Transoceanic Trading Co.

The Transoceanic Trading Company, also credited as Transoceanic Trading Co., was a Dutch record company set up by Carl Lindström A.-G. in 1915 to circumvent difficulties from the first World War. The company subsequently administered Odeon assets in neutral countries under the Transoceanic Trading Co. banner. These included spanish factories in Barcelona and brazilian factories (the Fábrica Odeon), both previously previously created by an independent Odeon. Like it's parent company, Transoceanic Trading Co. was acquired by Columbia Graphophone Company Ltd. who later merged into Electric & Musical Industries Ltd. in 1931, retaining administration of the Odeon branch. Transoceanic Trading Co. was the most common credit for the Spanish records published by Transoceanic Trading Company. The credit, and the company, were discontinued in Spain by 1933 when the EMI merger came in full effect. The company's assets were absorbed by Compañia Del Gramofono-Odeon, S.A.E. (For Brazilian "Indústria Brasileira" releases use Transoceanic Trading Company)