Memorex Products, Inc., the industry sales leader of digital optical storage products, today introduced the industry's first 52x CD-RW drive. The Memorex® Internal CD-ReWritable 52x E-IDE Drive is the fastest on the market today, writing at 52x, rewriting at 24x and reading at 52x speeds, burning 700 MB of data or an 80-minute CD in less time than ever before. "As consumers demand faster speeds for backing up data and burning music, photos and videos, Memorex provides them with the tools they need," said Michael Golacinski, president and CEO of Memorex. "With the addition of the first 52x CD-RW to the Memorex drive family, we continue to offer consumers the highest performing devices and media available."

The Memorex 52x CD-RW drive is bundled with software and accessories so that you can begin using it immediately to create, archive, duplicate and save information. The package includes Nero® Burning ROM and InCD® by Ahead Software, IDE cable, audio cable, mounting screws and a quick installation guide. Also included are one Memorex CD-RW and one 52x Memorex CD-R, the fastest available on the market.

As a leader in blank media, it is a natural evolution for Memorex to provide the hardware required to meet its customers' storage and recording needs. Earlier this year, Memorex was among the first to introduce a DVD+RW/+R drive. As Memorex expands its drive business in the coming months, progressive products in the drive category will be available, including external CD-RW and DVD+RW/+R drives.

The Memorex 52x CD-RW drive is available now, at a suggested retail price of $99.99.