EMI, Caronno Pertusella

EMI Italy's vinyl and CD pressing and cassette duplication plant in Caronno Pertusella, Varese (near Milan). Active under this name from 1967 to mid 2003.

Vinyl
LP vinyl records from this plant can be identified by a single 32 mm pressing ring, often accompanied by a smaller 19 mm pressing ring on one side.

CD
In late 1994 or early 1995, the plant started to press CDs.
By December 1995, the plant expanded the production capacity from 11.6 million units annually to over 24 million, becoming the largest CD manufacturer in Italy.

CD pressings can be identified by Mould SID code "IFPI 25##".
Often with the glass mastered at EMI Swindon (IFPI L041, IFPI L042) or EMI Uden (IFPI L046, IFPI L047)

Later, between 1999 and 2003 glass mastering was done on site.

The plant was sold to IMS International Media Service S.p.A. and renamed ims Manufacturing in July 2003.

Parent history:
1967 - 1997: EMI Italiana S.p.A.
1997 - April 2003: EMI Music Italy S.p.A.
May 2003 - July 2003: EMI Manufacturing Italy SpA