CD manufacturers
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Chronological order, Country (Year) is when the CD manufacturing started (and ended).
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PolyGram
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Neef
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Denon
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Nimbus
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Sanyo
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JVC
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MPO
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Sonopress
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TOPAC
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CTA Co. Ltd.
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Interpress
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PDO
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DADC Austria
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West Germany (1982)
The Philips factory in Germany, where the world’s first CD was pressed, belonged to Polygram – the recording company, which Philips owned at the time. The first CD to be manufactured at the plant was “The Visitors” by ABBA. By the time CDs were introduced on the market in November 1982, a catalogue of around 150 titles – mainly classical music – had been produced. The first CDs and CD players – including Philips’ CD100 – were introduced in Japan in November, followed by a US and European market introduction in March of 1983.