"Polygram Manufacturing & Distribution Centers" - marking the PolyGram ownership of manufacturing plants responsible for production of vinyl, CDs, cassettes and video tapes. Operating under this name from June 1992 until 1999.
Please use PMDC as catch-all only where the proper plant cannot be identified. Usually, the PMDC plant is credited in the CD matrix area or on the face of the CD:
Made in Germany = PMDC, Germany
Made in France = label
Made in USA = label
Made in UK = label
The PMDC plants used the following Mould SID codes:
IFPI 01xx = PMDC, Germany
IFPI 02xx = PMDC, France
IFPI 03xx = PMDC, USA
IFPI 04xx = PMDC, UK
However, as several plant name changes took place, the 1994+ Mould Codes can also appear on earlier or later pressings or on repressings with old mastering information.
Formerly named PDO (Germany: PRS Hannover).
Even though PolyGram regained control over the plants already in 1991, the first plant wasn't renamed to PMDC before June 1992 (PMDC USA), followed by the plants in Holland, Germany, and France 1993 (UK: 1996). After the Dutch vinyl plant label was closed down, only the Amersfoort cassette and VHS duplication plant operated as label
In 1999, all PMDC plants were renamed to Universal Manufacturing & Logistics (label).