Gz Vinyl Pressing

The process of producing the stampers required for pressing vinyl records involves several steps via either the newer dmm or older lacquer processing technologies.

Gz vinyl pressing.

Throughout the years we have transformed our team s passion for music into experience and intellect which allow artists and record companies to deliver a perfect sound to. You have to see the place to believe it so here s a factory tour. It s long because there s so much to see including the enormous pressing. Gz media located in lodenice czech republic gz stands for gramofonové závody gramophone record factory founded in 1951 is the world s largest vinyl record manufacturer.

Whether you choose a standard record coloured record picture disc or shaped vinyl we have a packaging solution perfectly tailored for your vinyl record format. We produce our own 100 virgin vinyl compound which allows us to press high quality vinyl records using both manual and automatic presses with the widest range of pressing options various record sizes colors and shapes. The final result of the two technologies is the stamper which is formed and prepared for pressing. Our 24 7 non stop production can manufacture up to 50 000 records per day.

In 1985 gz implemented the dmm direct metal mastering. Today they press even more. Producing vinyl records using direct metal mastering dmm technology involves not only cutting the grooves into a copper plate which is described in detail on in the mastering section but also several other processes in order to produce the high quality stampers utilized in the pressing process. In 2015 gz produced 65 000 records a day.