Furnace Record Pressing
Eric Astor founded Furnace in 1996 as a manufacturing service for punk and indie labels, brokering pressings before building its own plant in Virginia and installing new Newbilt presses in 2018. The company still handles everything around the record too: cassettes, CDs, jackets, inserts, packaging design help and warehousing for labels that do not want to run their own stock.
That one stop model is the reason many US indies stay: one project manager covers the vinyl, the tapes and the fulfilment. Because Furnace grew out of brokerage, part of the catalogue may still be produced by partners depending on format and volume, so it is worth asking where a specific job will be made. Prices are mid market rather than budget.
Address: 6315 Bren Mar Drive, Suite 195, Alexandria, VA 22312, USA
Pros
- Vinyl, cassette, CD and print in one order
- Own plant with modern Newbilt presses
- Storage and fulfilment for labels
- Long track record with US indie labels
- Project managers assigned to each order
Cons
- Not the cheapest quote in the market
- Some jobs may go to partner plants
- Lead times grow in peak season
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