Sony Disc Manufacturing, Springfield

Former Sony Disc Manufacturing plant in Springfield, Oregon operating from late 1995 until April 2003.

This plant produced CDs and CD-ROMs. Optical discs can be identified by Mastering SID Codes IFPI L336 and IFPI L337 in conjunction with Mould SID Code IFPI 5100.

Sony Disc Manufacturing, Springfield matrix patterns:

[Sony Disc Manufacturing code] [2-digit number]
Example matrix: CTDP-095843 01

[Sony Disc Manufacturing code] DISC MAKERS or [label cat#]
Example matrix: DIDX-085522 DISC MAKERS
Example matrix: CDAC-136600 2081830

SDMX-[label cat#] [2-digit number]
Example matrix: Sony Disc Manufacturing code aka "DADC" code contains a 4-letter prefix, hyphen and 6-digit sequential number.
2-digit number indicates the plant master number (01=first, 02=second, 03=third, etc.).
All matrices include 11 crosshair symbols in 1+2+8 format (🝊 🝊🝊 🝊🝊🝊🝊🝊🝊🝊🝊), although these symbols are not exclusive to this plant, as it was already in use earlier by DADC.

Manufacturing code prefixes used by this plant:
CDAC (CD-ROM)
CDRM (CD-ROM)
DP (CD, Sony labels)
DX (CD, Non-Sony labels)
TP/CTDP (CD, Sony labels)
CTDX (CD, Non-Sony labels)
DIDC (CD classical, Sony labels)
DIDP (CD, Sony labels)
DIDX (CD, Non-Sony labels)
PSRM (CD-ROM, PlayStation)
SDMX (CD, PolyGram labels, only reissues)

Same manufacturing codes were also used by Sony Music, Pitman except SDMX (acronym for Sony Disc Manufacturing, exclusive to this plant). The Terre Haute plant used a nearly identical matrix pattern including crosshair symbols, except no leading 0 for first 9 masters. It can also be identified by different mastering SID codes.

Please credit Sony Disc Manufacturing, Springfield with "Glass Mastered At" in LCCN with Sony manufacturing code as Catalog Number in LCCN. Example release: Tal Bachman
When SDMX appears in matrix, no Catalog Number should be entered.

Please note that mould SID IFPI 5100 continued to appear on releases up to 2009, several years after this plant closed. Sony Disc Manufacturing, Springfield should NOT be credited when this mould SID appears in conjunction with other matrix patterns/mastering codes (post-2003 releases).