Italian CD and DVD replication company operating between 2003 and 2011.
For releases which credit IMS Manufacturing by url www.imsgroup.it in the matrix either in full capitals or in full lower case only, please use this profile.
Operations started in 2003, any date on a release prior to 2003 is invalid.
Operations ceased in 2011, post 2011 releases that credit IMS Manufacturing based on SID LV04, LV03 are incorrect as its unclear where the code has been reassigned at this time.
IMS Manufacturing (along with www.imsgroup.it) was the brand used by IMS International Media Service S.p.A. and IMS Logistics S.r.l. It handled EMI CD manufacturing business in Italy in mid 2003 (as www.EMIOperations.it), and when Mediamotion went bankrupt at the end of 2008, ims Manufacturing took over EMI manufacturing operations in Europe.
When EMI ended their contract with IMS, the company was forced to close its doors in November 2011.
SID codes used:
Mastering: IFPI LV03, IFPI LV04 = Glass Mastered At. Note: LV can be misread as LU, LY or LW
Mould: IFPI 25** = Pressed By
Occasionally pressed cds with glass masters and/or stampers from other companies, example: 22179361 and 10109286
Numbers in the matrix string are not ims cat#'s and should not be entered in LCCN