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Guetersloh, Germany / Charlotte, North Carolina / Cleveland, Ohio – 5. August 2025 - Sonopress, a global leader in media manufacturing, is proud to announce a new partnership with Gotta Groove Records, a highly respected U.S.-based vinyl production company. As part of this collaboration, Gotta Groove Records will offer the innovative EcoRecord, Sonopress’s environmentally friendly LP record solution, to its customers in the United States.

First production line successfully commissioned at new Charlotte, North Carolina site

Charlotte/Guetersloh, 14th July 2025 – Last week marked a bold step into the future of LP record manufacturing and truly historic moment for Sonopress. The leading global manufacturer of storage media and a subsidiary of Bertelsmann Marketing Services—has successfully commissioned its first production machine for EcoRecords at its new facility in Charlotte, North Carolina. The equipment is specifically designed for the environmentally friendly production of the company’s innovative sustainable LP record, marking a major milestone in Sonopress's international growth strategy.

Berlin/Gütersloh July 03, 2025 - Another chapter in the long history of the long-playing record was opened at the Bertelsmann Representative Office Unter den Linden 1 in Berlin at the beginning of July: Sonopress, leading manufacturer of digital storage media and inventor of the EcoRecord, hosted its first Listening Session - a new, interactive format for industry insiders that combines networking with knowledge transfer and sound enjoyment. Around 50 invited guests - including representatives of renowned customers such as Sony Music, as well as numerous experts and thought leaders from the music industry - accepted the invitation to Berlin. The afternoon was all about the record, its history, its future - and the sustainable innovations that accompany the current LP boom.