Cinram, Mexico

CD facility owned by Cinram in Mexico City, ed under corporate name Cinram Latinoamericana S.A.de C.V. This plant was opened in 1994 in a t venture between Cinram and Auriga-Aurex S.A. de C.V.

CDs made at this facility will have "Cinram" written and/or in logo form in the CD matrix along with mould SID codes beginning with "IFPI 2Q##", for example "IFPI 2Q00". The mould SID code is often moulded close to the stacking ring and easily mistaken for a "20##" prefixed SID code.

Some CD's with the above information will include the mastering SID code "L381", these were glass mastered in the Canadian parent. Please credit these as follows:
"Glass Mastered By - Cinram"
"Pressed By - Cinram, Mexico".

The IFPI have designated SID mastering code "L390" to this plant.

The date of the glass master can be determined from the Cinram matrix number. For example:
Nirvana - Bleach
Matrix / Runout: #040908aMA 9024433 L390 CINRAM
Glass master date: 8th September 2004.

Faith No More - The Very Best Definitive Ultimate Greatest Hits Collection
Matrix / Runout (CD1): #090514MD 65440123-1 IFPI L390 CINRAM [Cinram 'Ellipsis' logo]
Matrix / Runout (CD2): #090514ME 65440123-2 IFPI L390 CINRAM [Cinram 'Ellipsis' logo]
Glass master 14th May 2009.

These dates may be used to determine if the release is an original release or a repress, but does not inform the release date itself as a glass master is frequently used some time after it was originally manufactured, particularly with Cinram with some examples showing the same glass mastered is used more than ten years after it was produced.

Please note that these matrix date codes should not be entered in LCCN as catalogue numbers for Cinram, Mexico.