Unaxis Data Storage and Mitsubishi Chemical have signed a technology cooperation
agreement enabling the companies to market a DVD-R replication line featuring
Mitsubishi Chemical's process.
The new "Fusion" replication line will be delivered with a guaranteed 4-second cycle
time. Based on a "future-proof" concept, the line touts an optimized usage of
material to guarantee best yield and uptime for years to come.
Mitsubishi Chemical Corp. (MCC) is Japan's largest chemical company and one of the
world's leading suppliers of information storage products. MCC is also known as a
strong technology leading company with recognized expertise in dye and phase change
technologies.
Unaxis, which claims that over 80 percent of the world's rewritable discs are
manufactured with the company's equipment, stated that "substantial orders" for the
Fusion line have already been placed by the world's leading recordable media
producers.