Universal, Pinckneyville, IL

This profile refers to a CD manufacturing plant owned by in Pinckneyville, IL, USA, active under this name from December 1996-1999.

Universal, when crediting in the disc matrix as MFG BY UNIVERSAL, refers to 's CD manufacturing plant located in Pinckneyville, IL, USA. The plant was previously known as [l=Uni (8)] when Universal Music & Video Distribution, Inc. was known as Universal Music & Video Distribution, Inc. went into a joint venture with Panasonic Disc Services Corporation (), a subsidiary of , in 1999 to install DVD manufacturing capabilities at the Pinckneyville CD plant, after which the plant continued operations as . In 2002 the plant was sold to Thomson Multimedia and renamed , before finally closing in 2007.

This profile should only be credited for releases which state "MFG BY UNIVERSAL" in the matrix, usually found in combination with SID codes IFPI L77* and/or IFPI 2A**.

[u]Typical matrix pattern:[/u]
[b][release catalog number] [xxxxxxxxxx] MFG BY UNIVERSAL[/b]
where xxxxxxxxxx is a 10-digit matrix number assigned by Universal, Pinckneyville, IL.

[u]Please enter in LCCN as:[/u]
Manufactured By – [l=Universal, Pinckneyville, IL] – xxxxxxxxxx

It appears that Universal probably assigned a new 10-digit matrix number to each new glass master, as opposed to retaining the same internal catalogue number across multiple serial glass masters for the same release (such as the Axxxxxxxxxx-yyzz or DIDX- numbers assigned by [l=Sony DADC]). Therefore, matrix variants that have different 10-digit matrix numbers should remain grouped as variants on one single submission, with the lower number entered first in LCCN such that that number is displayed on the Universal, Pinckneyville, IL profile for that submission.

When "MFG BY UNIVERSAL" and mould SID code IFPI 2A** are found in the matrix along with Cx.x xxxxxx-nn and mastering SID code IFPI L89*, this indicates that the glass master was manufactured by [l=Technicolor, Camarillo, CA] for replication by Universal. In such cases please enter in LCCN as:
Glass Mastered At – [l=Technicolor, Camarillo, CA] – xxxxxx
Manufactured By – Universal, Pinckneyville, IL
Example: [r394909]