Sony DADC Austria: version 1

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# Sony DADC Austria <!--company-->

## Identity <!--identity-->
name: Sony DADC Austria
summary: Sony's optical-disc plant company at Anif near Salzburg, founded in 1986 as DADC Austria and producing discs since July 1987.
legal_name: Sony DADC Austria AG
country: AT
founded: 1986
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## Relations <!--relations-->
| role     | target                         | market | from | until | ended | status  | source         | note                                                                                                                  |
| -------- | ------------------------------ | ------ | ---- | ----- | ----- | ------- | -------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| owned_by | company/sony-group-corporation |        | 1986 |       |       | sourced | ^dc-label-dadc | Discogs, citing sonydadc.com, describes DADC Austria as a wholly owned subsidiary of Sony Corporation at its founding |
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## Establishments <!--establishments-->
| mark | kind  | address                  | country | source         | note                                       |
| ---- | ----- | ------------------------ | ------- | -------------- | ------------------------------------------ |
|      | plant | Anif/Niederalm, Salzburg | AT      | ^dc-label-dadc | Optical media production from 29 July 1987 |
|      | plant | Thalgau, Salzburg        | AT      | ^dc-label-dadc | Sister facility opened on 14 August 1991   |
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## Aliases <!--aliases-->
| name                 | type  | locale | from       | until      |
| -------------------- | ----- | ------ | ---------- | ---------- |
| Sony DADC Austria AG | legal |        | 1993-06-22 |            |
| DADC Austria         | name  |        | 1986       | 1993-06-22 |
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## References <!--references-->
| ref           | url                                   | title                              | accessed   | publisher | kind      | published | record_id | locator | licence | attribution | upstream |
| ------------- | ------------------------------------- | ---------------------------------- | ---------- | --------- | --------- | --------- | --------- | ------- | ------- | ----------- | -------- |
| dc-label-dadc | https://api.discogs.com/labels/267848 | Discogs label 267848: DADC Austria | 2026-09-26 | Discogs   | catalogue |           | 267848    |         |         |             |          |
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## About <!--about-->
Sony DADC Austria was founded in 1986 as DADC Austria, a wholly owned subsidiary of Sony Corporation, and began producing optical discs on 29 July 1987 at Anif/Niederalm near Salzburg; a second plant opened at Thalgau on 14 August 1991.[^dc-label-dadc] It was renamed Sony DADC Austria AG on 22 June 1993, and its matrix branding changed from "DADC Austria" to "DADC" in 1998 and to "Sony DADC" in 2000.[^dc-label-dadc]
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