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After Haarlem: Pheenix CEO follow-up, OMS first contact, SST

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- Pheenix Alpha (Robert Gunnarsson, 5 Oct; Simona's reply 9 Oct): offers
  a Teams call, reference clients and a factory visit near Stockholm;
  300+ presses (vendor figure); we call once questions are concrete,
  next Europe trip planned for February 2027. CEO contact and Marsta
  address added.
- OMS (Lou Wullms, 7 Oct): first email contact, company data, contacts
  (Lou Wullms technical, Wilma Peeters accounting/logistics); open: reply
  to confirm, then OMS sends material to calculate from.
- SST Frankfurt (Daniel Krieger, 7 Oct): cut the lacquers for POY003,
  005, 006 and 013; on good terms with ResurRec; offered help. New cutting
  service entry in the supplier map and vendor landscape; corrected the
  briefing, which had SST as DMM (its site lists lacquer and dubplates).
- Roadmap items 5, 6 and 14 and the production timeline launch basis
  updated accordingly.
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docs/suppliers/equipment-suppliers.md
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Open: cutter amps and preview automation (both bundled if Sillitoe),
console, lacquer blank supply (e.g. MDC/Public Record type), styli supply.
Cutting service (until the in-house room runs):
| Supplier | Location | Offering | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Schallplatten Schneid Technik (SST) | Frankfurt am Main, Germany | Lacquer cutting for pressing (7"/10"/12"), dubplates, half-speed, locked-groove and inside-out cuts; two Neumann cutting rooms; independent since 1969 (SST website, checked October 2026) | Already cut lacquers for Poy Records (POY003, 005, 006, 013, per SST's archive); met in Haarlem and offered help (email, 7 October 2026); on good terms with ResurRec; Daniel Krieger (MD), daniel@sst-ffm.de, mail@sst-ffm.de, +49 69 57 50 57. See [vendor landscape](vendor-landscape.md#lacquer-cutting-service-schallplatten-schneid-technik-germany) |
## 2. Silvering and Electroforming (Galvanics)
What we need:
@@ -53,7 +59,7 @@ Suppliers identified:
|---|---|---|---|
| Plating Power / Digital Matrix Corp. | Farmingdale, NY, USA | VLSS silvering, VLPP pre-plate, VLFP 2/4/6-cell electroforming, EC-1000 passivation, control rings | No water treatment or metal recovery in their scope; no SE-Asia distributor; alex.greenspan@digmatrix.com |
| Pheenix Alpha | Sweden | PASU automatic silvering, PPPU pre-plating (four masters), PDPU dual-cell electroforming (up to 200 A per cell), PMPB passivation, cleaning and drying bench (nickel and DMM) | 2024 flyers in [`../equipment/pheenix-alpha/`](../equipment/pheenix-alpha/), summarised in [galvanics and stamper prep](../equipment/galvanics.md); prices unpublished; PLC with network access; no water treatment in the flyers; same vendor as the AD12 presses (section 5), so one quote can cover both; info@pheenixalpha.com |
| Optical Media Services (OMS) | Baarlo, Netherlands | Vinyl electroforming equipment, new and refurbished (including CD/DVD lines converted to 14" vinyl); independent stamper service from lacquers and DMMs | Named by Sibert after Haarlem (good equipment, very familiar with the Asian market); no datasheet or price on file; possible link to Newbilt's announced electroplating equipment, unconfirmed ([galvanics and stamper prep](../equipment/galvanics.md)); Lou Wullms, lou.wullms@gmail.com per the vinyl-pressing-plants.com directory |
| Optical Media Services (OMS) | Baarlo, Netherlands | Vinyl electroforming equipment, new and refurbished (including CD/DVD lines converted to 14" vinyl); independent stamper service from lacquers and DMMs | Named by Sibert after Haarlem (good equipment, very familiar with the Asian market); no datasheet or price on file; possible link to Newbilt's announced electroplating equipment, unconfirmed ([galvanics and stamper prep](../equipment/galvanics.md)); first email from Lou Wullms 7 October 2026, calculation material follows once Alexander confirms; Lou Wullms (technical), lou.wullms@gmail.com, +31 6 5490 3443; Wilma Peeters (accounting and logistics), wilmapeeters6@gmail.com; office +31 77 477 8054 |
Open: industrial water-treatment vendor for the zero-discharge system;
clean-room design/build contractor; fume scrubbing.
