History (1992): Agreement Between CIBA and Plasmon on Recordable CD Technology
To develop media guaranteed to last up to 50 years
By Jean Jacques Maleval | July 3, 2020 at 2:23 pmA joint agreement to develop recordable compact disk media has been signed by Plasmon Data Systems (Near Royston, Hertfordshire, England), a manufacturer of write-once optical disk media, and Ciba-Geigy, the big Swiss chemical company.
In conjunction with the agreement, over $2.5million in venture capital has been raised from Ciba-Geigy, Larpent Newton, and clients of Rothschild Ventures and Grosvenor Managers Ltd.
The initial focus of the project will be to develop a special thin-film coating for recordable compact disks aimed at enhancing data life.
“Our agreement with Ciba-Geigy is to develop a recordable CD which is guaranteed to last up to 50 years,” said PeterHelfet, MD, Plasmon.
Actually, with its “moth-eye” technology, together with proprietary manufacturing techniques, Plasmon guarantees for 50 years its 5.25-inch WORM media.
This article is an abstract of news published on the former paper version of Computer Data Storage Newsletter on issue ≠54, published on July 1992.
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