Moser Baer India was founded in New Delhi in 1983 as a Time Recorder unit in technical collaboration with Maruzen Corporation Japan and Moser Baer Sumiswald Switzerland.

In 1988 Moser Baer India moved into the data storage industry by commencing manufacturing of 5.25-inch Floppy Diskettes. By 1993 it graduated to manufacturing 3.5-inch Micro Floppy Diskettes (MFD).

In 1999 Moser Baer India set up a 150-million unit capacity plant to manufacture Recordable Compact Disks (CD-Rs) and Recordable Digital Versatile Disks (DVD-Rs). The strategy for the optical media project was identical to what had successfully been implemented in the diskette business – creating a facility that matched global standards in terms of size technology quality product flexibility and process integration. The company is today the only large Indian manufacturer of magnetic and optical media data storage products exporting approximately 85 percent of its production.

Since inception Moser Baer has always endeavored to create its space in the international market. Aiding the company in its efforts has been a carefully-planned and sustainable business model – low costs high margins high profits reinvestment and capacity growth. Along the way deep relationships have been forged with leading OEMs with the result that today there are hardly any global technology brands in the optical media segment that Moser Baer is not associated with.

In 2006 the company announced its foray into the Photovoltaic and Home Entertainment businesses.Moser Baer India Limited headquartered in New Delhi is a leading global tech-manufacturing company. Established in 1983 the company is one of the world’s largest manufacturers of Optical Storage media like CDs and DVDs.

Every 5th disc manufactured globally belongs to Moser Baer and it is the lowest cost optical media manufacturer in the world. The company is also the first to market next-generation of storage formats like Blu-Ray discs and HD-DVD in India.

Over the years the company has entered into exciting areas of solid-state media with the launch of pen drives and flash memory cards content replication home entertainment and is a market leader in the high growth photovoltaic space. It is the only company worldwide to receive the prestigious 5-star rating from TÜV Rheinland for 3 years in a row maintaining highest standards of quality in manufacturing PV modules.

The company has a presence in over 100 countries serviced through 15 marketing offices and representatives in India US Europe Japan Russia Ukraine Egypt Argentina Chile Malaysia and has strong tie-ups with many global technology players in the optical media storage business. In the PV space the company has a presence in the entire value chain with products being sold to more than 82 countries.

Its products are manufactured at its three state-of-the-art manufacturing facilities located in the suburbs of New Delhi employing over 8000 employees. Through its wholly owned subsidiaries the company manufactures photovoltaic cells and modules using crystalline silicon and thin film technologies.

Being one of the most credible brands focused on hi-tech manufacturing and R & D activities it continues to unfold the next generation innovative technologies that will catapult India into a respectable manufacturing hub.