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After visiting the U.K. following Munich's High End show, I flew to Amsterdam. Record Industry pressing plant owner Ton Vermeulen picked me up at the airport and drove me to the Haarlem-based pressing plant he owns.

That that afternoon and the next morning I toured the "one stop" plant that does everything from jacket and label printing and assembly as well as disc mastering from either analog tape or digital files to lacquer or DMM lathes, plating and of course pressing.

The plant has 32 presses in operation including two 7" single producing Alpha Toolex presses and 30 German made TTT presses. Because of the plant's vertical integration, also having a record label makes sense, so Mr. Vermeulen is also part owner of the label Music On Vinyl, which has its offices in the plant.

I really enjoyed the tour and am happy to be able to share a condensed version with you here.