List of Confirmed Record Pressing Plants

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List of Confirmed Record Pressing Plants

Post: # 5048Unread post Aussie0zborn
Thu May 21, 2009 12:21 am

Need to get records pressed? A confirmed list of pressing plants is in the next post below.
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Post: # 5049Unread post Aussie0zborn
Thu May 21, 2009 12:27 am

Thanks to all who contributed.

Confirmed pressing plants as at 24-SEP-15:

Spain:

Krakatoa Records
Established 2014
https://www.facebook.com/krakatoarecords


Ireland:

MLV Record Pressing
Established 2014
http://www.mlvrecordpressing.com

Australia:

Zenith Records
Established in 2005
http://www.zenithrecords.org

Closed in 2012 : Vinyl Factory Australia

Belgium

Discomat
Established January 2012. Formerly Disco Press (established 1977). At the same address.
http://www.discomat.be


Brazil

PolySom
Established in 1997. Re-opened November 2009 with new owners.
http://www.polysom.com.br

Canada:

Canada Boy Vinyl Inc.
Established in 2015.

Closed in 2014 : Rip-V

Czech Republic:

GZ Digital Media
Established in 1948.
http://www.gzmedia.com

France:

MPO
Established in 1957
http://www.mpo-international.com/?-Vinyls-

M Com' Musique
Established 2015 / 2015 ??
http://www.mcommusique.com/en/
One press with 12" book moulds. Appears to be a self-made press.

Magnetic Mastering
Established in 2010
http://www.magnetic.fr

The Guy With The Blue Alpha Toolex 12" Auto Press

Closed in 2013 : OFM Vinyl. Established in 2012

Germany:

My 45
Established in 2007
http://my45.de/?lang=en

Flight 13 Duplication
http://www.flight13-duplication.com/

Ameise Vinylpresserei
http://amei.se/

Rand Muzik
Established in 2000
http://www.randmuzik.de/english/start.html
Disc Cutting, Galvanics and 6 x Alpha Toolex automatic presses.

Celebrate Records
Established in 1998
http://www.celebrate.de

Optimal Media Production
Established in 1991
http://www.optimal-media.com/en/press/vinyl

Master Media Productions
Established since 1984 approx.
http://www.master-media.net/

Pallas Group
Established since 1948
http://www.pallas-group.de/

EDC
Commenced pressing records October 2015.
http://www.edc-gmbh.de/en/geschaeftsbereiche/vinyl-produktion-schallplatten/

Ceased Pressing in 2010 : Organic Music
Closed in 2009 : Dominate Records

Italy:

Phonopress
Established since about 1984.
http://www.phonopress.it

Elettroformati (Cutting & Processing Only)
Established since 1966
http://www.elettroformati.com

Closed in December 2012 : Microwatt

Jamaica, West Indies

Tufff Gong
Established since 1965
http://tuffgong.com/services/
Not currently pressing.

Closed in 2014 : Dynamic Sounds Recording Co. Ltd
Established in 1963 as West Indies Records Ltd.

Closed in 2013 : LaserWorks


Russia:

Ultra Production
http://vinylrecords.ru

Sweden:

Closed in 2015 : Vic-Tone Records

United Kingdom:

Phoenix of Vinyl Ltd.
Established since 2007. The plant was once owned by Virgin Records.
http://www.phoenixofvinyl.com/

UK Record Pressing Ltd / A1 Vinyl Record Pressing Ltd.
Established since 2012

The Vinyl Factory
Established since 2001
http://www.thevinylfactory.com

Diamond Black Ltd.
Established since 1999

Two guys who supposedly each have one 7" press
Closed in 2012 : Only Vinyl (formerly Total Vinyl)
Closed in 2010 : Quick Press Productions.
Closed in 2010 : One "under the radar" plant producing pirate, counterfeit and bootleg records.
Closed in 2009 : Orlake Records (owned by Vinyl Factory)[/i]

United States of America :

Stereodisk
Established in 2015
http://stereodisk.com/

Independent Record Pressing
Opening September 2015

Burlington Record Plant
Established in 2015
https://m.facebook.com/burlingtonrecordplant?refsrc=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fburlingtonrecordplant

