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Sony Closing 18M CD/Month Plant

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the end-of-an-era dept.

coondoggie writes "Sony this week said it was shuttering one of its largest CD manufacturing plants — citing the impact of digital downloads and other economic issues. The plant, which has been in operation for some 50 years, first producing vinyl records, will close on March 31 and about 300 people will lose their jobs. The 500,000-square-foot warehouse began producing vinyl LPs in 1960 and moved to CD manufacturing in 1988. At its capacity, the plant was making 18 million CDs per month, according to its website."

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  1. Title by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Informative

    Anyone else read the title as 18M per CD per month? That is one poorly placed slash.

    1. Re:Title by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Informative

      Not to mention the extra "plant".

  2. Silly title by Haedrian · · Score: 5, Informative

    "Sony Closing Plant 18M/CD/Month Plant"

    Aside from two Plants...

    18 Million Per Cd Per Month?

  3. Or is it ... by PPH · · Score: 3, Informative

    ... because nobody trusts Sony CDs?

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  4. Crappy article. by msauve · · Score: 4, Informative

    The plant which is closing is in Pitman, NJ. The article never bothered to mention which plant. Whatever happened to the basics of reporting - who/what/where/why/when?

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  5. It's in South Jersey. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative

    Hey Slashdot, why do you let these schills come here to make money from you?

    Submitted by... Coondoggie. The blog this links to is run by Michael Cooney. Hmmmm.

    Well Mr. Cooney, just as the comments on your ad-revenue blog say, you have failed to mention the location of the plant. Then instead of providing us with the link to your "source", you link us to your site to generate hits.

    You sir, are a hack.

    Here's the actual news story:
    http://www.philly.com/inquirer/business/homepage/20110112_Sony_will_close_South_Jersey_CD_plant.html