Press On Vinyl

Vinyl pressing plant based in Middlesbrough (UK). The plant was founded in June 2021 and went operational in January 2022. It is a full-service provider, offering in-house lacquer cutting (since December), plating, pressing, printing and packaging. In the summer a mastering suite of Swift Mastering opened up on the plant's premises especially for vinyl mastering.

For pressing custom-made new pressing machines powered by a steam and cooling system are used. They also press 180 gram records and bioplastic records they call Eco-Friendly Vinyl, using a compound called Ecovin, which is developed for a reduction in carbon footprint of over 90% by their supplier INEOS.

Identification of pressings
Add the "Pressed By" role when 22mm & 32mm rings are stamped on the labels and "POV" is found in the runouts.

In-house cuts can be recognized by POV etched in the runout area. Known lacquer cutting engineers and their signatures:
Nigel Crooks AKA Papá Goose or "Papa"
Alex Balzama AKA Alex Gylda or "Gylda"
Anthony Chapman or "Ant"
Sam McGinley or "SMG"

Company directors: Danny Lowe, David Hynes and David Todd (commercial director).
Production engineer: Nigel Crooks (2021-2023).