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= Europe/UK =
{| class="wikitable sortable"
== Hanover, Germany (PolyGram) ==
|+ '''Key Worldwide Pressing Plants through the Late 1980s'''
PolyGram: ?? -- 1986; PDO (Philips/DuPont Optical): 1986 -- ??
|-
 
! Built By !! CC !! Location !! Opened !! Closed !! Notes
== Gutersloh, Germany (Sonopress) ==
|-
Online late 1985/early 1986?
| Capitol-EMI || US || Jacksonville, Illinois || 1986 Q4 || ? ||
 
|-
== Austria (Koch Digitaldisc) ==
| CBS || US || Pitman, New Jersey || 1988? || ? || Formerly a vinyl pressing plant
Online early 1986
|-
 
| CBS/Sony || JP || Shizuoka || 1982?? || ? ||
== Switzerland (ICM) ==
|-
Online October 1985
| Cinram || CA || Scarborough, Ontario || 1986 Q2 || ? ||
 
|-
== Wynstone Leys, England (Nimbus) ==
| Cinram || CA || ?? || 1987 Q1?? || ? ||
Online Q4 1984?
|-
 
| Denon America || US || Madison, Georgia || 1987 Q1? || ? ||
== Cwmbran, Wales (Nimbus) ==
|-
Online 1987?
| Digital Audio Disc Corp. (DADC) || AT || Salzburg || 1987? || ? ||
 
|-
== Swindon, England (EMI) ==
| Digital Audio Disc Corp. (DADC) || US || Terre Haute, IN || 1985? || ? || 12 presses a/o late 1986
Online 15 May 1986
|-
 
| Discovery Systems || US || Dublin, Ohio || 1986 Q4? || ? ||
== [[Virgin Megastore, London, England]] ==
|-
 
| Disctek || UK || Southern England? || 1986 Q4/1987 Q1? || ? ||
== Southern England (Disctec) ==
|-
Online late 1986/early 1987?
| [[Disques Americ Inc. (Americ Disc)]] || CA || Drummondville, Quebec || 1987? || ?
 
|-
== Normandy, France (MPO) ==
| DOCDisc || NL || ? || 1986 Q4? || ? ||
Online Q4 1984
|-
 
| EMI || UK || Swindon || 1986-05-15 || ? ||
== Holland (DOCDisc) ==
|-
Online Q4 1986?
| EVGA || NO || Telemark || 1987? || ? ||
 
|-
== Telemark, Norway (EVGA) ==
| ICM || SZ || ?? || 1985-10 || ? ||
Online 1987
|-
 
| JVC || JP || ?? || ? || ? ||
== Salzburg, Austria (DADC) ==
|-
Online mid-1987?
| JVC || US || Tuscaloosa, Alabama || 1987 Q1 || ? ||
 
|-
== Alsdorf, West Germany (WEA) ==
| Koch Digitaldisc || AT || ? || 1986 Q1? || ? ||
Online 1987?
|-
 
| LaserVideo, Inc. || US || Huntsville, Alabama || 1987 Q1? || ? ||
= US =
|-
== Terre Haute, Indiana (DADC) ==
| Memory-Tech Inc. || US || Plano, Texas || 1987 Q2? || ? ||
12 presses a/o late 1986
|-
 
| MPO || FR || Normandy || 1984 Q4 || ? ||
== King's Mountain, North Carolina (PDO) ==
|-
PDO: opened late 1986/early 1987?
| Nimbus || UK || Wystone Leys, Wales || 1984 Q4? || ? ||
 
|-
== Madison, Georgia (Denon America) ==
| Nimbus || UK || Cwmbran, Wales || 1987? || ? ||
Production started Q1 1987?
|-
 
| Nimbus || US || Greene County, Virginia || 1987 Q2? || ? ||
== Pitman, NJ (CBS) ==
|-
Converted from vinyl, launched early 1988?
| [[Philips and DuPont Optical (PDO)]] || US || King's Mountain, North Carolina || 1986 Q4/1987 Q1 || ? ||
 
|-
== Olyphant, Pennsylvania (Warner Communications, Inc.) ==
| [[Philips and DuPont Optical (PDO)]] || UK || [[Blackburn, England (PDO)|Blackburn, England]] || ?? || ?? ||
Online Q4 1986
|-
 
