kdg France

[b]kdg France[/b] was a French optical media manufacturer (of CDs, DVDs and Blu-Rays), formerly known as until 1998, when the Austrian and Dutch-French pressing plants merged to form [l=kdg] ([b]K[/b]och [b]D[/b]ureco [b]G[/b]roup).

In 2015, kdg France was merged into its then parent company Media Industry, which continued manufacturing at this facility as the re-branded .

[u]Matrix identification[/u]:
CDs and DVDs manufactured by kdg France generally have one of three matrix styles:
1) KDG FR [release catalogue#]
2) KDG FR -[b]xxxxxx[/b] (where xxxxxx is a matrix number assigned by kdg France, usually preceded by a hyphen - )
3) [broker or release-specific information without reference to kdg]

Discs that match matrix style 3 (i.e. not directly referencing kdg) can still be credited to this profile when the SID codes listed below are present.
Examples include:
[r3537074]
[r4461033]

[u]LCCN numbers[/u]:
When the xxxxxx number is present in the matrix, it may be entered in LCCN as the catalog number for kdg France, as follows:
■ [r2996765]
Matrix: KDG FR -[b]020059[/b]
Glass Mastered At – kdg France — 020059
(020059 is the kdg France catalogue#, without the prefix hyphen -, in LCCN).

■ [r10975185]
Matrix: KDG FR -[b]016891[/b]
Manufactured By– kdg France — 016891
(016891 is the kdg France catalogue#, without the prefix hyphen -, in LCCN).

Please be careful not to enter the release catalogue# as LCCN number for kdg France when it appears in the matrix, such as in this example: [r323384]

[u]Mastering SID code[/u]: IFPI L373
[u]Mould SID codes[/u]: IFPI 5702, IFPI 5707, IFPI 5708, IFPI 5710, IFPI 5711, IFPI 5722, IFPI 5725, IFPI 5731, IFPI 5732, IFPI 5819