You love vinyl. We love vinyl. At Furnace Record Pressing, vinyl record pressing is our passion and it shows in every order.
Why Furnace
Customer Service
We’re what you’ve been looking for- a legit pressing plant who gives a shit. Hi. We pick up the phones, we know what we’re doing and we care a lot. Everything we’ve built (online customer portals, obsessive knowledge of the industry, smart and fun team who can suggest things you never thought of) supports our customer-centric core value.
One Stop Shop
Who has time for chasing down parts from 2 or 7 vendors for each project? Let Furnace handle all of the headaches. We offer a robust line of mastering, print, packaging and mailing services all under one roof. Jackets, Boxsets, Inserts, Download Cards and Hosting, Slipmats, Hedgehogs – we do it all.
Do Well by Doing Good
Music brings joy and community to billions of people around the world and so should our industry. Furnace believes that we owe it to ourselves and to others to pay it forward and not be selfish so and sos. Read more about our efforts to make the world a better place and help us support causes that make a difference. Animals are some of our favorite people, make sure to check out the “pets of Furnace” gallery and the causes they care deeply about (coming soon)
Experience
We’ve been doing this for 20 years and we’re pretty great at it- we’re excited to see how we can get better in the next 20 and we want you on board. We care about the industry, and we care about doing it right. Between all of us, we’ve touched pretty much every part of this industry from playing in bands, to recording bands, to distributing records and of course buying records.
Direct to the Source
At Furnace, pressing vinyl isn’t about cashing in or chasing a trend. Our owner has been pressing records since the 80’s and has been obsessed with machines, processes and controls all his life. This isn’t a hobby or a side project. This is vinyl manufacturing done right. We own and operate the machines so the buck stops with us.
Value
Furnace’s quick turns, responsive team and one-stop-shopping means you’ll spend less time and resources managing your vinyl production and more time on marketing, artist relations and eating / petting dogs / happy hours / hiking / knitting or whatever the hell the kids are doing these days. Time is money and we care about your time and your money.
The Gallery
Our customers are our best advertisement, take a look at some of the work we’ve done and what our customers have had to say about us…
Coming Soon: Vinyl 101
This pressing a vinyl record stuff is complicated. We’re pulling back the curtain and making it plain with some handy guides.
How a Vinyl Record Is Made
Preparing Your Audio Master for Vinyl
Designing Your Record Jacket and More
What’s Needed to Place an Order
Vinyl Record Jacket and Packaging Options
Sound: from recording to record
Plating Process
How a turntable works
Furnace Record Pressing
See where all of the magic happens and meet the people who put in the hard work
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Client Testimonials
Furnace Manufacturing has been my first choice for vinyl manufacturing for many, many years. The quality of the work and attention to detail can't be matched.
Michael Meisel - Silva Artist Management
Furnace is a full service option for great vinyl record pressing. while a small label, we crank through our share of product. furnace is great at working with our ever-changing and sometimes quirky needs. there's no problem that they can't solve and man, the audio on these LPs kills. from the top of the bottom of the organization, they are all there to help you get the best quality product in your hands. an unqualified thumbs up.
Three Lobed Records
Top notch. There isn't a better place to go for high quality vinyl pressings. Great customer service, attention to detail, and a quality product. They offer a wide variety of packaging options for vinyl, CD, and DVD.
Andrew Rossiter
Our Collection of Weirdos
Meet the only other people who wake up in the middle of the night thinking about your record
Eric Astor
President and CEO
Eric is the president and CEO. He’s our chief and if you hang out with him long enough (or for 20 minutes) you’ll hear how he started thinking about how to do things the BestFastestMostEfficient way when he was a kid collecting baseball cards. These days he leads the team here by example- working to constantly refine and improving what we can deliver. When he’s not at Furnace, he likes to surf, mountain bike and hang out with his two gigantic Bernese Mountain Dogs and his cool folklorist wife.
Ali Miller
Vice President
Ali is the Vice President and not the Production Manager. She interviewed and accepted this job in 2008 because she was bored at her corporate office job. She’s never been bored since and is excited to see what the next ten years brings. She handles a little bit of everything at Furnace if you have a problem, she can fix it. Though surrounded by music every day, Ali used iTunes for the very first time (for non work related purposes) in July 2013. She has not used it since.
Mark Reiter
Warehouse Manager
Mark is our Warhouse Manager. If our Lean Manufacturing program had a spokesmodel, it would be Mark. He can explain what it is, why it’s important and why you should care in 5 minutes or less. He runs a tight ship of an awesome team that has fun kicking ass and getting records out the door a little faster every time. Mark shares his non-Furnace home with wolves (ok, they're Siberian Huskies) and his awesome and slightly dangerous (MMA fighter) wife. Fun fact: Mark is the second drummer we hired (Eric is the first) and now we have five. Weird.
Jarett Minkoff
Director of Operations
Jarett is our Director of Operations. Jarett is a for-real-adult who knows about things things like “the 30,000 foot view” and “hitting the ground running” We’ve needed one of those around here for a long time. He’s pulling all the levers that will bring Furnace 3.0 to fruition and keep it humming. Ask him about the chair he invented before he joined the team.
