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange.

In October 1988, the world's first CD-R was made by Taiyo Yuden and presented to the public under the brand name That's CD-R, however development had already begun as early as in summer 1985.

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In October 2008, JVC and Taiyo Yuden set up a new joint venture, called Victor Advanced Media.

On June 11,2015, Taiyo Yuden announced that it will withdraw from the recording media business, including CDs, DVDs, BDs, at the end of 2015.

Taiyo Yuden branded products were not common outside Japan but unbranded CDs and DVDs were available from some online retailers.

In October 2008 Taiyo Yuden partnered with JVC to form JVC Advanced Media as a marketing plan to distribute Taiyo Yuden media globally under the JVC brand name.

Taiyo Yuden has developed the Autostrategy technology, a learning mode for DVD burners, for Plextor.

In mid-2015, Taiyo Yuden announced its intention to have withdrawn from the optical media business by December of that year.

Taiyo Yuden sold its disc manufacturing patents and equipment to CMC Magnetics, and today the media is manufactured by CMC under the CMC Pro brand.