Sony DADC Australia

Sony DADC Australia was a full-service technology and solution provider for optical media, offering services from the traditional replication business to printing services, disc mastering, and digital asset management. The plant was known as SMEA (Sony Music Entertainment Australia) from 1995-2004, after which time Sony Disc Manufacturing unified all its international manufacturing facilities (excluding Japan) under the Sony DADC moniker (although the SMEA name persisted in the disc matrix until late 2005-early 2006). Blu-Ray production at this site began in February 2009. In late 2017, Sony DADC Australia Pty Limited went into an agreement with Technicolor Pty Limited (Technicolor, Australia) to allow Technicolor exclusive right to provide manufacturing, assembly, and packaging for Sony DADC in Australia and New Zealand for 5 years, effective February 12, 2018. Sony DADC Australia has remained active since then and continues to offer manufacturing services to the film and music industries, however this is now outsourced to Technicolor and Sony DADC's own plant in Huntingwood has closed. Sales and distribution are handled from two premises in western Sydney. About Sony DADC Australia matrix/LCCN numbers Sony DADC Australia releases usually have matrices in the following patterns: AxxxxxxxxxxXyyzz 01 Sony DADC Australia Axxxxxxxxxx-yyzz 01 Sony DADC Australia For CD releases, yy indicates the disc number (always 01 for single-disc releases; 02 and onwards are used for multi-disc releases), while zz indicates the number of discs in the release (again, always 01 for single-disc releases). DVDs do not seem to use the same numbering for the yyzz part however. When entering Sony DADC Australia matrix numbers into LCCN, ONLY the "AxxxxxxxxxxXyyzz"/"Axxxxxxxxxx-yyzz" part of the string should be entered. An example of how to correctly enter the Sony DADC Australia number is [r1894009]. Early releases from 2005-06 may instead show a 7-digit numerical matrix number following the same sequence of Sony DADC Australia's predecessor SMEA. These matrix numbers may also be entered in LCCN, as shown on [r1593132]. Universal Music releases Sony DADC Australia has also manufactured many CDs released by Universal Music Australia both on Universal Music labels and independent labels distributed by Universal Music Australia. These CDs generally have the following matrix: [Universal logo] ANZ 1234 Axxxxxxxxxx-yyzz 12 Here, 1234 is the catalogue number of the CD, while Axxxxxxxxxx-yyzz is once again the typical Sony DADC matrix number which can be entered in the LCCN section with a Pressed By tag for Sony DADC Australia. An example of this is [r5789297].