Worldwide Vinyl Record <br />Supply Threatened After <br />Manufacturing Plant Fire Apollo Masters, a plant that supplies <br />the lacquer used to make master discs, <br />suffered a “devastating” fire at its <br />manufacturing and storage facility. The facility located in California was completely destroyed, with the company stating that they <br />are “uncertain of [their] future” and <br />are “evaluating options.” Several figures within the vinyl <br />record production industry have <br />voiced their concern. Co-founder of Third Man Records Ben Blackwell Duplication, a Toronto-based vinyl duplication <br />and pressing company, wrote that plants may <br />have to “close or scale back operations for a while.” David Read, a vinyl production coordinator at Duplication, added that the industry is "incredibly resilient” and will find a way out of the "current problem."
