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11# PMDC, USA <!--company-->
22 
33## Identity <!--identity-->
44name: PMDC, USA
55disambiguation: PolyGram's CD plant at Grover, North Carolina, 1992-1999; not the PMDC plant at Louviers in France
66summary: PolyGram's US compact-disc plant at Grover, North Carolina, whose discs read "Made in USA by PMDC", renamed UMG Manufacturing & Logistics in 1999.
77legal_name: PolyGram Manufacturing and Distribution Centers, Inc.
88country: US
99founded: 1992-06-18
1010<!--/identity-->
1111 
1212## Relations <!--relations-->
13−| role | target | market | from | until | ended | status | source | note |
14−| ---------- | ----------------------------------- | ------ | ---------- | ----- | ----- | ------- | ----------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
15−| renamed_to | company/umg-manufacturing-logistics | | 1999-10-01 | | | sourced | ^discogs-pmdc-usa | Discogs dates the renaming to 30 September 1999 on this profile and to 1 October 1999 on the UML profile. |
13+| role | target | market | from | until | ended | status | source | note |
14+| ---------- | ----------------------------------- | ------ | ---------- | ------- | ----- | ------- | ------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
15+| owned_by | company/universal-music-group | | 1998-12 | | | sourced | ^newyorker | Seagram bought PolyGram from Philips in 1998 and merged it into Universal Music Group, the pressing network and the Kings Mountain plant included; the corporation stayed with Universal after its 1999 renaming, and Glenayre's 2005 announcement still calls the Grover plant Universal's. |
16+| owned_by | company/polygram | | 1992-06 | 1998-12 | true | sourced | ^discogs-pmdc-group | Discogs' PMDC group profile says the name marked PolyGram's ownership of its pressing plants and lists PMDC, USA among them; Grover was the first plant renamed, in June 1992. PolyGram remained the name on the discs until the 1999 renaming. |
17+| renamed_to | company/umg-manufacturing-logistics | | 1999-10-01 | | | sourced | ^discogs-pmdc-usa | Discogs dates the renaming to 30 September 1999 on this profile and to 1 October 1999 on the UML profile. |
1618<!--/relations-->
1719 
1820## Establishments <!--establishments-->
1921| mark | kind | address | country | source | note |
2022| ---- | ----- | -------------------------------------------------------------- | ------- | ----------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------- |
2123| | plant | 700 South Battleground Avenue, Grover, NC 28073, United States | US | ^discogs-pmdc-usa | The same plant continued under the UML name after September 1999. |
2224<!--/establishments-->
2325 
2426## Aliases <!--aliases-->
2527| name | type | locale | from | until |
2628| ----------------------------------------------------- | ------ | ------ | ---------- | ---------- |
2729| PolyGram Manufacturing and Distribution Centers, Inc. | legal | en | 1992-11-02 | 1999-09-30 |
2830| PMDC, Inc. | legal | en | 1992-06-18 | 1992-11-02 |
2931| PMDC | search | en | | |
32+| PMDC USA | search | en | | |
33+| Made in USA by PMDC | search | en | | |
34+| IFPI L005 | search | en | | |
35+| IFPI L006 | search | en | | |
36+| IFPI L007 | search | en | | |
37+| IFPI L009 | search | en | | |
3038<!--/aliases-->
3139 
3240## References <!--references-->
33−| ref | url | title | accessed | publisher | kind | published | record_id | locator | licence | attribution | upstream |
34−| ---------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------- | ---------- | -------------- | ----------- | ---------- | --------- | ----------------------------------- | ------- | ----------- | -------- |
35−| discogs-pmdc-usa | https://api.discogs.com/labels/360848 | Discogs label 360848: PMDC, USA (Grover, North Carolina) | 2026-09-19 | Discogs | catalogue | | 360848 | profile, contact info | | | |
36−| newyorker | https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2015/04/27/the-man-who-broke-the-music-business | The Man Who Broke the Music Business | 2026-09-19 | The New Yorker | publication | 2015-04-27 | | Kings Mountain plant, PolyGram sale | | | |
41+| ref | url | title | accessed | publisher | kind | published | record_id | locator | licence | attribution | upstream |
