Join the largest gathering of record professionals, from more than 18 different countries, as they showcase their expertise and newest products and services.

Packaging plays a large role of why vinyl has made a substantial comeback over the past decade, and the Making Vinyl Awards will recognize the state of the art in album cover design and construction.

Now enlarged to encompass more areas of the process from mastering, galvanic and pressing. Explore the areas of production being revolutionized by current technologies. Quality control indicators to build consumer confidence and sustain growth in vinyl. E-commerce and building sustainable bridges from label to retail.

The conference program of Making Vinyl 2018 will also feature breakout sessions where professionals of particular specialties along the vinyl value chain can compare notes on the business. Topics of planned concurrents include: How pressing plants can protect themselves against making bootleg or gray-area records – Raw material consistency –  Innovation in pressing & testing – Transformations in mastering – Lathe cutting – Sharing best practices internationally – The importance of brokers driving new business – Art direction & packaging – Manufacturing quality control –  And much more to come…..