MPO (French pressing plant, manufacturing and distribution company)

French vinyl, CD, DVD pressing and cassette duplication plant, manufacturing and distribution company.
The ‘MPO’ initials stand for Moulages et Plastiques de l’Ouest’ (in English: Western Plastics Castings). MPO can also be credited as M.P.O. on releases.

MPO CDs made at Averton are assigned the following SID codes:
Mastering code: L031, L032, L033, L035, L036, L039, LY88 (often misread as LV88)
Mould code : 12##

MPO isn’t always explicitly mentioned in the CD matrix, but can sometimes be identified by a string of tiny text with the following format:
CA (label cat#) (one or more @) IFPI (mastering SID code) M/D/YYYY HH:MM:SS (AM/PM) NNNNNNNNNN