Hand Drawn Pressing
{{Short description|Vinyl record pressing company, Texas, United States}}
Hand Drawn Pressing is a vinyl record pressing company located in Addison, Texas, United States.{{cite web|last1=Ediriwira|first1=Amar|title=New pressing plant to open with the world's first "fully automated" record press|url=https://thevinylfactory.com/news/texas-pressing-plant-automated-technology/|website=The Vinyl Factory|publisher=The Vinyl Factory|access-date=7 August 2017}} It opened in 2016 as the world's first fully automated record pressing plant.{{Cite news|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/shawnsetaro/2016/11/30/hand-drawn-pressing/#57ce6dc0474e|title=Hand Drawn Pressing Brings New Technology To Vinyl Records|last=Setaro|first=Shawn|date=November 30, 2016|work=Forbes|access-date=2017-09-05}}
History
Starting as Dallas-based record label Hand Drawn Records, Hand Drawn Pressing expanded into record brokering in 2011, simplifying the process for artists and pressing records through another record pressing plant. It eventually became independent from the record label by the name of Hand Drawn Pressing under chief creative officer Dustin Blocker and chief operating officer Alex Cushing in 2014.{{Cite news|url=https://www.guidelive.com/music/2017/02/08/worlds-latest-innovation-vinyl-records-hand-drawn-pressing-addison|title=Start the presses! World's latest innovation in vinyl records now spinning in Addison|date=2017-02-08|work=GuideLive|access-date=2017-09-05|language=en}} Acquiring two vinyl record presses in 2016, Hand Drawn Pressing began operations in a packaging warehouse.{{cite web|last1=Rodriguez|first1=Audrey|title=Hand Drawn Records to Be the World's Only Fully Automated Record Plant|url=http://www.dallasobserver.com/music/hand-drawn-records-to-be-the-worlds-only-fully-automated-record-plant-8397527|website=Dallas Observer|publisher=Dallas Observer|access-date=7 August 2017}}
Technology
Hand Drawn Pressing uses the WarmTone press engineered by Canada's Viryl Technologies.{{cite web|last1=Chun|first1=Rene|title=Meet the Record Pressing Robot Fueling Vinyl's Return|url=https://www.wired.com/2017/02/warm-tone-record-press-hand-drawn-records/|date=February 9, 2017|website=Wired|access-date=7 August 2017}} Before the introduction of the WarmTone press, all current record pressing facilities used machines exclusively resurfaced from the twentieth century.{{cite web|last1=Ediriwira|first1=Amar|title=New machines developed to speed up vinyl pressing|url=https://thevinylfactory.com/news/viryl-technologies-new-machines-vinyl-pressing/|website=The Vinyl Factory|publisher=The Vinyl Factory|access-date=7 August 2017}} The resurfaced machines press an average of two records per minute. The WarmTone press averages three records per minute with a smaller percentage for error.{{cite web|last1=Mawajdeh|first1=Hady|title=This indie music label is investing in vinyl|url=https://www.marketplace.org/2017/03/24/business/texas-indie-label-new-spin-on-vinyl|date=March 24, 2017|website=Marketplace|access-date=7 August 2017}}
See also
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External links
- {{official|http://www.handdrawnpressing.com}}
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Category:2011 establishments in Texas
Category:American companies established in 2011
Category:American record labels