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'''GZ Media''' is a [[Czech Republic |Czech]] company that is the biggest manufacturer of vinyl in the world.<ref>https://www.ft.com/content/3aa1f8e8-5b60-11e4-b68a-00144feab7de</ref> It makes approximately 60% of the world's vinyl records.<ref>http://www.economist.com/news/business/21722232-only-two-firms-still-make-lacquer-discs-used-mastering-hunger-vinyl-means-chronic</ref>
'''GZ Media''' is a [[Czech Republic |Czech]] company that is the biggest manufacturer of vinyl in the world.<ref>http://www.dw.com/en/the-vinyl-comeback/av-19244160</ref><ref>https://www.ft.com/content/3aa1f8e8-5b60-11e4-b68a-00144feab7de</ref> It makes approximately 60% of the world's vinyl records.<ref>http://www.economist.com/news/business/21722232-only-two-firms-still-make-lacquer-discs-used-mastering-hunger-vinyl-means-chronic</ref>


It was founded in 1948, as '''Gramofonove Zavody''',<ref>http://mobile.reuters.com/article/idUSBRE97I0NE20130819</ref> and starting in 1951 supplied records across the [[Eastern Bloc]] during the Soviet era.<ref>http://money.cnn.com/2016/09/16/news/companies/vinyl-records-gz-media/</ref> The company operates from [[Lodenice]]<ref>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-02-05/vinyl-records-czech-s-gz-media-is-world-s-biggest-producer</ref> and employs almost 2,000 people.<ref>http://business.financialpost.com/entrepreneur/growth-strategies/can-a-vinyl-comeback-sustain-two-players-in-the-canadian-market</ref> Its owner and president is Zdenek Pelc,<ref>https://mobile.nytimes.com/2015/08/07/world/europe/vinyl-records-gz-media-lodenice.html</ref> who is the longest running CEO in Czech Republic history.<ref>http://m.huffpost.com/us/entry/9482656</ref>
It was founded in 1948, as '''Gramofonove Zavody''',<ref>http://mobile.reuters.com/article/idUSBRE97I0NE20130819</ref> and starting in 1951 supplied records across the [[Eastern Bloc]] during the Soviet era.<ref>http://money.cnn.com/2016/09/16/news/companies/vinyl-records-gz-media/</ref> The company operates from [[Lodenice]]<ref>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-02-05/vinyl-records-czech-s-gz-media-is-world-s-biggest-producer</ref> and employs almost 2,000 people.<ref>http://business.financialpost.com/entrepreneur/growth-strategies/can-a-vinyl-comeback-sustain-two-players-in-the-canadian-market</ref> Its owner and president is Zdenek Pelc,<ref>https://mobile.nytimes.com/2015/08/07/world/europe/vinyl-records-gz-media-lodenice.html</ref> who is the longest running CEO in Czech Republic history.<ref>http://m.huffpost.com/us/entry/9482656</ref>

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GZ Media is a Czech company that is the biggest manufacturer of vinyl in the world.[1][2] It makes approximately 60% of the world's vinyl records.[3]

It was founded in 1948, as Gramofonove Zavody,[4] and starting in 1951 supplied records across the Eastern Bloc during the Soviet era.[5] The company operates from Lodenice[6] and employs almost 2,000 people.[7] Its owner and president is Zdenek Pelc,[8] who is the longest running CEO in Czech Republic history.[9]

According to The Guardian, as of 2016, GZ Media is a £76 million company pressing 25 million records a year.[10] In 2015 it produced about 65,000 records per day.[11] The company deals with all the major music labels.[12]

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