The No. of my CD is EMI UDEN 5526902 @ 1
Uden is EMI's primary manufacturing plant in Europe, in the Netherlands to be exact. It's not really the matrix number--it's the short version of the catalog number. The IFPI number on the silver part of the disc (the plant's IFPI number is on the plain plastic part), in tiny print, which is found on every CD and DVD in the world, is a more accurate matrix number. The newer discs from Uden have another set of numbers around the same ring in addition to the shortened catalog number.
The "@ 1" part usually tells you the pressing of the CD. The German Expo2000 CDs have @ 1 for the first pressing and @ 2 for the second.
EMI's other European plant is Swindon, in its home-country, the UK.
EMI Swindon closed last year. All CD manufacturing for Europe is now done in Uden. Coen