@@ -98,7 +104,7 @@ Suppliers identified:
| Supplier | Location | Offering | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Newbilt machinery GmbH | Alsdorf, Germany | Single 2.1 system (VEX 50 extruder, HRP 12 press ~150 t, semi-auto), Duplex expansion, molds, Vario trimmer, Granulator 400 grinder, Label Punch, EX 35 auxiliary colour extruder. **Also builds the Classic 12" fully automatic press**: hydraulic **3-column** frame, **built-in extruder** (3 heated zones, water-cooled screw; 7.5 kW drive motor per the 2024 flyer, earlier noted here as 15 kW, confirm), automatic patty loading, automatic label supply, automatic cooling-plate management, spindle stack output, Siemens Security PLC (two 21" touchscreens per the 2024 flyer, one 10" per the website) with SCADA / OPC UA, inserts shared with the Duplex, CE approved, **28 s cycle (~128 records/h)**, vendor-claimed **≥95% yield and ≥95% uptime**. So Newbilt is a single-vendor candidate for *both* fleet halves, not only the semi-auto one. Note the half-automatic press is a **4-column book-mould** design; column count is the quickest way to tell the two apart on a factory floor | 2024 quote EUR 200,549.50 (~USD 232k / ~7.7M THB) incl. freight, expired, needs re-quote; ask for build time and order-book position in the re-quote; **ResurRec Bangkok already runs one automatic + one semi-automatic Newbilt: ask for the Thai install base and a service-response precedent**; contacts Hans-Juergen Helm (Sales Manager) and Erwin Neubauer (Managing Director); 2026 flyers in [`../equipment/newbilt/flyers-2026/`](../equipment/newbilt/flyers-2026/), summarised in [pressing-line.md](../equipment/pressing-line.md) |
| Pheenix Alpha | Solna, Sweden | AD12 fully automatic press (24-26 s cycle, ~140 records/h, 1 operator per 4 presses); AD12 Manual semi-auto | Direct Toolex Alpha successor; possible single-vendor option for both fleet halves; also builds the electroforming line (section 2); andreas.runsten@pheenixalpha.com |
| Pheenix Alpha | Märsta (Stockholm), Sweden; Solna in older listings | AD12 fully automatic press (24-26 s cycle, ~140 records/h, 1 operator per 4 presses); AD12 Manual semi-auto | Direct Toolex Alpha successor; possible single-vendor option for both fleet halves; also builds the electroforming line (section 2); claims 300+ presses installed worldwide; CEO offered a Teams call, references and a factory visit after Haarlem (October 2026); andreas.runsten@pheenixalpha.com, Robert Gunnarsson (CEO) robert.gunnarsson@pheenixalpha.com |
Open: decision between Newbilt semi-auto + Pheenix automatic vs. single
vendor; local steam-generator and chiller suppliers in Thailand.
docs/suppliers/making-vinyl-europe-2026-exhibitors.md
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@@ -49,6 +49,43 @@ traceability spec, the steam decision, the Thai PVC lead, the 50/50 fleet).
- He also sees Alexander's background in electronics and solar as well
placed to judge what the electronic reporting on daily production
needs: the data side again.
- **Pheenix Alpha follow-up** (Robert Gunnarsson, CEO, to Simona and
Alexander, email 5 October 2026; Simona replied on 9 October with
Niklas Poblenz copied):
- Pheenix has helped many plants start production or add capacity and
counts more than 300 presses worldwide (vendor figure). Its team
supports automatic and manual presses and electroforming, which
matches the single-vendor path in [roadmap](../roadmap.md) items 5
and 6.
- He proposed a Teams meeting, invited us to the factory near Stockholm
to see the presses demonstrated, and offered to put us in touch with
reference clients.
- Simona's reply: no visit fitted this trip; we plan to be back in
Europe in **February 2027** and will set up a call once our questions
and plans are concrete, in the coming weeks. No datasheet or quote
yet. Ask for the reference clients with the call (Deepgrooves first,
for biomass steam).
- **OMS first contact** (Lou Wullms to Alexander, email in German,
7 October 2026): he asks Alexander to confirm he received it, then will
send material so that we can start calculating and see what the
galvanics side involves, and asks whether Simona will work on the
project too. Contacts: Lou Wullms for technical matters, Wilma Peeters
for accounting and logistics. **Open: reply to confirm.** Details in
[galvanics and stamper prep](../equipment/galvanics.md#a-third-candidate-optical-media-services-oms).
- **SST** (Daniel Krieger, Schallplatten Schneid Technik, Frankfurt, to
Simona and Alexander, email 7 October 2026):
- SST's archive shows it cut the lacquers for Poy Records POY003, 005,
006 and 013, so it is already a Poy supplier.
- He praised the pressing quality of *Chiang Mai Sound vol. 1* and
*Fabulous Forever* and asked whether they are ResurRec pressings
(answer from Poy's records).
- SST is on good terms with Sarit of ResurRec and his mastering
partner Chalotorn, so it knows the incumbent
([revenue model](../finance/revenue-model.md)).
- He offered to help with the plant. A cutting-side contact: a lacquer
source for the launch phase and cutting-room know-how for
[roadmap](../roadmap.md) item 27, not buyer validation
([vendor landscape](vendor-landscape.md#lacquer-cutting-service-schallplatten-schneid-technik-germany)).
