In May 2008, Taiyo Yuden bought 65% of JVC's magnetic and optical media business. As part of the merger, beginning in fall 2009, Taiyo Yuden began using the JVC moniker on its discs. All Taiyo  Yuden discs will now be sold under the JVC media name and the manufacturer numbers will change to JVC part numbers. The media is still being manufactured in Japan in the same facilities they always were. In fact, your favorite Taiyo Yuden discs are exactly the same, we're just calling them JVC, now.

Taiyo Yuden (or "JVC" as it's now called) pioneered the recordable CD industry. Their optical media products offer the widest record and playback compatibility along with the lowest Bler and error rates in the industry.