GZ Media
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GZ Media is a Czech company that is the biggest manufacturer of vinyl in the world.[1] It makes approximately 60% of the world's vinyl records.[2]
It was founded in 1948, as Gramofonove Zavody,[3] and starting in 1951 supplied records across the Eastern Bloc during the Soviet era.[4] The company operates from Lodenice[5] and employs almost 2,000 people.[6] Its owner and president is Zdenek Pelc,[7] who is the longest running CEO in Czech Republic history.[8]
According to The Guardian, as of 2016, GZ Media is a £76 million company pressing 25 million records a year.[9] In 2015 it produced about 65,000 records per day.[10] The company deals with all the major music labels.[11]
References
- ^ https://www.ft.com/content/3aa1f8e8-5b60-11e4-b68a-00144feab7de
- ^ http://www.economist.com/news/business/21722232-only-two-firms-still-make-lacquer-discs-used-mastering-hunger-vinyl-means-chronic
- ^ http://mobile.reuters.com/article/idUSBRE97I0NE20130819
- ^ http://money.cnn.com/2016/09/16/news/companies/vinyl-records-gz-media/
- ^ https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-02-05/vinyl-records-czech-s-gz-media-is-world-s-biggest-producer
- ^ http://business.financialpost.com/entrepreneur/growth-strategies/can-a-vinyl-comeback-sustain-two-players-in-the-canadian-market
- ^ https://mobile.nytimes.com/2015/08/07/world/europe/vinyl-records-gz-media-lodenice.html
- ^ http://m.huffpost.com/us/entry/9482656
- ^ https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/aug/18/in-the-groove-czech-firm-tops-list-of-worlds-vinyl-record-producers
- ^ http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/article/36044609/record-store-day-this-is-what-happens-inside-a-vinyl-factory
- ^ http://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/ap/article-3576776/Vinyl-revival-Czech-record-maker-aims-global-dominance.html
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