Musitech

Based in High Wycombe, UK, Musitech was an engineering firm providing supply, design and manufacture of equipment for the record manufacturing and cassette duplication industries.

Several companies were established by Roy Matthews (former EMI pressing plant General Manager and equipment designer) and his son John Matthews:
Musitech Ltd. in September 1979,
Musitech Engineering Ltd. in April 1981,
Musitech Plating Ltd. in May 1981,
Diamech Ltd. in May 1988.

Musitech Plating Ltd. provided a plating service to record pressing plants. Their stampers can be identified by the "MT" in the matrix (e.g. MT.1, MT.-5 or M.T.1).
Staff included John White who worked at Pye Records and later for Damont Audio.

Diamech Ltd. offered precision engineering services.
Musitech Ltd. provided equipment sales and consultation services such as factory design and was also the UK representative for Lened record presses.
The company manufactured its own line of galvanic equipment for records and CDs. Only one Musitech galvanic system remains in 2020 and is located in Moscow, Russia.

Musitech Ltd. and Musitech Plating Ltd. went into receivership on 15 February 1989.
CD business activities were continued from February 1989 until 1998 as Musitech C.D. Ltd.

Musitech Plating Ltd. was finally dissolved in October 1992.
Musitech Engineering Ltd. was finally dissolved in December 1992.
Musitech Ltd. was finally dissolved in February 1993.
Musitech CD was finally dissolved in April 2003.

Roy Matthews was brought out of retirement to run Portal Space until 2004.