Editing Phonograph record (section)

===Present production===
[[File:Making records at the trade show at SXSW 2014--2-2 (15815410775).jpg|thumb|Vinyl record making demonstration at [[South by Southwest|SXSW]] 2014]]
{{As of|2017}}, 48 record pressing facilities exist worldwide. The increased popularity of the record has led to the investment in new and modern record-pressing machines.<ref>[https://www.wired.com/2017/02/warm-tone-record-press-hand-drawn-records/ Meet the Record-Pressing Robot Fueling Record's Comeback]. {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170808000151/https://www.wired.com/2017/02/warm-tone-record-press-hand-drawn-records/ |date=8 August 2017 }}.</ref> Only two producers of [[acetate disc|lacquer master disc]]s remain: Apollo Masters in California, and MDC in Japan.<ref>[https://www.djbroadcast.net/article/98883/dont-call-it-vinyl-cutting Don't Call It Vinyl Cutting]. DJBROADCAST. {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170223042902/https://www.djbroadcast.net/article/98883/dont-call-it-vinyl-cutting |date=23 February 2017 }}.</ref> On 6 February 2020, a fire destroyed the Apollo Masters plant. According to the Apollo Masters website, their future is still uncertain.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.apollomasters.com/|title=Apollo Masters lacquer record discs|website=Apollomasters.com|access-date=7 May 2015}}</ref> [[Hand Drawn Pressing]] opened in 2016 as the world's first fully automated record pressing plant.<ref>{{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}}</ref>