Brooklyn Vinyl Works
Established 2015
http://brooklynvinylworks.com/

Cascade Record Pressing
Established in 2015
http://www.cascaderecordpressing.com

Memphis Record Pressing
Established in 2014
http://memphisrecordpressing.com/

Gotta Groove Records
Established in and opened 1-SEP-09

Quality Record Pressing
Established in 2011

Capsule Labs

Palomino Records, Inc.
Established since 2003

Hit Bound Manufacturing Inc
Established in 1980
89 N 4th Street, Brooklyn, NY 11249. TEL: (718) 486-6080

Rainbo Records
Established since 1939
http://www.rainborecords.com

United Record Pressing
Established since 1949
http://www.urpressing.com

Musicol Recording
Established since 1966
http://www.musicolrecording.com

Record Technology Inc.
Estbalished since about 1978
http://www.recordtech.com/vinyl.htm

Brooklynphono
Established since 2003
http://www.recordtech.com/vinyl.htm

Erika Records
Established since 1980
http://www.erikarecords.com

Bill Smith Custom Records
Established in 1980
http://www.billsmithcustomrecords.com

A&R Record and Tape Manufacturing Co.
Established since about 1980
http://www.arrecords.com

Archer Record Pressing
Established in 1965

Pirates Press (manufactures flexi-discs only)


Closed in 2011: Alpha Record Manufacturing which was under new ownership
Closed in 2013 : EKS Manufacturing


Mexico

Fomento Artistico Cultural Terra Morte S.C.
This plant was previously owned by RetroActivo Records.

Holland

Record Industry
Established in 1998
http://www.recordindustry.com/index.php
This is the former CBS/Sony record plant which traces its roots back to 1958.
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Post: # 5052Unread post cymbalism
Thu May 21, 2009 10:59 am

here's a few off the top of my head

URP (United Record Pressing) - TN
RTI (Record Technologies) - CA
Recordpressing.com - CA
Archer - MI
Erika - CA
all the best!
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Post: # 5053Unread post dietrich10
Thu May 21, 2009 11:08 am

Add some to list started

URP (United Record Pressing) - TN
RTI (Record Technologies) - CA
Recordpressing.com - CA
Archer - MI
Erika - CA
A&R-TX
Brooklyn Phono-NY
EKS-NY
Palomino-KY
Rainbo-CA
Musichol-OH
VIP-QB
Alpha-FL
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Post: # 5054Unread post cymbalism
Thu May 21, 2009 1:17 pm

there's also Pirate Press in California as well
all the best!
- tommie 'plan 9' emmi
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Post: # 5056Unread post motorino
Thu May 21, 2009 3:21 pm

I dont know any pressing plant in Spain, all its closed and dissasembled

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Post: # 5059Unread post thomas
Thu May 21, 2009 5:49 pm

Mikey hello,

pirate press?

recordpressing.com?

VIP-QB?

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Post: # 5060Unread post TotalSonic
Thu May 21, 2009 6:06 pm

cymbalism wrote:there's also Pirate Press in California as well
They are not a pressing plant. They are a broker that primarily uses GZ in Czech Republic for their pressing.

Dietrich's list is very good but I think he's missing Dynamic LP (aka "Sun Plastics") in Newark NJ - the longest lived plant in the USA in fact.
There seems to be a small new plant in Long Island City, Queens, New York now but I can't seem to find their website on a search.

Aardvark Mastering keeps a decent list of most of the USA pressing plants along with their contact info at http://www.aardvarkmastering.com/pressing.htm

Elsewhere:
UK
Vinyl Factory (formerly Portal Space)

Netherlands
Record Industry

Germany
Celebrate
Optimal

Czech Republic
GZ

I'm sure there's a good number of others I'm missing.

Best regards,
Steve Berson

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Post: # 5061Unread post TotalSonic
Thu May 21, 2009 6:12 pm

thomas wrote:Mikey hello,

pirate press?

recordpressing.com?
Aren't both of these brokers?
VIP-QB?
I heard rumor that a new plant was being started in or near Montreal, Quebec - but I don't know whether they are actually pressing yet or their contact info.

