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[b]Fábrica Odeon[/b] was the popular credited name of the first Brazilian record factory, first record factory in Latin America. It was a joint project between local [l=Odeon] representative [b]Fred Figner[/b], owner of the record store [l=Casa Edison, Rio de Janeiro] and the Odeon trademark owners [l=Carl Lindström A.-G.]. Through it's tenure, it achieved the production of more than 1,500,000 copies a year. Despite being inaugurated in 1913, the company didn't take over production (or differentiate credit itself) from their original German supplier [l=International Talking Machine Co. m.b.H.] until 1919. From there onto 1928 all Figner records are credited to the Fábrica Odeon. In that year, administration of the company is credited to the [l293204] subsidiary [l=Transoceanic Trading Company]. The factory pressed records for other Latin American countries and other non Odeon brazilian labels. In Argentina exports were made for Odeon's agent in the country, [l=Max Glucksmann], roughly from 1916 to Oct. 1919, due to the closure of [l415050]'s factory, albeit it was rarely credited.