Sony Music Entertainment announced its Sony DADC replication plant in Japan plans to press vinyl records.

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Translated press release follows:

Introduced Sony DADC Japan for analog record press machine Full-scale production of analog records started

June 29, 2017 Sony Music Entertainment Co., Ltd. Sony DADC Japan Co., Ltd. Sony Music Communications

Sony Music Entertainment Co., Ltd. (Headquarters: Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo; Representative Director: Michiharu Mizuno) announced today that its company’s disc manufacturing factory Sony DADC Japan (Headquarters: Haibara Gun, Shizuoka Prefecture, Representative Director: Koichi Ishihara) We will announce that we will introduce press machine for analog record and aim to start production and manufacturing orders during FY 2017.

Prior to this, at the Sony Music Studio also operated by Sony Music Communications (head office: Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, Representative Director: Aiichiro Furukawa) of the Sony Music Group, from February this year a master lacquer for analog record production Introducing the board cutting machine, we started production of cutting master for analog record.

In the future, by creating a series of analog record production systems ranging from cutting master production to press manufacturing within the Sony Music Group, by realizing high quality, short delivery time and low cost, analog record In response to demand for production, we will contribute to the expansion of the analog record and music package market.