42+| ------------------ | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------- | ---------- | ----------------------------------------- | ----------- | ---------- | -------------------- | ----------------------------------- | ------- | ----------- | -------- |
43+| discogs-pmdc-usa | https://api.discogs.com/labels/360848 | Discogs label 360848: PMDC, USA (Grover, North Carolina) | 2026-09-23 | Discogs | catalogue | | 360848 | profile, contact info | | | |
44+| discogs-pmdc-group | https://api.discogs.com/labels/265455 | Discogs label 265455: PMDC, the PolyGram plant group and its sublabels | 2026-09-23 | Discogs | catalogue | | 265455 | profile, sublabels, parent label | | | |
45+| discogs-pdo-usa | https://api.discogs.com/labels/358102 | Discogs label 358102: PDO, USA (Philips DuPont Optical, Grover) | 2026-09-20 | Discogs | catalogue | | 358102 | profile, contact info | | | |
46+| newyorker | https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2015/04/27/the-man-who-broke-the-music-business | The Man Who Broke the Music Business | 2026-09-20 | The New Yorker | publication | 2015-04-27 | | Kings Mountain plant, PolyGram sale | | | |
47+| sec-8k-may | https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/808918/000095014405005175/g94997exv99w1.htm | Glenayre Announces Acquisition Agreements (8-K exhibit 99.1) | 2026-09-23 | Glenayre Technologies, Inc. via SEC EDGAR | registry | 2005-05-09 | 0000950144-05-005175 | news release | | | |
3748<!--/references-->
3849 
3950## About <!--about-->
40−PMDC, USA was PolyGram's compact-disc manufacturing plant at 700 South Battleground Avenue in Grover, near Kings Mountain, North Carolina. Discogs records the company as incorporated as PMDC, Inc. on 18 June 1992, renamed PolyGram Manufacturing and Distribution Centers, Inc. on 2 November 1992, and renamed again to UMG Manufacturing & Logistics Inc. on 30 September 1999; the discs it pressed are credited "Made in USA by PMDC" and carry mould SID codes beginning IFPI 03, which the successor inherited.[^discogs-pmdc-usa] The plant passed to Universal Music Group in 1998, when Seagram bought PolyGram from Philips together with the rest of PolyGram's pressing and distribution network.[^newyorker]
51+PMDC, USA was PolyGram's compact-disc manufacturing plant at 700 South Battleground Avenue in Grover, near Kings Mountain, North Carolina. Discogs records the company as incorporated as PMDC, Inc. on 18 June 1992, renamed PolyGram Manufacturing and Distribution Centers, Inc. on 2 November 1992, and renamed again to UMG Manufacturing & Logistics Inc. on 30 September 1999; the discs it pressed are credited "Made in USA by PMDC" and carry the mastering SID codes IFPI L005, L006, L007 and L009 and mould SID codes beginning IFPI 03, which the successor inherited.[^discogs-pmdc-usa] The PMDC name itself marked PolyGram's ownership of its pressing plants, and Grover was the first of them to take it, in June 1992, before the Dutch, German and French plants in 1993 and the British one in 1996; each carried a national credit and its own mould SID block, 03xx being this one.[^discogs-pmdc-group]
4152 
42−Delaware's company register cannot be searched from here and North Carolina's refused our requests, so no registered office address or register number is given. PolyGram ran a separate PMDC plant at Louviers in France, which has its own entry here.
53+The plant had opened as PDO, USA, the American arm of Philips and Du Pont Optical, and traded under that name from December 1986 until PolyGram took it over in June 1992, which is why early PMDC discs are hard to tell from late PDO ones.[^discogs-pdo-usa] In 1998 Seagram bought PolyGram from Philips and merged it with Universal Music Group; the deal comprised the global pressing and distribution network, the Kings Mountain plant included, so the company passed to Universal while keeping the PMDC name for another year.[^newyorker] Under its later name it stayed with Universal until 2005, when Glenayre Technologies agreed to buy Universal's manufacturing operations in Grover.[^sec-8k-may] PolyGram ran a separate PMDC plant at Louviers in France, which has its own entry here; the two were sister manufacturing subsidiaries trading under one name in different countries, not one company.[^discogs-pmdc-group]
4354<!--/about-->

