Zomax Optical

Media pressing company located in Plymouth, Minnesota. Sometimes also only referred to as Zomax-MN or Zomax Optical Media. Zomax Optical supplied a range of services for both CD-ROM and CD production, including printing and packaging.

Zomax Optical was founded in 1993 by James T. Anderson (formerly at KAO Infosystems Company, including a CD/DVD manufacturing plant in Fremont, CA, and a CD manufacturing plant in Arnprior, Canada. Zomax also acquired the Irish Kao Infosystems Ireland, Ltd., including a CD manufacturing plant in Dublin and a diskette duplication plant in Langen, .

In October 2006, Zomax Inc. came under common ownership with Inoveris, LLC, which continued operations under the name Zomax. After this, Zomax's corporate headquarters were located in Dublin, OH (former Inoveris headquarters), with other manufacturing facilities located in Arnprior, Canada and Orem, UT, as well as assembly/distribution centres in Minnesota, Mexico, and Toronto.

The Irish manufacturing plant also continued operations until its closure March 2007.

Sequential Matrix Numbers

CDs glass mastered by Zomax Optical can be identified by the following matrix patterns

A 'Z' series from 1993 - 1997

ZOMAX OPTICAL MEDIA Z1xxxx [internal or client number]
example The Artist (Formerly Known As Prince) - The Most Beautiful Girl In The World
ZOMAX OPTICAL MEDIA-PLYMOUTH MN-Z1xxxx [internal or client number]
example Castor (4) - Castor
ZOMAX OPTICAL-PLYMOUTH MN-Z1xxxx [internal or client number]
example John Lennon & Yoko Ono - Double Fantasy

A 'C' series from 1997 - 2006

C1xxx [internal or client number] ZOMAX OPTICAL MEDIA
example The Abstract Pack - Bousta Set It ( For The Record )
ZOMAX-MN Cxxxxx [internal or client number]
example Various - Alice 106 Collector's Edition Two
Cxxxxx [internal or client number] ZOMAX-MN
example DJ Venom - House Blend 7

Common mastering SID codes found on Zomax Optical CDs are IFPI L531, IFPI L532, IFPI LE31
and a mould SID codes of IFPI 3B** which is sometime mistaken for IFPI 38**