CINEMECCANICA SPA

Viale Campania, 23, 20133 Milano, Italy
39 02 7481151
39 02 70100470

CINEMECCANICA was founded in May 1920. In the beginning products included motorcycle engines and cast pieces.
In 1924 the company dropped all other products and concentrated on theatre equipment.
In the '30s 35 mm lightweight cameras were developed, with magnesium body, for aerial cinematography.
In 1945 the export drive begun. The first foreign market to be developed was France.
In 1959 an agreement was signed between CMC and the Rank Organization by which Rank stopped making their range of Gaumont Kalee equipment and started installing CMC equipment in all their cinemas and marketing it in 33 countries(most-ly Commonwealth countries, but also some other, as Colombia, Finland, Norway). This agreement gave CMC a lot of visibility and put the Cinemeccanica name on the world map. Rank, having sold all their theatres other than in the UK, gave up on the CMC agency in 1984.
In 1961 The Victoria 8 projector was launched. This projector is still currently made and is widely considered the Rolls Royce of the projectors.
In 1962 marketing in the US was started with the Hornstein family in New York. In 1964 the US agency was tranferred to Xetron (then called Carbons, Inc.) until 1981.
In 1975 the Victoria 5 projector was developed as a system and marketed. This projector is today the most versatile and reliable projector, and the one with the widest installed base.
In 1985 the American subsidiary, Cinemeccanica U.S. Inc., was created, in Clearwater, Fla.
In 1992 we were the first to successfully develop, in close cooperation with Dolby Labs, basement readers: one for the digital SR*D sound format, and a new reverse scan analogue reader for the SVA sound format that dramatically improves the qual-ity of the reproduction of SVA tracks.
In 1995 the French subsidiary, Cinemeccanica France SA, was created in Paris.
Our product range is very wide, as our philosophy has always been to be very flexible in meeting the customers requirements.
We manufacture projectors, consoles, platters, two parts systems, projection room accessories, screens. We have developed and produced automation systems, including computerized interactive multiplex management systems (more than 1200 units are now installed worldwide).
We handle a full range of sound equipment and we can design and install com-plete turn key projection/sound reproduction systems.
With our CAD we check out the architectural design of theatres, and full model their acoustics.
Our factory is fully equipped to machine all our parts.
We have currently installed fifteen different CMC machines to make sure all parts are made to the same strict tolerances. We have a CMC measuring centre to carry out our quality assurance program.
Yearly sales: US$ 37,500,000
Assets: 5.5 bilion Lire
Employees: 135
Production: average 1000 units per year - capacity up to 1400 per year.
CIRCUITS WE DEAL WITH:
WARMERS INTERNATIONAL, GENERAL CINEMA US, LOWES US, MANN US, HARKINS US, AMC (IN THE 70S AND INTHE 80S) US, FAMOUS PLAYERS CANADA, CINEPLEX ODEON CANADA, GREATER UNION AUSTRALIA, GOLDEN VILLAGE GROUPS. E. ASIA, EUROPE, ODEON U.K., UCI WORLDWIDE, STER-CENTURY U.K., POLAND, HUNGARY, GREECE. IRELAND, GAUMONT FRANCE, PATHE' FRANCE, UGC FRANCE, SPAIN, KINEPOLIS BELGIUM, SPAIN, KINOPOLIS GERMANY PATHE' HOLLAND,NORDISK FILM DANEMARK, SF SWEDEN, FINNKINO FINLAND, CINE-SA-UCI SPAIN, HERNANDEZ SPAIN, AMC SPAIN, PORTUGAL, CINECOLOMBIA COLOMBIA, CLUB 21 INDONESIA