Swindon, Wiltshire (EMI)
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| EMI Swindon | |
|---|---|
| Location | Swindon, Wiltshire, UK |
| Announced | 5 Jul 1985 (CD manufacture) |
| Online | 1981? (VHD) 15 May 1986 (CD) |
| Operators | EMI (May 1986 - Present?) |
| Formats | VHD, CD |
EMI Swindon started life in the early 1980s as a manufacturer of VHD videodiscs. The failure of that format left EMI with a plant capable of optical media manufacture, making its conversion to a CD plant a matter of simply installing new equipment[1].
References
- ^ "CD Manufacture in the UK: No.2 EMI", Gramophone Magazine, September 1987.