pressing plant

American  

noun

1. a manufacturing plant where phonograph records are produced by pressing in a mold or by stamping.

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Etymology

Origin of pressing plant

First recorded in 1955–60

Example Sentences

White’s Instagram reel was filmed at the White Stripes frontman’s Third Man Pressing Plant in Detroit, where an electric blue record “hot off the press” announces his Ford Field appearance.

From Los Angeles Times

The Tranent pressing plant is on standby for another order.

From BBC

“Kerry Brown has his own pressing plant, and that’s really something that sets Licorice Pizza Records apart,” Vee says.

From Los Angeles Times

With pop acts like Taylor Swift cutting multiple editions of LPs and pricy back-catalog reissues, Fidelity pressing plant in Oxnard says it is ready to help the vinyl boom stay in the groove.

From Los Angeles Times

But, inspired by a revival in Europe and the U.S., producer João Augusto and his partners decided to buy — and resuscitate — a former vinyl pressing plant: Polysom.

From Seattle Times