Present production thumb|Vinyl record making demonstration at SXSW 2014 , 48 record pressing facilities exist worldwide. The increased popularity of the record has led to the investment in new and modern record-pressing machines.Meet the Record-Pressing Robot Fueling Record's Comeback. . Only two producers of lacquer master discs remain: Apollo Masters in California, and MDC in Japan.Don't Call It Vinyl Cutting. DJBROADCAST. . On 6 February 2020, a fire destroyed the Apollo Masters plant. According to the Apollo Masters website, their future is still uncertain. Hand Drawn Pressing opened in 2016 as the world's first fully automated record pressing plant.
Pr.esent production thumb|Vinyl record making demonstration at SXSW 2014 , 48 record pressing facilities exist worldwide. The increased popularity of the record has led to the investment in new and modern record-pressing machinesMeet the Record-Pressing Robot Fueling Record's Comeback. . Only two producers of lacquer master discs remain: Apollo Masters in California, and MDC in Japan.Don't Call It Vinyl Cutting. DJBROADCAST. . On 6 February 2020, a fire destroyed the Apollo Masters plant. According to the Apollo Masters website, their future is still uncertain. Hand Drawn Pressing opened in 2016 as the world's first fully automated record pressing plant.