Technicolor, Camarillo, CA

Technicolor's CD & DVD manufacturing plant in Camarillo, CA from 1994 to 2007. When entering Technicolor, Camarillo, CA in LCCN, please use the following role(s): - Glass Mastered At - Technicolor, Camarillo, CA - AAAAAA - When a disc has the "Technicolor/CA" Pressing Plant ID and/or has a IFPI 2T** Mould SID, give a Pressed By credit. Technicolor, Camarillo is not explicitly named in the disc matrix but can be identified by the following matrix pattern and associated SID codes: Generation One matrices: Technicolor IFPI L89* CN(.N) AAAAAA-BB [release catalogue number] - "Technicolor" and the Mastering SID did not always appear in the matrix. - "CN(.N)" usually appeared as "C1", "C2", etc, but sometimes also "C1.1", etc. · AAAAAA is a 6-digit number, seemingly assigned by Technicolor, and should be added as the catalog number (as per above). · BB is a variable 2-digit number that probably identifies the glass master (i.e. the first glass master for this release, a second glass master if the first was damaged or exhausted). Generation Two matrices: (AAAAAA) [release catalogue number] BB CCCC · AAAAAA is a 6-digit number, seemingly assigned by Technicolor, and should be added as the catalog number (as per above). · BB is a variable 2-digit number that probably identifies the glass master (i.e. the first glass master for this release, a second glass master if the first was damaged or exhausted). · CCCC is a 4-digit number that is often stamped over the mirror band rather than printed and may identify the stamper. Mastering SID codes: IFPI L891, L892, L893, L894 Mould SID codes: IFPI 2T** Pressing plant ID: TECHNICOLOR/CA Technicolor Video Services, a video cassette manufacturer active since at least 1981, moved its manufacturing operations to Camarillo, CA, USA in October 1993. CD and CD-ROM manufacturing equipment was added to this facility under the company Technicolor Optical Media Services the next year, having its official start in April of 1994. The Camarillo plant was shut down in 2007 during Technicolor's consolidation of manufacturing in North America to the Guadalajara, Mexico plant. [u]Nimbus/CA branding on Technicolor glass masters:[/u] In 1998, Nimbus and Technicolor were merged when Nimbus CD International Inc. was taken over by Carlton Communications PLC, then-parent company of Technicolor. Nimbus/CA branding appeared in the matrix and/or mould of discs manufactured at this plant until 2001, coinciding with the acquisition of Technicolor by Thomson from Carlton Communications PLC. Nimbus opened a disc manufacturing plant Sunnyvale, CA, which began operation in 1996. Nimbus acquired the 82,000-square-foot Sunnyvale facility when it bought the assets of HLS Duplication Inc. in August 1995. However, Nimbus announced the closure this facility in early 1997 in order to consolidate their US manufacturing operations. Sunnyvale's manufacturing equipment was then moved to the Provo plant. Nimbus' 42,000-square-foot Provo UT plant was established in 1994. When the Provo plant was shut down in 1999, the Provo equipment was moved to Technicolor's Camarillo plant. Some Rainbo Records pressings were also glass mastered by Technicolor at the Camarillo plant.