Arvato is the common name of the pressing plant formerly known as Sonopress, Sonopress Arvato, and Arvato Digital Services, as defined by the 'arvato' logo present in the matrix of many CDs manufactured by this plant since the adoption of the 'arvato' branding in late 2011.

The 'Arvato Digital Services' branding did persist until at least late 2012 on certain machinery, so please use that page on post-2011 releases when that logo is present in the matrix (but not in cases where it is not).

Please note that the corporate entity behind this pressing plant has been known as Arvato Entertainment Europe and Sonopress GmbH in this same time period - nevertheless, the branding chosen to represent the pressing plant in the CD matrix remains the 'arvato' logo, and so this label page should be used for 2011-2020 releases regardless.

In 2020, the Sonopress brand began appearing in disc matrices again, and the Arvato brand and logo has begun being phased out.

Typical Arvato CD matrix pattern
CDs from the German plant generally have a matrix in the following format:

[Arvato logo] 5xxxxxxx/YYY ZZ

- 5xxxxxxx is a number assigned by Arvato for internal cataloguing.
- YYY is the catalogue number of the release.
- ZZ is a two digit number, often 21 or 22.

typically in conjunction with mould SID code IFPI 07xx.

Certain clients such as Sony Music or Warner may replace the Arvato logo with their own, or there may be no logo present at all. Arvato may still be identified on such CDs by the matrix format, 5xxxxxxx matrix number and mould SID code IFPI 07xx.

Please credit Arvato as follows:
Glass Mastered At – Arvato – 5xxxxxxx

An example of how to correctly credit Arvato number is Napalm Death - Utilitarian.

US releases
CDs from the US plant generally have a matrix in the following format:

ccc [Arvato logo] + + nnnnnn2x

typically in conjunction with mould SID code IFPI 10xx. For these CDs, please credit Arvato, USA instead.