Article: Sony Expands U.S. Recording Media Hub; Advanced Metal Evaporated Media Technology Launched Here For First Time.

DOTHAN, Ala., Feb. 2 /PRNewswire/ -- Sony Magnetic Products of America (SMPA), a unit of Sony Electronics Inc. and its Recording Media and Energy Group, today unveiled a facility expansion that will enable it to manufacture advanced metal evaporated (AME) tape -- the latest technology in recording media.

The grand opening was marked by a ribbon-cutting ceremony held at the facility's new AME division in Dothan. Local and state government officials joined Sony representatives from around the world at the event.

Building construction began in January 1998, just one year after Nobuyuki Idei, president and co-chief executive officer of Sony Corporation, ...

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