Taiyo Yuden
 Taiyo Yuden Co. Ltd. (太陽誘電株式会社 Taiyō Yūden Kabushiki-gaisha translated as Sun Dielectric Co. Ltd.) is a Japanese materials and electronics company situated in Ueno Taito Tokyo that helped pioneer recordable CD technology (CD-R) along with Sony and Philips in 1988. Founded 60 years ago Taiyo Yuden currently operates factories in Japan Singapore Korea China the Philippines Taiwan Malaysia and Thailand.