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Vinyl Manufacturing Making A Comeback

A recent survey shows that sales of vinyl records is growing at 13.6 percent, just beating out digital sales, at 13 percent, which means that a whole industry is in the process of being reborn. CNN Money visited Brooklyn-based EKS Manufacturing to see what the industry uptick has meant for business.

A recent survey shows that sales of vinyl records is growing at 13.6 percent, just beating out digital sales, at 13 percent, which means that a whole industry is in the process of being reborn. CNN Money visited Brooklyn-based EKS Manufacturing to see what the industry uptick has meant for business. According to the president, Will Soclov, business is up partially because his company is only one of three vinyl pressing plants on the East Coast, but also due to trend-setting youngsters who swear that it provides better “feel” and “warmth.”

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