▁that ▁is ▁especially ▁well ▁known ▁for ▁its ▁CD / D VD / BD ▁burning ▁suite , ▁N ero ▁Burn ing ▁R OM , ▁and ▁is ▁currently ▁the ▁global ▁market ▁leader ▁for ▁this ▁recording ▁software . ▁The ▁company ' s ▁main ▁product ▁is ▁N ero ▁ 2 0 1 9 , ▁a ▁piece ▁of ▁software ▁that ▁compr ises ▁burning , ▁file ▁conversion , ▁media ▁management , ▁and ▁video ▁editing ▁functions ▁and ▁is ▁updated ▁on ▁an ▁annual ▁basis . ▁ ▁History ▁Richard ▁L esser ▁founded ▁the ▁company ▁as ▁A head ▁Software ▁GmbH ▁in ▁ 1 9 9 5 . ▁The ▁company ▁changed ▁its ▁name ▁( and ▁legal ▁form ) ▁to ▁A head ▁Software ▁AG ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 1 ▁and ▁again ▁to ▁N ero ▁AG ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 5 . ▁ ▁The ▁N ero ▁Group ▁includes ▁foreign ▁subs idi aries ▁in ▁Gl end ale , ▁California , ▁United ▁States ▁( N ero ▁Inc ., ▁founded ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 1 ), ▁in ▁Y ok oh ama , ▁Japan ▁( N ero ▁K . K ., ▁founded ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 4 ), ▁and ▁H ang z hou , ▁China ▁( N ero ▁Ltd ., ▁founded ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 7 ). ▁The ▁USA ▁and ▁Japan ▁operations ▁are ▁sales ▁offices , ▁while ▁the ▁Chinese ▁subs idi ary ▁oper ates ▁exclus ively ▁to ▁provide ▁internal ▁development ▁services ▁for ▁the ▁company . ▁ ▁In ▁May ▁ 2 0 0 7 , ▁it ▁was ▁announced ▁that ▁the ▁Luxemb ourg - based ▁firm ▁Ag