About GZ

GZ MEDIA presents itself as the GZ MEDIA GROUP with 8 production plants worldwide, with more than 2,700 employees. We are the largest vinyl record manufacturer in the world!

In GZ Media, we‘re constantly Raising the Bar on our standards in printing, data storage, assembly and distribution. Thanks to our industry leading customer service, we are able to manage even the most demanding customer projects. We offer a complete solution, individual approach and substantial cost savings to our customers.

Regardless of the complexity or volume of the order, we can offer each individual customer a comprehensive and secure solution all under one roof. The more complete and demanding of a product the market requires, the more you can save when choosing to co-operate with us.

All this, in addition to excellent references as well as ISO 14001:2016 and ISO 9001:2016 and ISO 28000:2010 certificates, makes us one of the world‘s most significant players in the media, print and packaging industry.

January 2024, Memphis, USA

Celebrating 10 years of making vinyl magic in Memphis Record Pressing! Photos from a newly expanded facilities in MRP.

GZ PRESSING COMPOUND MADE IN THE USA

June 2023, Hohenwald, USA

With the development of vinyl record production and increasing capacity in North America, the construction of another press compound production plant became inevitable. It is logical that we built this capacity directly in America.

The company Wedlake Industries LLC became our partner. The plant is located in Hohenwald, Lewis County, South Tennessee. Strategically right in the middle of our two pressing plants NRP in Nashville and MRP in Memphis. The original facilities were used for the production of small batches of various plastic products. Investments are necessary not only in the automation and addition of equipment in the processes of the entire production, but also in strengthening the supply of electricity, in the production of compressed air and increasing the capacity of the cooling circuit.

Update
November 2023
A new stage of our old-new plant is starting, we are installing a new extruder, we have increased the efficiency of dryblend production. We have 3 mixing systems available; we have modified the buildings, we are replacing the original transformers.

GREAT OPENING IN NASHVILLE, USA

June 2022, Nashville, USA

GZ Media, has opened its third record pressing plant on the North American continent. In the Nashville Record Pressing (NRP) production plant in the American state of Tennessee, it invested fully from its own resources, amounting to more than 1.3 million USD. It wants to create 255 new jobs within two years.

The North American continent was very important for GZ Media already at the time when gramophone records started to come back into fashion. To this day, it is the main market for vinyls, the demand for which is still growing. Every fourth gramophone record currently sold in the world comes from the Czech company GZ Media. The new Nashville Record Pressing plans to produce 85,000 records a day in its first year.
“We are grateful for the support we have received from the state of Tennessee and the warm welcome to Music City, as Nashville, USA is nicknamed. We're here to become the local favorite vinyl pressing company," comments CEO Drake Coker on the opening of the new factory.
The Czech investment is also welcomed by the local Commissioner for Economic and Community Development Bob Rolfe and other leading representatives of the state of Tennessee. “Our strong business climate, skilled workforce and quality of life ensure that global companies can excel in Tennessee. Thank you to Nashville Record Pressing for investing in Davidson County and creating more jobs for local residents,” says Tennessee Governor Bill Lee.
The Czech ambassador to the USA, Mr. Hynek Kmoníček, also attended the opening ceremony.

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GRAMMY AWARDS 2022

April 2022, Las Vegas, USA

Nominations in category Best Boxed or Special Limited Edition Package
There were 3 productions in GZ Media (red writing) and we are very proud of it! Good job!

George Harrison - All Things Must Pass: 50th Anniversary Edition
Soccer Mommy - Color Theory
Steven Wilson - The Future Bites (Limited Edition Box Set)
Gang of Four - 77-81
Mac Miller - Swimming in Circles

And the winner goes to:
All Things Must Pass Uber Deluxe Box Set
In celebration of the 50th Anniversary, George Harrison's, All Things Must Pass, is being celebrated with a suite of new releases, highlighted by the limited Uber Deluxe Edition, which presents a stunning new mix of the classic album by Grammy Award-winning mixer/engineer Paul Hicks, overseen by executive producer Dhani Harrison, which includes the album on 8LP and 5CD/Blu-ray housed in an artisan designed wooden crate, accompanied by two elegantly designed books paying homage to Harrison's love for gardening and nature.

NEW FACTORY IN USA - VINYL PRODUCTION IN NASHVILLE

April 2022

The flagship of our expansion in North America will be a new plant for vinyl production in Nashville, USA. The operation will begin in May 2022, under the leadership of Mr. Drake Cocker, CEO. In the first year, we plan a production capacity of 85,000 plates per day with a team of around 250 people.

ACQUISITION GZ MEDIA and PBtisk Pribram

November 2018

GZ Media has become a majority owner in PBtisk company.

PBtisk is an award-winning global book producer located in the Czech Republic. With more than 25 years of experience, the company is specialized in high-quality offset book manufacturing, focused on luxury full-color publications, equipped with modern technologies.

NEW ACQUISITION IN FRANCE

June 2018
GZ Media purchased the French company SNA near Tourouvre.

Plant SNA manufactured audio and video discs, now its focus is in a market of merchendize and final distribution.

GZ MEDIA OPENS NEW PRESSING PLANT IN BURLINGTON, CANADA

15.5.2017
Burlington can now call itself the vinyl record capital of Canada.

The new plant boasts five new double record presses — freshly manufactured in GZ — that can turn out 3.6 million vinyl records per year.
"There's nobody else (in Canada) that can do our volume," Precision vice-president Gerry McGhee said in an interview. "Our Phase 2 expansion will bring production up to 6 million and that will make us the second largest in North America."
The company employs about 40 staff members and there are plans to soon add a second shift and then a third that would boost the staff number to more than 100.
"We also want to support independent labels and independent bands," McGhee says. "Most plants will shy away from anything under 300. We welcome that business."


Precision president Shawn Johnson   GZ media president Zdenek Pelc and Precision vice-president   GZ and Precision management + guests
Gerry McGhee during Grand opening


Pressing plant in Burlington   Precision staff Precision staff

2016 NEW ACQUISITION IN MEMPHIS, USA

In 2016 GZ made a new acquisition in Memphis, Tenesse. The plant for vinyl records with the capacity of 1 mil. records per year, in 3 yeras rapidly extended up to 4 mil. records per year and still go on.

ENTREPRENEUR OF THE YEAR 2016

ZDENEK PELC, THE OWNER AND PRESIDENT OF GZ MEDIA, HAS BECAME THE EY ENTREPRENEUR OF THE YEAR 2016 CZECH REPUBLIC.

For Zdeněk Pelc, the key to success is to “work hard, know, don’t be afraid, decide and sleep peacefully.”

The World Entrepreneur Of The Year Award program was created by EY to recognize the accomplishments of entrepreneurs around the globe. It builds on EY's more than 29 years of success in running Entrepreneur Of The Year® Award programs in more than 60 countries around the world.
Each year, the Entrepreneur Of The Year country winners join together in Monaco to be inducted in to the World Entrepreneur Of The Year Hall of Fame and vie for the EY World Entrepreneur Of The Year title.

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