History of arvato digital services
| 1958 | sonopress founded in Guetersloh, Germany |
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| 1970's | sonopress becomes Europe's leading manufacturer of recorded media |
| 1978 | sonopress purchases production site in Mexico City, Mexico |
| 1980 | More than 60 million sound and data carriers have been produced |
| 1984 | CD manufacturing starts in Guetersloh, Germany |
| 1986 | arvato enters the US market sonopress buys RCA replication sites in the US, Brazil and Mexico |
| 1987 | Start of CD-ROM manufacturing for the software, games and publishing industries |
| 1990 | arvato logistics services founded in order to get access to high-tech industry |
| 1991 | sonopress opens Hong Kong operations CD production starts in Weaverville, North Carolina, USA |
| 1993 | arvato logistics services starts supply chain services in North America sonopress purchases a 49% share in Spanish replicator Ibermemory |
| 1994 | Sales offices opened in Argentina, China, the Czech Republic, Russia and the USA New production site in Swords, Ireland |
| 1996 | sonopress develops the Digital Media Management System, a mass storage archive infrastructure Addition and integration of fulfillment and distribution/logistics services New fulfilment site opened in Birmingham, Great Britain Further global expansion to South Africa |
| 1997 | sonopress becomes the first DVD 9 replicator in Europe sonopress is certified as an Authorized Replicator (AR) for Microsoft Corel OEM business worldwide |
| 1998 | arvato logistics services starts its worldwide services for a leading soft- and hardware producing company The one millionth sonopress DVD produced in Guetersloh, Germany arvato services opens up West Coast operations in Valencia, California, USA |
| 2000 | arvato logistics services enters the Asian market and implements the first e-commerce fulfillment solutions sonopress is the first replicator in Europe to offer Super Audio CD production |
| 2001 | arvato logistics services establishes a central European logistics hub in Dueren, Germany for direct retail sales and customer service sonopress opens a new production facility in Singapore sonopress becomes a member of IRMA Microsoft awards 'Authorized Replicator' status for the Xbox business in Europe and the US |
| 2002 | sonopress opens a new CD factory in Forbach, France |
| 2003 | arvato logistics services launches its pan-European carrier-independent freight management solution based on SAP Supply Chain Event Management sonopress successfully enters the audio book market arvato rolls out r.i.m. - its vendor-managed inventory system for major CE-retailers |
| 2004 | arvato logistics services implements a European infrastructure for spare parts logistics in the field of high-tech products (including 80 depots) arvato logistics services opens a new kitting and fulfilment facility in Xiamen, China sonopress and Concorde Home Entertainment introduce Europe's first DVD with HDTV content at Cebit, Hannover |
| 2005 | sonopress enters a joint venture with Zhejiang Huahong Opto & Electronics Group Co. Ltd., a leading disc manufacturer in China sonopress joins the Blu-ray Disc Association sonopress founds Sonopress Pty Ltd. in Australia and is now present on all five continents arvato opens up a strategic distribution hub in Louisville, Kentucky, USA |
| 2006 | sonopress offers a full range of services for the replication of memory cards sonopress is the first western replicator to open a CD and DVD plant in Yaroslavl, Russia |
| 2007 | On September 14, arvato creates its new business division arvato digital services by consolidating arvato technology, arvato services USA and Asia and sonopress sonopress introduces Instore TV with HDTV content at the Games Convention in Leipzig, Germany |
| 2008 | On April 17, 2008, sonopress of Gütersloh, Germany, celebrates its 50th anniversary and changes the company name to arvato digital services arvato digital services launches its new website in April Blu-ray replication line installed in Gütersloh, Germany |