Source of v1

# PMDC, USA <!--company-->

## Identity <!--identity-->
name: PMDC, USA
disambiguation: PolyGram's CD plant at Grover, North Carolina, 1992-1999; not the PMDC plant at Louviers in France
summary: PolyGram's US compact-disc plant at Grover, North Carolina, whose discs read "Made in USA by PMDC", renamed UMG Manufacturing & Logistics in 1999.
legal_name: PolyGram Manufacturing and Distribution Centers, Inc.
country: US
founded: 1992-06-18
<!--/identity-->

## Relations <!--relations-->
| role       | target                              | market | from       | until | ended | status  | source            | note                                                                                                      |
| ---------- | ----------------------------------- | ------ | ---------- | ----- | ----- | ------- | ----------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| renamed_to | company/umg-manufacturing-logistics |        | 1999-10-01 |       |       | sourced | ^discogs-pmdc-usa | Discogs dates the renaming to 30 September 1999 on this profile and to 1 October 1999 on the UML profile. |
<!--/relations-->

## Establishments <!--establishments-->
| mark | kind  | address                                                        | country | source            | note                                                              |
| ---- | ----- | -------------------------------------------------------------- | ------- | ----------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------- |
|      | plant | 700 South Battleground Avenue, Grover, NC 28073, United States | US      | ^discogs-pmdc-usa | The same plant continued under the UML name after September 1999. |
<!--/establishments-->

## Aliases <!--aliases-->
| name                                                  | type   | locale | from       | until      |
| ----------------------------------------------------- | ------ | ------ | ---------- | ---------- |
| PolyGram Manufacturing and Distribution Centers, Inc. | legal  | en     | 1992-11-02 | 1999-09-30 |
| PMDC, Inc.                                            | legal  | en     | 1992-06-18 | 1992-11-02 |
| PMDC                                                  | search | en     |            |            |
<!--/aliases-->

## References <!--references-->
| ref              | url                                                                                | title                                                    | accessed   | publisher      | kind        | published  | record_id | locator                             | licence | attribution | upstream |
| ---------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------- | ---------- | -------------- | ----------- | ---------- | --------- | ----------------------------------- | ------- | ----------- | -------- |
| discogs-pmdc-usa | https://api.discogs.com/labels/360848                                              | Discogs label 360848: PMDC, USA (Grover, North Carolina) | 2026-09-19 | Discogs        | catalogue   |            | 360848    | profile, contact info               |         |             |          |
| newyorker        | https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2015/04/27/the-man-who-broke-the-music-business | The Man Who Broke the Music Business                     | 2026-09-19 | The New Yorker | publication | 2015-04-27 |           | Kings Mountain plant, PolyGram sale |         |             |          |
<!--/references-->

## About <!--about-->
PMDC, USA was PolyGram's compact-disc manufacturing plant at 700 South Battleground Avenue in Grover, near Kings Mountain, North Carolina. Discogs records the company as incorporated as PMDC, Inc. on 18 June 1992, renamed PolyGram Manufacturing and Distribution Centers, Inc. on 2 November 1992, and renamed again to UMG Manufacturing & Logistics Inc. on 30 September 1999; the discs it pressed are credited "Made in USA by PMDC" and carry mould SID codes beginning IFPI 03, which the successor inherited.[^discogs-pmdc-usa] The plant passed to Universal Music Group in 1998, when Seagram bought PolyGram from Philips together with the rest of PolyGram's pressing and distribution network.[^newyorker]

Delaware's company register cannot be searched from here and North Carolina's refused our requests, so no registered office address or register number is given. PolyGram ran a separate PMDC plant at Louviers in France, which has its own entry here.
<!--/about-->