List of CD pressing plants

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Key Worldwide Pressing Plants through the Late 1980s
Built By CC Location Opened Closed Notes
AmericanHelix US Lancaster, Pennsylvania 1987 n/a Bought by Kao Infosystems in 1993; now Dering Corp.
Capitol-EMI US Jacksonville, Illinois 1986 Q4 ?
CBS US Pitman, New Jersey 1988? ? Vinyl plant through late 1986; converted
CBS/Sony JP Shizuoka? 1982?? ? Became DADC
Cinram CA Scarborough, Ontario 1986 Q2 ?
Cinram CA ?? 1987 Q1?? ?
CTA Co. Ltd. JP ? ? ?
Daio Kosan Co. Ltd. JP ? ? ?
Denon America US Madison, Georgia 1987 Q1? ?
Digital Audio Disc Corp. (DADC) AT Salzburg 1987? ?
Digital Audio Disc Corp. (DADC) US Terre Haute, Indiana 1984-09 n/a 12 presses a/o late 1986
Discovery Systems US Dublin, Ohio 1986 Q4? 1988 Bankrupted; Reorg'ed as "Metatek, Inc." in 1989, switched to CD-ROMs
Disctek UK Southern England? 1986 Q4/1987 Q1? ?
Disques Americ Inc. (Americ Disc) CA Drummondville, Quebec 1987? ?
DOCDisc NL ? 1986 Q4? ?
EMI UK Swindon, Wiltshire 1986-05-15 ?
EVGA NO Telemark 1987? ?
Hauppage US ? Unconfirmed ?
ICM SZ ?? 1985-10 ?
JVC JP ?? ? ?
JVC US Tuscaloosa, Alabama 1987 Q1 ?
Kao Infosystems US Fremont, California 1994-04-01 ?
Koch Digitaldisc AT ? 1986 Q1? ?
LaserVideo, Inc. US Anaheim, California 1983-11 ? Also produced LaserDiscs
LaserVideo, Inc. US Huntsville, Alabama 1986-11 ?
Memory-Tech Inc. US Plano, Texas 1987 Q2? ? Acquired by Disctronics; now U-TECH Dallas
Mitsubishi JP ? ? ?
MPO FR Normandy 1984 Q4 ?
Nimbus UK Wystone Leys, Wales 1984 Q4? ?
Nimbus UK Cwmbran, Wales 1987? ?
Nimbus US Greene County, Virginia 1987 Q2? ?
Nippon Columbia (Denon) JP ? ? ?
Philips and DuPont Optical (PDO) US King's Mountain, North Carolina 1986 Q4/1987 Q1 ? Subsequent owners: PMDC, Universal Manufacturing, EDC.
Philips and DuPont Optical (PDO) UK Blackburn, England ?? ?? Subsequent owners: PMDC, Universal Manufacturing, EDC.
Pilz GmbH. US Concordville, Pennsylvania 1993-07 1996 Q3
PolyGram DE Hanover, Niedersachsen 1983? ? Subsequent owners: PDO, PMDC, Universal Manufacturing, EDC.
Praxis Technologies CA Mississauga, Ontario 1986 Q2 ?
Sanyo JP ? ? ?
Sanyo US Richmond, Indiana 1987 Q2? ?
SHAPE Optimedia US Kennebunk, Maine 1986? ?
SHAPE Optimedia US Sanford, Maine Never opened? ?
Sonopress DE Gütersloh, Nordrhein-Westfalen 1985 Q4/1986 Q1? ?
Sonopress US Weaverville, North Carolina 1991 ?
Technidisc US Troy, Michigan ? 1996-08-12 Best (worst?) known for LaserDiscs
TELDEC DE ? ? ? Became Record Service GmbH.
Toshiba-EMI JP ? ? ?
U.S. Digital Disc Corp. US The Bronx, New York Never opened? ? Cofounded by Ken Pohlmann
Virgin Megastore UK London ? ?
WEA DE Alsdorf, Nordrhein-Westfalen 1987? ?
WEA US Olyphant, Pennsylvania 1986 Q4 ?