- **Filed since**: the Newbilt flyers
([pressing line](../equipment/pressing-line.md)), Sibert's current VS
specifications and line-up drawing (with the 2021 issues kept), and
@@ -349,8 +386,12 @@ splatter and short runs. Also a compact 7" centre-hole punch unit. New CEO
Robert Gunnarsson from September 2026 with an explicit commercial focus;
founder Niklas Poblenz stays on innovation and customer support. Sibert
installed equipment at Pheenix in January 2025. Deepgrooves (NL, attending)
runs AD12 presses on biomass steam. Contact in this repo:
andreas.runsten@pheenixalpha.com.
runs AD12 presses on biomass steam. Contacts in this repo:
andreas.runsten@pheenixalpha.com; Robert Gunnarsson (CEO),
robert.gunnarsson@pheenixalpha.com, +46 8 598 933 00; Niklas Poblenz,
niklas.poblenz@pheenixalpha.com. The CEO's signature gives Pheenix Alpha
AB, Skepptuna Borgen 299, 195 93 Märsta (north of Stockholm), the same
address as the flyers.
**On file** (filed with the Making Vinyl material, October 2026): four
electroforming flyers from 2024 (PASU silvering, PPPU pre-plating, PDPU
@@ -508,8 +549,9 @@ Newbilt quote exists for this reason.
- **Record Industry** (Haarlem host plant), **GZ Media**, **Pozzoli**,
**Takt**, **optimal media**: large-plant operators; one question each on
what they would build differently today.
- **Schallplatten Schneid Technik** (SST, Germany): DMM cutting
technology, the alternative to lacquer.
- **Schallplatten Schneid Technik** (SST, Frankfurt): lacquer cutting
studio (first noted here as DMM cutting; SST's own site lists lacquers
and dubplates only). Met at the show, see [After the show](#after-the-show).
- **POYSOUND Co., Ltd.** and **TOYO RECORDING**: Asian attendees worth
identifying (POYSOUND may be Thai; unverified).
docs/suppliers/vendor-landscape.md
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it, alongside galvanics, a candidate for moving earlier than Phase 5 in
the [roadmap](../roadmap.md).
## Lacquer cutting service: Schallplatten Schneid Technik (Germany)
[Schallplatten Schneid Technik](https://www.sst-ffm.de/) (SST, Frankfurt
am Main) is an independent cutting studio founded in 1969 by Albert
Brüggemann and run by Daniel Krieger since 2011. Per its website (checked
October 2026): two cutting rooms on last-generation Neumann systems, one
of them the last Neumann ever built; lacquers in 7", 10" and 12" for
industrial pressing and dubplates in 10" and 12", at 16⅔ to 78 rpm;
half-speed, locked-groove and inside-out cuts; mastering only as moderate
corrections in agreement with the customer. The site lists lacquer, not
DMM.
SST is already a Poy Records supplier: Daniel Krieger found in SST's
archive that it cut the lacquers for POY003, 005, 006 and 013. He met
Simona and Alexander in Haarlem, offered to help with the plant (email,
7 October 2026), and is on good terms with ResurRec's Sarit and his
mastering partner Chalotorn. What it means for the plan: a known lacquer
source for the launch phase, when cutting is bought in and stampers come
from the bridge supplier ([production timeline](../production-timeline.md)),
and a long-running cutting room to ask about Neumann-era equipment, room
design and engineer training before the Agnew or Sillitoe decision.
Lacquer travels worse than nickel (production timeline), so a Frankfurt
cut fits a European stamper service (Stamper Discs, OMS) better than
plating in Thailand.
## Silvering and electroforming equipment: Plating Power / Digital Matrix (USA)
[Plating Power](https://www.platingpower.com/) is the vinyl brand of Digital
@@ -140,8 +165,10 @@ a Pheenix turnkey line: Lou Wullms is "a long-standing industry colleague
who makes good equipment" and very familiar with the Asian market. A
directory listing points OMS's website at Newbilt's equipment page, which
announces new Newbilt electroplating equipment; whether the two are linked
is unconfirmed. No datasheet or price on file yet; details and open
questions in [galvanics and stamper prep](../equipment/galvanics.md).
is unconfirmed. Lou Wullms made first contact by email on 7 October 2026
and will send material to calculate from once Alexander confirms; no
datasheet or price on file yet. Details, company data and open questions
in [galvanics and stamper prep](../equipment/galvanics.md).
## Stamper preparation: Sibert Instruments (UK)
@@ -197,5 +224,14 @@ flyers in [`../equipment/pheenix-alpha/`](../equipment/pheenix-alpha/),
summarised in [galvanics and stamper prep](../equipment/galvanics.md)). It
calls itself the only manufacturer of both electroforming and pressing
systems, which makes it a single-vendor candidate for the whole chain from
lacquer to record, not only for the presses. The flyers give the company's
address as Skepptuna, Märsta.
lacquer to record, not only for the presses. The flyers and the CEO's
email signature give the company's address as Skepptuna Borgen 299,
Märsta, north of Stockholm.
After Haarlem, CEO Robert Gunnarsson wrote that Pheenix has more than 300
presses in the field (vendor figure) and supports start-ups and capacity
expansions on automatic and manual presses and on electroforming; he
offered a Teams meeting, reference clients and a visit to the factory
with press demonstrations (email, 5 October 2026). We will call once our
questions are concrete; Simona and Alexander plan to be back in Europe
in February 2027 ([exhibitor briefing](making-vinyl-europe-2026-exhibitors.md#after-the-show)).