About me
Ton Vermeulen is the proud owner of Record Industry, a vinyl pressing plant in the Netherlands, together with his wife, Mieke. Record Industry, which roots go back to the fifties and started as Artone, is known for pressing high-quality vinyl and is one of the most automated vinyl pressing plants in the world.
Ton is also co-owner of the highly successful vinyl-only label Music On Vinyl. Before he took over the pressing plant in 1998 from Sony Music, he already knew the music industry inside out. He was a deejay, worked for radio stations, and co-owned a successful dance label and music distributor. In 2018 Record Industry opened Artone Studio, a brand new mastering room, and studio, offering direct-to-disc recording amongst other services, utilizing high-quality modern and unique vintage analog recording and mastering techniques and equipment.