| PolyGram || DE || Hanover || 1983? || ? || Transferred to PDO, 1986
== Jacksonville, Illinois (Capitol-EMI) ==
|-
Online Q4 1986
| Praxis Technologies || CA || Mississauga, Ontario || 1986 Q2 || ? ||
 
|-
== Huntsville, Alabama (LaserVideo, Inc.) ==
| Sanyo || US || Richmond, Indiana || 1987 Q2? || ? ||
Online Q1 1987?
|-
 
| Shape Optimedia || US || Kennebunkport, Maine || 1986? || ? ||
== Dublin, Ohio (Discovery Systems) ==
|-
Online Q4 1986?
| Sonopress || DE || Gutersloh || 1985 Q4/1986 Q1? || ? ||
 
|-
== Kennebunkport, Maine (Shape Optimedia) ==
| [[Virgin Megastore, London, England|Virgin Megastore]] || UK || London || ? || ? ||
Online 1986?
|-
 
| WEA || DE || Alsdorf || 1987? || ? ||
== Tuscaloosa, Alabama (JVC) ==
|-
Online Q1 1987?
| WEA || US || Olyphant, Pennsylvania || 1986 Q4 || ? ||
 
|}
== Greene County, Virginia (Nimbus) ==
Online Q1/Q2 1987?
 
== Plano, Texas (Memory-Tech Inc.) ==
Online summber 1987?
 
== Richmond, Indiana (Sanyo) ==
Online summer 1987?
 
= Japan =
== Shizuoka, Japan (CBS/Sony) ==
Online 1982??
 
= Canada =
== Mississauga, Ontario (Praxis Technologies) ==
Online Q2 1986
 
== Scarborough, Ontario (Cinram) ==
Online Q1 1987?
 
== Drumondville, Quebec (Americ Disc / Disques Americ Inc.) ==
Online early 1987?
2525 Canadien St.
Drummondville, Quebec
J2B 6Y4
 
 
 
== References ==
 
{{Reflist}}

Revision as of 21:21, 31 May 2010

Key Worldwide Pressing Plants through the Late 1980s
Built By CC Location Opened Closed Notes
Capitol-EMI US Jacksonville, Illinois 1986 Q4 ?
CBS US Pitman, New Jersey 1988? ? Formerly a vinyl pressing plant
CBS/Sony JP Shizuoka 1982?? ?
Cinram CA Scarborough, Ontario 1986 Q2 ?
Cinram CA ?? 1987 Q1?? ?
Denon America US Madison, Georgia 1987 Q1? ?
Digital Audio Disc Corp. (DADC) AT Salzburg 1987? ?
Digital Audio Disc Corp. (DADC) US Terre Haute, IN 1985? ? 12 presses a/o late 1986
Discovery Systems US Dublin, Ohio 1986 Q4? ?
Disctek UK Southern England? 1986 Q4/1987 Q1? ?
Disques Americ Inc. (Americ Disc) CA Drummondville, Quebec 1987? ?
DOCDisc NL ? 1986 Q4? ?
EMI UK Swindon 1986-05-15 ?
EVGA NO Telemark 1987? ?
ICM SZ ?? 1985-10 ?
JVC JP ?? ? ?
JVC US Tuscaloosa, Alabama 1987 Q1 ?
Koch Digitaldisc AT ? 1986 Q1? ?
LaserVideo, Inc. US Huntsville, Alabama 1987 Q1? ?
Memory-Tech Inc. US Plano, Texas 1987 Q2? ?
MPO FR Normandy 1984 Q4 ?
Nimbus UK Wystone Leys, Wales 1984 Q4? ?
Nimbus UK Cwmbran, Wales 1987? ?
Nimbus US Greene County, Virginia 1987 Q2? ?
Philips and DuPont Optical (PDO) US King's Mountain, North Carolina 1986 Q4/1987 Q1 ?
Philips and DuPont Optical (PDO) UK Blackburn, England ?? ??
PolyGram DE Hanover 1983? ? Transferred to PDO, 1986
Praxis Technologies CA Mississauga, Ontario 1986 Q2 ?
Sanyo US Richmond, Indiana 1987 Q2? ?
Shape Optimedia US Kennebunkport, Maine 1986? ?
Sonopress DE Gutersloh 1985 Q4/1986 Q1? ?
Virgin Megastore UK London ? ?
WEA DE Alsdorf 1987? ?
WEA US Olyphant, Pennsylvania 1986 Q4 ?
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