Cinram owned pressing plant in Olyphant, PA, operating under this name between 2003 and 2015. Formerly known as the WEA Mfg. Olyphant pressing plant which was purchased by Cinram in Oct 2003. Technicolor Home Entertainment Services bought Cinram's North American operations in November 2015 and renamed the plant to Technicolor. The plant closed on May 1, 2018.
Plant indicators: As the successor of Wea Mfg. Olyphant, Cinram inherited the SID codes and used the same matrix structure for its production.
• If the release has "CI" etched in the mirror band and also says "WEA Mfg Olyphant", please enter the following:
Glass Mastered At – WEA Mfg. Olyphant Pressed By – Cinram, Olyphant, PA Those CDs will typically be represses of releases originally pressed by WEA Mfg. Olyphant, please leave the release date blank.
(example: original WEA Mfg. pressing The Singles 81>85 and Cinram repress using WEA Mfg. glass master The Singles 81>85)
• If the release has a mastering SID code of "L901", "L902", "L903", "L908" or "L909" but lacks any mention of WEA Mfg. Olyphant, then please enter:
Glass Mastered At – Cinram, Olyphant, PA
• A mould SID code of IFPI 2U** and sometimes, a machine-stamped 'CI' also indicates that the disc was pressed at Cinram, Olyphant, PA.
(example: Green Day - American Idiot)
• A mould SID code of IFPI 2V** and sometimes, a machine-stamped looking 'CI/CA' however, indicates that the disc was pressed at the 'sister' plant Cinram, Commerce, CA instead.
(example: Green Day - American Idiot)
LCCN numbers: Since around 1996 (when the plant was known as WEA Mfg. Olyphant), it has assigned its own catalogue number in the matrix of CDs and DVDs manufactured at the plant. These catalogue numbers begin with an X, Y or Z, and are generally 4-6 characters long. These strings only may be entered as catalogue numbers for Cinram, Olyphant, PA in LCCN field.
If a CD matrix shows a WEA Mfg. Olyphant glass master, but was pressed By Cinram, Olyphant, PA, then the matrix number should be entered as cat# only for WEA Mfg. Olyphant, not Cinram.
