CDs21 Solutions is Industry Organisation which aims at promting CD applications especially CD-R and CD-RW. This Japan based organisation has members in the whole Asia Pacific Region as well as in USA and Europe. The website providing technical details, including the OSJ information, is partly password protected.

CDs21 Solutions Philips Bldg. 13-37,Kohnan 2-chome,Minato-ku Tokyo japan 108-8507 TEL: +81-3-3740-4592 FAX: +81-3-3740-5152 E-mail: infocds21@cds21solutions.org

What is CDs21?

The CDs21 Solutions made a start in April, 2001. It is a voluntary association organized to promote CDs (compact discs) which have developed into diversified types. The CD made its debut in 1982 as an audio medium to take over conventional records. Since then CDs of various standards have come up including photo CD, CD-ROM, video CD, and CD-R/RW, each provided with an interactive function, to take the lead in the field of multimedia and IT.

Various bodies to promote the respective standards have been set up accordingly. The CDs21 Solutions is a new body created by merger of the Multimedia CD Consortium (MMCD), so far promoting CD-i and Video CD, and the Orange Forum (OSJ) specifically focusing on CD-R/RW among these standards. CDs21 Solutions aims at further progress of the CD media which still have plentiful potentiality and are determined to do its best to contribute to the realization of affluence in the heart of people by continuing studies of the new industrial sector represented by IT.