Abstract is: Optiarc is a brand of optical disc drives and solid-state drives. It is owned by a US-based Vinpower Digital, Inc. Initially Optiarc was established on April 3, 2006 as a joint venture between Sony (55% shares) and NEC (45% shares). The company, named Sony NEC Optiarc, focused on manufacturing optical disk drives primarily for the OEM desktop and notebook PC markets. On September 11, 2008, it was announced that Sony would take over NEC's 45% share, making Optiarc a wholly owned subsidiary of Sony, to be called Sony Optiarc. This took effect on December 5, 2008 In March 2013, Sony closed its Optiarc optical disc drive division, laying off about 400 employees globally. In 2017, an American company, Vinpower Digital, whose main business is manufacturing optical disc and other media duplicators for the commercial market, acquired the rights to the Optiarc brand and product line. The brand PioData is also owned by Vinpower Digital.
business | Q4830453 |
enterprise | Q6881511 |
P3225 | Corporate Number (Japan) | 8021001047847 |
P2088 | Crunchbase organization ID | optiarc |
P646 | Freebase ID | /m/0fc3g7 |
P856 | official website | https://www.optiarcinc.com/ |
P17 | country | United States of America | Q30 |
P159 | headquarters location | Tokyo | Q1490 |
P571 | inception | 2006-04-03 | |
P1454 | legal form | kabushiki gaisha | Q1480166 |
P127 | owned by | Sony Group | Q41187 |
P1056 | product or material produced or service provided | consumer electronics | Q581105 |
Q41187 | Sony Group | owner of | P1830 |
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