Manufacturing a DVD in Europe?

I have authored a DVD for a client in Europe and wonder if anyone has a recommendation for a facilty to manufacture them over there. I am based in Canada so could do them here with our normal facility in Toronto but shipping them over would be problematic.
Paul
ps. I do have experience making PAL DVDs and also having NTSC disks pressed here in Canada, but haven't used any other than our local manufacturing plant (Duplium in Toronto)

Ther are loads of good facilities in the UK and Europe. Thomson Technicolor (+44 01633 465000), VDC Group (http://www.vdcgroup.com/), KDG (http://www.kdg-mt.com), Optical Alliance, Blue Crest (+44 01895-822020) are all companies that our clients have used (and probably others we don't know about)
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