Sony DADC's first plant, in Terre Haute, Indiana, opened May 2, 1983,[1] and produced its first CD, Bruce Springsteen's Born in the U.S.A., in September 1984.

[1] The plant was initially a subsidiary of CBS/Sony Group, but Sony bought out CBS's stake in October 1985.

These plants began manufacturing CDs later: Pitman in 1988, Manaus in 1992,[5] and Toronto[6] and Mexico City[7] in 1994.

LaserDiscs, primarily 12-inch disc prints of feature films and concerts, were manufactured by Sony DADC in the 1980s and 1990s.

[citation needed] In November 2008, the company bought the American disc-manufacturing capabilities of Glenayre Technologies, which manufactured the discs of Universal Music Group.