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This was posted to the AES Historical Committee e-mail list by Jay McKnight of Magnetic Reference Labs: Hello Analog Magnetic Tape Recordists, As you may or may not have heard, there are some changes at the analog tape maker RMG. Since there are only two analog tape makers, and our businesses depend on their continued existence, I had asked "Can you give us some accurate information to distribute", and here it is: "March 11, 2015 "Dear RMGI Customer, "I want to bring you up to date on the new situation regarding our production in France of analog recording tape. "As you know, in 2011 the RMGI factory in the Netherlands was purchased by Pyral and move to their new facility in France. Pyral had invested over $2,000,000 in a new building to house the coating and production lines. There was also over a one year supply of tape moved to Pyral to meet the market demands while the coating and production were being re-assembled in France. "After numerous cost overruns that had not been anticipated such as the installation of a new solvent recovery system with a cost of over $250,000, Pyral has operated under Chapter 11 protection in 2013- 2014. "In January of this year the court ordered that Pyral assets to be sold to Mulann Industries. Mulann Industries is a manufacturer of production and testing equipment for the credit card, ticketing and smart card industries. "On March 4th I meet with the new owner of Pyral and his Sales Director in Chicago. He has assured me the continued production of Analog Recording tape. Mulann Industries, with a new management team is committed to improved delivery time and size carefully the inventory at the factory. Effective immediately, Mulann Industries will deliver only tape with the Pyral Brand. "RMGI Americas will continue to be the distributor for the Pyral Analog Recording Studio Recording Tape. "Thank you for your continued support of RMGI\Pyral Studio Tape. If you have any questions, don't hesitate to contact me. "Regards, "Don Morris "RMGI Americas "Phone 847-812-5727 "[log in to unmask]" Who is Pyral? See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pyral Who is Mulann? See http://www.mulann.com/ and http://www.prweb.com/releases/2015/01/prweb12467033.htm -- Best regards, Jay McKnight AES Historical Committee Chair Emeritus Cupertino, CA mailto:[log in to unmask] Tel +1 408 252 7396