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You are correct, I called them the parent company because those companies are the ones with the manufacturing facilities. As far as I know, while all of the other companies are independent, none of them manufacture. I could be wrong though. That means that while they have their own lines of discs, they are getting them when Innova, Discraft, and Latitude make them.
I'd be interested to know who actually designes the molds used? Is it colaborative, or does one partner or the other have more control? The business model is also interesting. If you are the manufacturer, why create discs for another company? I see some advantages in having a competitive market, but most companies don't do this.
Here is what I have heard:
Innova is in "partnership" with Millennium and Discmania.
Innova owns the molds and Mill and DM dictate what molds are used and what they are called. For example, the Shark top and Stingray bottom make the AuroraMS.