May 30 2006
光学数据存储（ODS）正在转向下一代，为了推出市场，主要制造商再次决定支持Makrolon®（来自来自的聚碳酸酯）Bayer MaterialScience AG。As successors to the familiar DVD formats, Blu-ray-Discs and High-Density-DVDs (HD-DVDs) operate with blue laser light and can each store up from 15 to more than 100 gigabytes, depending on the number of used information layers. This quantum leap in storage capacity resulted from the need to store an entire feature film on one disc, in the new so called High-Definition (HD) resolution.
亚洲和美国的选定电视台已经在广播高清电视节目。在欧洲，2006年足球世界杯被视为引入HD-TV的主要驱动力。此外，最近几家美国主要的电影制片厂开始介绍第一部高清电影。
“如果我们没有成功地提高高科技材料Makrolon®的质量，那么在光学存储媒体中取得的进展将不可能：它满足了复杂的制造过程的需求，并保证了Blu所需的属性- 自1982年音频CD诞生以来，Makrolon®本身就已经达到了另一个里程碑，当时它成为了存储媒体制造商首选的底物材料，” Uli Franz博士解释说。Bayer MaterialScience的行业经理欧洲杯足球竞彩协欧洲杯线上买球调光学数据存储段中的所有全球活动。“在过去的几年中，我们继续促进技术发展，旨在基于改进的Makrolon®配方和持续优化聚碳酸酯制造工艺的格式。”
Bayer MaterialScience reached its goal thanks to a global research and development strategy and close cooperation with ODS developers, producers and equipment manufacturers. A key element in this network are the Bayer MaterialScience Optical Disc Labs in Leverkusen, Pittsburgh and Shanghai, which handle collaborative projects with customers, technical service and their own research and development projects. They are equipped not only with the latest machinery for mass producing optical discs, but also have access to precision apparatus for extensive chemical and physical testing and analysis. To fulfill the increased demands imposed on the substrate material compared to the "old" formats, Bayer MaterialScience began entering into partnerships with the developers of the new discs at a very early stage. "The current state of the art is clearly ideal for the continued use of polycarbonate, and thus also of Makrolon®," says Burkhard Reitze, head of ODS Business Development.
除技术要求外，光盘制造商非常重视仅使用一种用于生产所有格式的材料，以简化物流并将投资成本降至最低。“制造商倾向于选择过去在经济效率方面拥有良好经验的材料。此外，他们希望在其现有生产设施中制造新格式。因此，他们在Makrolon®上获得了优势，以获得光学数据存储应用程序，因为它在所有主要经济区域都可以在全球范围内获得。” Reitze先生解释说。