What happened to Mitsumi?

[VirtualLarry]

They made floppy drives, and then they made IDE CD-RW drives. They were among the first to do so, IIRC. (Other, higher-priced mfg's, like Plextor and Yamaha, were primarily SCSI.)

 

[Soulkeeper]

My first thought was they were gobbled up or a subsidiary of someone else (ie: matsushita).
According to the wiki http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitsumi they seem to be focusing on console accesories.

 

[corkyg]

They have focused their business on components and other products relating to communications. Drive assemblies are not in their basket - but some parts are.

http://www.mitsumi.com/index.php?option=product&menu=product

They have moved away from loser products to winners.

 

[Ketchup]

Good for them. I had a Mitsumi drive or two back in "the day." Don't remember having any issues with them either.