Verbatim (brand)
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For other uses, see Verbatim (disambiguation).
Verbatim is a brand for storage media and flash memory products currently owned by CMC Magnetics Corporation (CMC), a Taiwanese company that is known for optical disc manufacturing. Formerly a subsidiary of Mitsubishi Chemical, the global business and assets of Verbatim were sold to CMC Magnetics in 2019 at an estimated price of $32 million USD.[1][2]
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Formerly | 1978 as Verbatim Corporation 1982 as Kasei Verbatim (former joint venture) February 23, 1994, as Mitsubishi Kagaku Media (Tokyo, Japan) |
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Industry | Electronics Technology |
Founded | April 28, 1969; 55 years ago (1969-04-28) as Information Terminals Corporation (North Carolina, United States) |
Founder | Reid Anderson (Verbatim, 1969) |
Key people | Clive Alberts (CEO and President) |
Brands | Verbatim Freecom Mitsubishi |
Number of employees | 510 (consolidated) |
Parent | CMC Magnetics (2020-present) Mitsubishi Chemical (1990-2020) Eastman Kodak (1985-1990) |
Website | Official website |
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Originally an American company and known for its floppy disks in the 1970s and 1980s, Verbatim is now known for its recordable optical media.