Third Man Records To Celebrate Detroit Vinyl Production Facility Opening Feb. 25
Third Man Records will open a vinyl production facility in Detroit’s historic Cass Corridor neighborhood on Feb. 25.
The pressing plant will include eight of the first newly-built presses built in 35 years, as well as four extruders and four hydraulic generators. The presses will accommodate 12″ LPs or 7″ singles. Capacity for the facility is estimated at 5,000 records per eight-hour shift, with a cycle time of approximately 45 seconds per record.
The environmentally-conscious facility will minimize water waste by using recycled water from the record curing process in the air conditioning system. Each pressing station is outfitted with a digital touch screen control for temperature, hydraulic compression, and extruder speed, equaling increased control for staffers.
The manufacturing facility will not only press vinyl records for Third Man Records’ label releases (which will also continue to be produced at Nashville’s United Record Pressing), but will also fulfill orders from outside labels.
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