Hi, I will try to answer your request : > I'm not sure what you refer to when you say analyze the disc itself. To know who is the real manufacturer of a brand, the best way is to analyze the parameters of the disc and to check which are the same discs, manufactured by the same company. If you do not have such an equipment (as 99.99 % of all MD users) you can also see what is written in the inner circle of the disc. The font used or the information can be a help to identify the manufacturer. >The other point I am interested in that has been discussed here over.' Memorex >MD blank discs. I have personally never had a problem with the Memorex discs >that I bought. But it seems that other people on this list seem to feel that >they are inferior in quality because of their shells. The perception you have on a product based upon its shell may be disturbed. Sometime, the customer chooses a type of shell which fit whith the image he wants to show and may be totally different from the consumer's mind. Sometimes, if the shell is not good enough, the shutter may scratch it during the insertion, and you may have some recording issues but after several cycles of opening/closing, everything should work fine. >Below you give a list of the companies who manufacture MD discs and the >countries that they are manufactured in. All of the Memorex discs that I own >clearly say "Made in France" on them. Since the only manufacture you list as >making their discs in France is MPO, unless you left out a manufacture or two, >it would seem that MPO has to be the OEM for Memtek MDs. There is only one manufacturer of MD in France. Now, if MPO has some contracts with Memorex , ... who knows ? Some confidential agreements are weaker than what the customs request in terms of information on the packaging ;-))). >Also, going back about two and a half years ago, with the exception of MPO, >weren't all MDs manufactured in Japan (with the machines to make them being made >in Germany?) The equipment manufacturer is a company called Balzers, based in Liechtenstein (between Switzerland and austria www.bps.com) >Thanks for devoting the time to write us. You listed your title as "Export >Manager". I was always under the belief that you actually are the owner of the >company. I'm I incorrect in this assumption? Unfortunately I am not the owner of MPO. MPO is a family owned company, owned by Mr and Mrs de Poix (french family). And I have no relation to them, except that I am a peaceful, nice and friendly employee. I am in charge of the sales in France and Northern Europe. For information in USA and Canada, please contact William Giroud ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) and you can visit : www.hi-space.com (in french for the moment, because we change everything) www.mpo.fr (mother company worldwide) www.americdisc.com (operations in America North&South) Best regards. Arnaud DEVILDER Export Manager MPO Media 40 rue de Paris *-* F-92100 Boulogne France Tel : +33141105175 *-* Fax : +33141105144 ----------------------------------------------------------------- To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
