Sony Closing 18M CD/Month Plant

Posted by CmdrTaco on Wednesday January 12, 2011 @03:42AM 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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The eco-friendliness of downloads. by couchslug · 2011-01-12 03:43 · Score: 5, Interesting

That's a stunning amount of plastic waste and manufacturing process waste no longer being generated.

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Re:It's in South Jersey. by Anonymous Coward · 2011-01-12 04:39 · Score: 5, Interesting

In fact, every single one of Coondoggie's Slashdot submissions are links to Michael Cooney's Network World blog.