What is "cema"

CEMA or Cema may stand for:

• CEMA (European agricultural machinery), an agricultural machinery association in Europe
• CEMA (record label distributor), a branch of Capitol-EMI
• California Ethnic and Multicultural Archives a repository of primary source materials from California's ethnic history
• Centre d'Essais de Matériels Aériens, a French aircraft test centre in Vélizy-Villacoublay
• Centro de Estudios Macroeconómicos de Argentina or Universidad del CEMA, a university in Buenos Aires
• Chef d'État-Major des Armées, the Chief of the Defence Staff of France
• Consumer Electronics Manufacturers Association, now the Consumer Electronics Association
• Council for the Encouragement of Music and the Arts, a forerunner of the Arts Council of Great Britain
• Japan Construction Equipment Manufacturers Association, a group which represents construction equipment manufacturers in Japan

CEMA was a record label distribution branch of Capitol-EMI. The name CEMA stood for the four EMI-owned labels it originally distributed: Capitol Records, EMI Records, Manhattan Records and Angel Records. Subsequently several other labels were distributed, including Chrysalis Records, Virgin Records and Blue Note Records. CEMA was one of the six largest record distribution branches in the US. After a restructuring, CEMA was renamed EMI Music Distribution (EMD). CEMA Special Markets was the division which handled licensing of recordings by Capitol-EMI artists, and also distributed juke-box singles.