Arvato USA

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Arvato Digital Services (formerly Sonopress USA) is an American optical disc manufacturer. Arvato has plants in Weaverville, North Carolina and Duncan, South Carolina.

History

• 1984 - Weaverville plant is opened as a subsidiary of RCA under the name QTI, making cassette tapes.
• 198? - QTI is acquired by Bertelsmann (BMG) and renamed Sonopress.
• 1992 - CD production begins.
• 1999 - Duncan plant is opened.
• 2001 - X-box license.
• 2008 - Sonopress is renamed Arvato Digital Services.

SID Codes

Weaverville

• Mastering SID codes:
  • IFPI L027
  • IFPI L028
  • IFPI LB41
  • IFPI LB48
  • IFPI LY93
• Mould SID codes: IFPI 10xx

Duncan

• Mould SID codes: IFPI 4Wxx

Ringcodes

The ringcode text consists of:

• The manufacturer's name (not always present);
• The publisher's serial for the disc;
• Two plus signs;
• The disc's Sonopress serial.

Earlier discs have the number of the master after the publisher's serial, separated by a space and followed by a hash sign. Later discs have it after the Sonopress serial, separated by a hyphen.

Each part of the text is separated by a solid bar. The bar between the plus signs and the Sonopress serial is very short. The other sections of the text are evenly spaced around the ring.

Early discs did not have SID codes. When the mastering SID code is present, it is written in tiny letters below the Sonopress serial.

There may be a toolstamp inside the short bar between the plus signs and the Sonopress serial.

Example (1993)

Todo: split into subtypes.

Links

• Sonopress official site (via the Internet Archive)
• Sonopress USA @ Discogs