There are 9 steps to DVD Replication:

Premastering:
In DVD premastering the media format is verified. This includes DDP (disc description protocol), security scrambling status, regional coding, video title and end sector instruction sets.

Glass Mastering:
A laser beam recorder (LBR) creates a glass master with all the data etched into a photo resistive layer.

Electroplating:
The glass master is electroplated with nickel, creating an intermediate mold called a father. The father is used to create a reverse intermediate mold called mother. Finally, the mother mold is used to create a stamper mold.

Stamping:
The stamper is mounted on to injection molding machines and presses the recorded data onto polycarbonate discs which eventually become DVDs.

Metallization:
The transparent polycarbonate discs are covered by a micro thin layer of aluminum to reflect the laser light allowing the pits to be read.

Lacquering:
The DVD is then spin coated with a protective layer of lacquer and is now ready for printing.

Bonding:
The 2 substrates are "glued" together to produce a DVD disc. The gluing must be optically transparent, without defect, and of uniform thickness to the close tolerances of DVD specifications.

Printing:
Printing either by a silk screen or offset process, with up to six colors right on the disc.

Packaging:
The DVD is automatically packaged bulk on spindle or can be assembled into a wide variety of high quality DVD packaging.