Inter Service Press

Record company and manufacturer in Nieuwrode (Belgium), owned by N.T.T. (Nieuwrode ToonTechniek) in 1978.

Initially a vinyl pressing and cassette duplication plant; in late 1987 it became the first Belgian CD manufacturer. At first CD production was mostly destined for export, in the nineties capacity rose to five million discs per year. The plant offered mastering and premastering services as well as packaging. It also supplied electroplating equipment for both CDs and vinyl discs. In its early days, the company also functioned as the European distributor for Editions Veve International and released some local artists on its own label.

In 1997 the company was acquired by Tony Neven and NV Sentinel. In August 1998 the plant moved from Nieuwrode to Wellen, where Sentinel was located. In 2001, together with the Dutch Care4Data Services.

CD pressings can be identified by Inter Service Press or ISP in the matrix. However, glass masters can be done at other plants such as the Swedish MPO.

Also appears on releases as:
Inter Service Presse
ISP, Belgium
I.S.P. Belgium
ISP
I.S.P.

Please use legal entities Inter Service Press n.v. (naamloze vennootschap), in use after 1994, when they appear as such.