Promese (Dutch company that offered CD, DVD, and other media manufacturing services)

Promese is a Dutch company that offered CD, DVD, and other media manufacturing services. Promese took over from MediaMotion in 2008, and then from 1 March 2016 their manufacturing division was renamed Profact International (although the name Promese lives on for other business activities).

Identifying and crediting Promese
Glass masters by Promese generally have the following layout:

XXXXXX @# YYYYYY

· XXXXXX is a sequential number that may be entered in LCCN for Promese. Promese inherited this sequential matrix numbering scheme from Mediamotion who inherited it in 2003 from the Metatec Corporation Breda plant. Until approximately 2011, this number was prefixed with a B, please include the B when entering this in LCCN. Occasionally there's an extra appended letter at the end of the number which should not be entered in LCCN, as it may vary over variants and has a separate purpose. Example: Ook Voor Jou.

· YYYYYY is often followed by one of the these URLs: WWW.PROMESE.EU or WWW.PROMESENL.EU. In these cases Promese should not be credited, please credit the URL brand name only as the following:
Glass Mastered At – WWW.PROMESE.EU – XXXXXX, or
Glass Mastered At – WWW.PROMESENL.EU – XXXXXX

See example at Diva's Van Carré.

· Discs manufactured by Promese on behalf of broker companies may replace their own URL with that of the broker company, such as on Recht Uit M'n Hart (Ballades):

Matrix / Runout: 394763 @1 WWW.ARTISTANDCOMPANY.NL AC2015201

Please credit these cases like so:

Manufactured By – WWW.ARTISTANDCOMPANY.NL [or other appropriate broker as credited]
Glass Mastered At – Promese – XXXXXX

Please note that as Promese was renamed Profact International on 1 March 2016, any post-2016 release with this matrix pattern should be credited to that profile instead of Promese. For 2016 releases (or those with unknown release dates), releases with matrix numbers up to 40468xx should be credited to Promese, while releases 40469xx and beyond should go to Profact International.

Mastering SID Code: IFPI LW01 / LW02 / LW03 / LW04
Mould SID Code: IFPI AAH**