Sonopress ist ein führender internationaler Entertainment- und Mediendienstleister, der Unternehmen aus den Branchen Home Entertainment, Video Games, Audio, Publisher und TV/Rundfunk ein umfangreiches Spektrum an Lösungen bietet. Das Serviceportfolio von Sonopress umfasst sämtliche Bereiche des Media-Asset-Managements: von digitalen Services wie Digitalisierung, Electronic Content Distribution, Archivierung und Asset-Management über die Replikation von CDs, DVDs, Blu-ray Discs und 4K Ultra HD Blu-rays – sowohl in der 66 Gigabyte als auch in der 100 Gigabyte Ausführung – bis hin zu Printmanagement und Druckdienstleistungen sowie Fulfilment und Supply Chain Management. Unterstützt werden all diese Prozesse durch innovative End-to-End-IT-Systeme. Mit jahrzehntelanger Branchenerfahrung und intelligenten Lösungen schaffen wir Mehrwert für unsere Kunden und stellen sicher, dass sie für die Herausforderungen des Marktes gut gerüstet sind. Als Teil der Bertelsmann Printing Group ist Sonopress eine 100-prozentige Tochter der Bertelsmann SE & Co. KGaA.
What does it take to turn trash intercepted in the Rio Las Vacas in Guatemala into an LP?
A lot of collaboration.
This week, together with Coldplay, we announced our first collaborative product: a limited ‘Notebook Edition’ of Coldplay’s latest LP, manufactured using recycled river plastic caught by Interceptor 006 in Guatemala.
There are many steps involved in the process of making trash sound good - which in this case, meant no external noise, just the clean sound of Coldplay's new album "Moon Music".
Thanks to Coldplay, and all partners involved in helping us turn river plastic into music: Biosfera GT, Compuetos y Derivados, Morssinkhof - Rymoplast, and Sonopress GmbH.
Sustainable Product Innovation: Sonopress Presents the EcoCD
Sustainability is a mega-trend in the music industry. Artists, labels and music majors, as well as manufacturers and service providers, are increasingly looking for ways to actively contribute to mitigating global climate change by reducing their environmental impact. Sonopress, a leading manufacturer of storage media, was quick to recognize this trend and has been working for some time to significantly reduce CO2 emissions in the manufacture of CDs and LPs.
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Nachhaltige Produktinnovation: Sonopress präsentiert die EcoCD
Gütersloh, 18. Juni 2024
Nachhaltigkeit ist ein Megatrend in der Musikindustrie. Künstler, Labels und Music Majors, aber auch Hersteller und Dienstleister suchen zunehmend nach Möglichkeiten, die Umweltauswirkungen zu reduzieren und damit aktiv zum weltweiten Klimaschutz beizutragen. Der führende Speichermedienhersteller Sonopress hat diesen Trend frühzeitig aufgegriffen und arbeitet bereits seit geraumer Zeit daran, die CO2-Emissionen bei der Herstellung von CDs und Langspielplatten deutlich zu reduzieren.
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Big news from Sonopress and Warner Music: After months of preparation, Sonopress, a leading storage media producer, has produced and delivered the first EcoRecord order for its client Warner Music Group (WMG). It has manufactured sustainable LPs in orange for an exclusive release of the eponymous joint album from two of rock’s greatest icons, Liam Gallagher & John Squire. The new album is out now, released by WMG’s Warner Records label. The EcoRecord is available exclusively at Amazon worldwide as well as JB Hi-Fi in Australia.
The EcoRecord is a revolutionary new form of long-playing record that uses recyclable polyethylene terephthalate (PET) instead of polyvinyl chloride (PVC) as base material. No natural gas or steam is used in the production process, meaning that the environmental impact of the manufacturing process is reduced by up to 85% compared to the conventional method.
Sven Deutschmann, Managing Director of Sonopress, is very glad with the successful launch: “We’re delighted that Rock legends Liam Gallagher and John Squire have chosen to release an edition of their first joint album as an environmentally friendly EcoRecord. We’ve used the past few weeks to meticulously check every production detail, refine all production parameters, and optimize the quality of the finished product, so we could go into regular production at the beginning of the year with complete confidence. It’s great to be able to finally talk about the project after many months of hard work, the team at Sonopress have smashed it.”
Miriam Lessar, VP, Global Release Management, Warner Music International, adds: “We’re proud to launch this stunning sounding, vibrant EcoRecord alongside Warner Records, Liam and John, and Sonopress. We’re huge advocates of sustainability at Warner Music Group, it’s vitally important for its artists and employees, and we hope to continue to lead by example in the industry. This is just the beginning of our journey, with exciting innovations to come as we advance more climate conscious products aligned with our climate goals.”
The world’s first EcoRecords were produced on a new injection molding machine with nozzle contact pressures of up to 300 tons. The production line was completed at the end of last year along with other required special tools and additional equipment, which were also developed entirely by Sonopress. It used the same injection molding process that has been used for decades to produce laser discs, CDs, DVDs, and other digital storage media.
The EcoRecord’s launch comes at a time when the global vinyl market continues to grow. According to the IFPI, revenues rose by 17.1% in 2022, the third consecutive year of double-digit growth.
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The latest Music Ally Focus Podcast is out!
Ep. 132: Making vinyl records requires a lot of heat and energy, and uses plastics that are bad for the environment. But vinyl records are an old technology - so how might a modern record be made? Sven Deutschmann is Managing Director of Sonopress GmbH, a company that makes vinyl records and other physical media. He showed Music Ally’s Editor Joe Sparrow a new type of disc and spoke about a new process of making records that uses the same plastic used in plastic water bottles, and that uses significantly less energy – and creates less waste.
It's called EcoRecord and is made by injection moulding, not pressing, and is produced using polyethylene terephthalate (PET) as its base material rather than polyvinyl chloride (PVC). They can also be produced using 100% recycled PET. Creating the discs requires neither natural gas nor steam, and Sonopress says its test operation saw energy savings of up to 85% compared to the traditional process. The product is being launched in collaboration with Warner Music.
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