Hellbender Vinyl manufactures the highest quality 7", 10", and 12" vinyl records available today, and their commitment to delivering award-winning customer service is renowned within the industry.
This article describes the quality control process in the vinyl record pressing industry in general, and especially in the Hellbender Vinyl!
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NEWS for all MUSIC RECORD LABELS
Now we have a new page on our site – an international list of record labels. Major Record Label and Indie Record Label owners – we are waiting for you. You are welcome to add your company info to our list!
Lithuania opens first ever vinyl pressing plant!
A brand new factory in the EU country Lithuania promises fresh capacity for the ongoing vinyl boom. Green Lakes Pressing was opened near the Baltic capital Vilnius at the beginning of May. Green Lakes promises the best quality at unbeatable prices, combined with fast logistics. Seven weeks from order to delivery are quite realistic, according to Antanas Kamenskas, CEO of Green Lakes Pressing.
– Why Vinyl, Books and Magazines Will Never Go Away
– Streamed music and digital images have driven the comeback of vinyl and printed photos
– The Best Gear for Vinyl Lovers
– Step back in time: LPs to outstrip CDs for first time in 33 (and 1/3) years
– Record Store Day is now trying to popularize a niche vinyl format with new releases for the ‘RSD3 Mini Turntable’
Our mission on vinyl-pressing-plants.com is to make internet more honest.
We ask all newcomers to send us a photo of their pressing machine with a sign "For the bastards of vinyl-pressing-plants.com". So you could know is this record manufacturer a real pressing plant or only a reseller. We are very glad that mostly it's welcomed with humor!
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– Vinyl makes more revenue for the British music industry than youtube
– Swedish artists fizzy tablets join vinyl renaissance
– Largest vinyl record sale in the U.S. happening in Austin again this May
– An Irishman’s Diary on smuggling vinyl
– Silent Meditation on vinyl
«People often say that "vinyl is back", I always explain that it never went away. There was a brief period around 2007-2009 where it certainly seemed to have disappeared, but companies such as GZ Media, MPO and Music Industries continued on and helped the format to continue on. We ought to be very thankful to these people for not giving up!» - Rad Klemczak, CEO of WMFono.
It’s on: 'Making Vinyl' the largest B2B Conference will be held again in Detroit, Oct. 1-2, 2018!
Celebrating the rebirth of the global vinyl manufacturing business.
How to open a vinyl pressing plant or a cutting service? What you should (or should not) do?
Here are the top 10 rules to becoming a successful record manufacturer.
We normally spend at work from 12 to 14 hours a day, families are used to that and sometimes they visit us in the factory, children play and help us.
In 13 years I can say that vinyl record customers are almost all crazy. The normal ones are really a small part.
Late in 2016 I found myself invited to The Vinyl Factory in a professional role, not to photograph but to assist and advise on an engineering issue, however once inside it quickly became apparent that I had to document and photograph the process.
