Optical Disc Service GmbH was a German full service media manufacturer founded in 1998 in Dassow, Germany. The company began manufacturing CDs in 1998 and DVDs in September 2001.
In the matrix of some releases appears the number 0049/38826/840. This is not a code but a telephone number. Please do not add this number into a catalog number field. The Mastering SID Codes are LT 21, LT 22 (looks like LT ZZ on many, but not all of the releases) and LT 23. The Mould SID Code is UU0XX in the inner ring of the CD. Many releases are without Mould Sid Code (or it is very hard to find?).
History:
In late 2004, Optical Disc Services GmbH acquired CD Factory, a Danish media service provider, which became ODS Business Services A/S (also referred to as ODS Scandinavia; label).
On 3 January 2005, ODS France, a small DVD manufacturing plant, was opened near Paris.
In May 2006, Optical Disc Services GmbH acquired the Romanian CD manufacturing plant Kanami, which became label.
In January 2007, Optical Disc Service Inc. acquired a DVD manufacturing facility in Little Rock, AR, USA, label, from The Rank Group Plc. ODS had already acquired some European distribution business sites of Deluxe Media Services (Deluxe (7)) from Rank in 2006.
In October 2007, bankruptcy proceedings were opened, and in February 2008 production was finally stopped. Since then there have been several trials or charges against the former management including fraud, tax evasion, subsidy fraud and professionally patent infringement.
After the insolvency, the Romanian plant became independent under Romanian ownership and in 2008 was renamed label.
A plant was also active in Goleniow, Poland, which was acquired in February 2008 by the Spanish company Iberdisc Optical Storage Solutions (label).
A British subsidiary, ODS Business Services Ltd. was also active, and acquired the assets of label in March 2006, including a CD/DVD manufacturing plant located in Swindon. ODS Business Services Ltd. went into administration in April 2008.
In May 2008, it was announced that the Dassow plant had been acquired by the Danish company Dicentia.