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Post: # 5064Unread post thomas
Thu May 21, 2009 9:07 pm

Mikey hello,

Going to post cutting to recforum.

Steve hello,

I think we have been in contact. At one point I thought Steve Espinola was you. Bit of confusion on my part.

Wanna have lunch sometime?

EKS office is LIC.

Dynamic is gone.

Dietrich hello,

VIP-QB?

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Post: # 5066Unread post TotalSonic
Thu May 21, 2009 11:03 pm

thomas wrote: Steve hello,

I think we have been in contact. At one point I thought Steve Espinola was you. Bit of confusion on my part.
Yeah - I think we've met a couple times first at Europadisk and then at the auction for the Europadisk equipment in 2005.
Wanna have lunch sometime?
Sure - my studio is in Greenpoint Brooklyn a few minutes walk from Paul Gold's studio. I'm getting married in a few weeks and still involved in a good bit of wedding planning taking up my time - and have the usual back log of mastering work right now as well - so pretty busy for the time being - but might have an hour or two to spare at some point if you don't mind coming out to my neighborhood. You can pm me at steve at totalsonic dot net
EKS office is LIC.
ok, makes sense. It's Will's place, right?
Dynamic is gone.
Are you sure?? I thought they were just down for a bit to do another move but were going back on line in a few months.

Best regards,
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Post: # 5069Unread post motorino
Fri May 22, 2009 3:31 am

TotalSonic wrote: I'm getting married in a few weeks
Congratulations! :D

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Re: List of Confirmed Record Pressing Plants

Post: # 5070Unread post Aussie0zborn
Fri May 22, 2009 5:57 am

Aussie0zborn wrote: Without doing any googling, do you know who presses vinyl records in your country/region?

I found a company's website that shows photos of their factory, but they do not have a factory... simply a broker. So dont rely on websites.

Who are the confirmed vinyl record pressing plants in your region?
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To keep this list accurate, please just stick to companies that you KNOW that actually own machines that squeeze hot vinyl to make records.

Congratulations, Steve!!

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Post: # 5072Unread post thomas
Fri May 22, 2009 8:23 am

Steve hello,

Congratulations.

Yes, it is Wil's.

Dynamic moved, then sold.

Will give you a heads up when next passing through.

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Post: # 5073Unread post dietrich10
Fri May 22, 2009 8:26 am

Sun Plastics was sold to guy in Ohio. They are in the process of setting them up.
VIP is in Montreal and they have the presses from Hub.

Hi Thomas and congrats Steve.
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Post: # 5075Unread post TotalSonic
Fri May 22, 2009 11:58 am

dietrich10 wrote:Sun Plastics was sold to guy in Ohio. They are in the process of setting them up.
Thanks for the info. Dynamic/Sun were really good people - although they tended to make a thin record. Sad to see another plant with a decent history (going since 1946) end its run. Makes sense that once their lease was up that Jerry would want to just get a golden parachute while the going was still ok - as I know all too well that moving a plant and the extended down time that goes with it can destroy a business if you're not incredibly careful.
VIP is in Montreal and they have the presses from Hub.
Have they actually started pressing? Any website or contact info for them?
Hi Thomas and congrats Steve.
Thanks to all for the congratulations!

Best regards,
Steve Berson

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Post: # 5076Unread post thomas
Fri May 22, 2009 6:22 pm

Dietrich hello,

It can get confusing when one plant has multiple names.

Sun Plastics aka Dynamic Sun.

I had heard a different but similar name for the Montreal plant.

Steve hello,

Of course, much happiness!

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Post: # 5077Unread post dietrich10
Fri May 22, 2009 6:40 pm

My mistake
montreal is Rip-V
http://rip-v.com/

I contacted them to try and get more cutting work.
At that time(mid -march?) they had done one large order and that was it
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Post: # 5078Unread post mossboss
Sat May 23, 2009 1:14 am

PressThisRecord seems to have presses In OH
Cheers

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Post: # 5082Unread post thomas
Sat May 23, 2009 2:09 pm

Dietrich hello,

That's the one.

Mossboss hello,

Pleasure.

May I pick your brain?

PressThisRecord?

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