Memphis Record Pressing in Bartlett expects to be the largest producer of vinyl records in North America by next year, making about 130,000 records per day.
Brandon Seavers, the company’s co-founder and CEO, spoke to the Bartlett Area Chamber of Commerce Tuesday, Sept. 13.
Seavers updated those in attendance on the company’s $30 million expansion as well as insight into its growth over the past decade. He and Mark Yoshida founded the company and this year expect to produce more than 10 million records at its headquarters at 3015 Brother Blvd.
Seavers describes the experience of growing the company as “mind-blowing.”
“It’s a humbling experience for me, and for Mark as well, to see where we are today,” Seavers said. “Literally every day when I drive up I say, ‘This is not real. There is no way that we are manufacturing a legacy, analog format/medium in the 21st century, and we’re actually breaking ground and constructing a new facility to do this.’ ”
A $21.3 million facility expansion will increase the company’s manufacturing space by 33,000 square feet, and its number of presses will grow from 16 to 52. The new facility is under construction and is expected to open next year.
The company also just completed $7.5 million in renovations on a warehouse site at 7625 Appling Center Drive in Memphis. The 100,000-square-foot packaging facility opened last week.
