ICM

ICM - ICM (International Cassette Ministry) is a large Swiss company that in the 70-80s produced cassettes and components for them, including for BASF, Philips, JVC. ICM founder and director Werner Weber initially produced cassette tapes of Christian music and church services. But this turned out to be commercially unprofitable, and contact was established with major record companies, on whose orders ICM began to release cassettes with recordings, and then blank cassettes under its own brand. The successful enterprise existed until October 1990, when, due to a general decline in audio cassette sales worldwide, ICM Switzerland ceased production at its Swiss factories in Butticon, Lausanne and Diesenhofen and transferred it to Italy. She justified this on the grounds of lower production costs and better export opportunities to supply European neighbors. However, the idea turned out to be not the best - the Italians deliberately ruined the company (according to some sources, the local mafia was behind this) and already in July 1991 ICM declared bankruptcy.

Brand Manufacturer Model Description Type Length Year Made in Market
Compact Cassette: Unknown ICM -  90 ICM Unknown Type II Chrome 90 1978 Germany Germany
Compact Cassette: ICM  -  60 ICM ICM Type II Chrome 60 1978 Switzerland Europe
Compact Cassette: ICM  -  90 ICM ICM Type II Chrome 90 1978 Switzerland Europe
Compact Cassette: ICM  -  90 ICM ICM Type I Normal 90 1978 Switzerland
Compact Cassette: ICM  - Ferro DX 60 ICM ICM Ferro DX Type I Normal 60 1979 Switzerland Europe
Compact Cassette: ICM  - Ferro DX 90 ICM ICM Ferro DX Type I Normal 90 1979 Switzerland Europe
Compact Cassette: ICM  - SCX II 60 ICM ICM SCX II Type II Chrome 60 1979 Switzerland Europe
Compact Cassette: ICM  - SCX II 90 ICM ICM SCX II Type II Chrome 90 1979 Switzerland Europe
Compact Cassette: ICM  - SDX 60 ICM ICM SDX Type I Normal 60 1979 Switzerland Europe
Compact Cassette: ICM  - SDX 90 ICM ICM SDX Type I Normal 90 1979 Switzerland Europe
Compact Cassette:  ICM - SF 60 ICM SF Type I Normal 60 1981 Switzerland
Compact Cassette:  ICM - SF 90 ICM SF Type I Normal 90 1981 Switzerland
Compact Cassette: ICM  -  60 ICM ICM Type I Normal 60 1981 Switzerland Europe
Compact Cassette: ICM  -  60 ICM ICM Type I Normal 60 1981 Switzerland Europe
Compact Cassette: ICM  -  90 ICM ICM Type I Normal 90 1981 Switzerland Europe
Compact Cassette: ICM  -  60 ICM ICM Type II Chrome 60 1981 Switzerland Europe
Compact Cassette: ICM  -  90 ICM ICM Type III Ferro Chrome 90 1981 Switzerland Europe
Compact Cassette: ICM  -  60 ICM ICM Type II Chrome 60 1981 Switzerland
Compact Cassette: ICM  -  90 ICM ICM Type II Chrome 90 1981 Switzerland
Compact Cassette: ICM  - CX II 60 ICM ICM CX II Type II Chrome 60 1989 Switzerland Europe