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1. Cutting Room

From the supplied master tape (via FTP or CDR) we make a cut in the cutting room. The audio is being cut on a cutting lathe in a lacquer, which has an acetate layer or on a DMM, which has a copper layer. The difference between the two is that a DMM is more ... Read More >

2. Galvanic

The next step is the plating or galvanic. In this step of the process, the stampers which we use to press the records, are produced.The lacquer with the groove is sprayed with silver, which forms a layer on the lacquer. Than the lacquer with the ... Read More >

3. Pressfloor

The vinyl is transported to the press in small granular or pellet form. Before it is placed between the stampers it is formed under high pressure into a small 'puck' or 'biscuit'. The 'puck' is mechanically placed between the stampers with on each side ... Read More >

4. Glueing and Folding.

The sleeves are folded inhouse, on one of our Winkler & Dunnebier folding machines. We have four machines which can practically fold any sleeve for all formats. One of them is a gatefold machine, which folds a two piece gatefold for 12" with a 10 mm ... Read More >

5. Packaging

The packaging is being done at the finishing department where the records are mechanically sleeved in their outersleeve (apart from 7" and 10" which are sleeved by hand) and packed into boxes for transportation. Automatic stickering, shrinkwrapping or ... Read More >

6. Quality Control

Throughout this whole process the record is subject to a comprehensive Quality Control. Before an order can be pressed a first testing will be made and played by QC. When an order is planned for production QC will regularly check a record during the time ... Read More >

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Welcome to Record Industry

With 33 presses, Record Industry is the largest vinyl pressing plant in the world. Our production capacity is 30.000 records per day, which can be increased if necessary. Formats available are 7" (on 44 grams), 10" (on 110 grams) and 12" (on 125, 140 or 180 gram). In addition to standard black vinyl, we also offer a variety of coloured vinyl.

Record Industry uses Taunus Ton Technik presses for all of our 12" & 10" vinyl which have been modified for optimal performance.

We recently built and installed two brand new 7" presses based on the original framework and upgraded it with a new switch box programmed with up to date software. Our other 7" presses will undergo the same makeover which means your records will be pressed on the worlds most advanced 7" pressing equipment.

All of our presses are fitted with automatic sleeving units. Records come off the press and go straight into the inner sleeves; protecting the vinyl from scuffs and abrasions caused by standard spindle stacking which is the industry standard.

Our in-house mastering rooms are equipped with Neumann VMS cutting lathes. We are equipped to cut on lacquer or DMM. Using the best equipment and the latest software and mastering techniques, we have set the standard for vinyl mastering.

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