Historic United Record Pressing plant set to close after over 50 years

North America’s largest vinyl manufacturer is relocating.

United Record Pressing, one of the most prolific vinyl manufacturers in the world producing 30,000 units a day, is set to close the historic Nashville factory where it has been operating since 1962.

As reported by Nashville Scene, the plant shared the news via a video walk-through of the iconic site on Instagram. Wrapping up operations at the Chestnut Street site, United Record Pressing plans to move its entire operation to a new 142,000-square-foot space on Allied Drive in South Nashville, which was purchased by the company two years ago.

“It’s a bitter-sweet thing to leave this place,” the Instagram post reads, “but we’re excited for the expansion where we can continue to make vinyl records like we have been since 1949.” [via Nashville Scene]

Spending the last workday at the historic United Record Pressing roaming the rooms of Motown Suite before moving to the new facility. This walk-thru comes from the eyes of one of our longest-standing QC's, who spent every day over the last several years listening to test pressings in a room within the suite right above the plant. It's a bitter-sweet thing to leave this place, but we're excited for the expansion where we can continue to make vinyl records like we have been since 1949. #memories #urp #upr2 #motown #motownsuite #vinylmanufacturing #nashville #expansion

A video posted by United Record Pressing (@unitedrecordpressing) on Dec 22, 2016 at 10:40am PST