New Pressing Plant Goes Online in PEI
Kaneshii Vinyl Press located in Prince Edwards Island, Canada started limited production in June 2017 with their new press from Viryl Technologies. Kaneshii is led by Ghana immigrant, Gideon Banahene who plans to transform the Canadian province into an island record dynasty. Banahene and his business partner Ghislaine Cormier obtained financial support of approximately $175,000 from the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency (ACOA) […]
Smashed Plastic Opens Pressing Plant in Chicago
After a 20 year dry spell in the Windy City, there is a new pressing plant in town. The last plant in the Chi-town was allegedly shut down by the FBI for pressing bootleg Indian records. Smashed Plastic decided to go into the business after hearing that local bands having to wait for months to get their […]
New Plating Plant to Launch in UK
A new startup based in Sheffield, UK., Stamper Discs will be offering a full lacquer/DMM through to stamper service for the European vinyl pressing industry and hope to be running full production by early December. The key people in Stamper Discs are Martin Frings and his father Peter. Martin has three years experience in galvanics, […]
