Hey, i'm looking for information about the only GDR (old east-germany) pressing plant. What machines did they used? Where did they come from - where did they go after the wall went down? Any information or pictures to share?
The Pressing Plant was located in Potsdam Babelsberg and was called: "VEB Deutsche Schallplatten GmbH". The plant was build up in the old factory of "Tempo Schallplatten GmbH".
Here are some pictures from a documentary-film about the GDR-Record-Label.
What is the name of the company, that has produced these machines? Any idea? What year? etc.
GDR Pressing Plant - any information?
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GDR Pressing Plant - any information?
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Re: GDR Pressing Plant - any information?
How about posting a link to the video you mention?
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here it is:
any guess, what's the name of the company that produced the presses? TTT or Alpha Toolex?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Uko4VEjMoM&feature=youtu.be&t=2m40s
any guess, what's the name of the company that produced the presses? TTT or Alpha Toolex?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Uko4VEjMoM&feature=youtu.be&t=2m40s
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Re: GDR Pressing Plant - any information?
They are TTT presses with Toolex Alpha moulds. Why do you ask?
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i'd like to know, where they went after the wall went down. Are parts of them still in use somewhere?
And it's realy interesting, that there was just one pressing plant in the GDR - and that they used machines from the west to produce their amiga, eterna and litera-records.
It's easy to get a lot of informations about the "VEB Deutsche Schallplatten" as a Lable but it's hard to get any information about the manufacturing in the GDR or even pictures of the plant.
I'm just interested in the history of the plant and what happend to the machines after 1990.
And it's realy interesting, that there was just one pressing plant in the GDR - and that they used machines from the west to produce their amiga, eterna and litera-records.
It's easy to get a lot of informations about the "VEB Deutsche Schallplatten" as a Lable but it's hard to get any information about the manufacturing in the GDR or even pictures of the plant.
I'm just interested in the history of the plant and what happend to the machines after 1990.
Re: GDR Pressing Plant - any information?
Deutsche Schallplatten had at least seven manual presses delivered by Alpha/Toolex Håma/Toolex Alpha. Most likely they also had at least three Toolex Alpha AD7 (fully automatic 7 inch presses) and three Toolex Alpha AD12.
Also a number of presses were sold via Zentral-Kommerz. But I don't know in which plant(s) they ended up.
I've also heard a story about a east german pressing plant who ordered a fully automatic Toolex press. This was apperantly a big happening. So there were (at least according to the story...) a big "welcoming comittee" with the plant manager in the front row when the truck, carrying the press, approach the plant. However, the truck was driving too fast when approaching the plant and flipped over in a sharp turn just before entering the gates to the plant. Unconfirmed roumors states that the plant manager burst into tears.
The sharp turn where the truck flipped over was later given the unofficial name "Die Pressekurve".
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Niklas
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Also a number of presses were sold via Zentral-Kommerz. But I don't know in which plant(s) they ended up.
I've also heard a story about a east german pressing plant who ordered a fully automatic Toolex press. This was apperantly a big happening. So there were (at least according to the story...) a big "welcoming comittee" with the plant manager in the front row when the truck, carrying the press, approach the plant. However, the truck was driving too fast when approaching the plant and flipped over in a sharp turn just before entering the gates to the plant. Unconfirmed roumors states that the plant manager burst into tears.
The sharp turn where the truck flipped over was later given the unofficial name "Die Pressekurve".
BR
Niklas
Pheenix Alpha AB