It’s T-Time: Inside Norway’s Vinyl Pressing Plant

Host Jorden Guth travels to Stavanger, Norway, to visit T-Time Vinyl Plant, where he sits down with general manager Sigve Håland to discuss how the facility came to be, why it’s located where it is, and how modern vinyl records are actually made. The conversation then moves step by step through the pressing process—from lacquers and stampers to presses, cooling, and quality control—explaining what truly matters for sound quality in today’s vinyl era.

Sources:

T-Time Vinyl Plant: https://t-timevinylplant.com/

“T-Time Vinyl Plant record pressing” by SoundStage! Network on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=1402154741482521

Chapters:
00:00:00 Announcement
00:00:31 Origin stories
00:04:10 Norwegian . . . vinyl?
00:07:14 Good vibes
00:10:53 Why press locally?
00:12:59 Keep cool, man!
00:16:36 Pellets to platters
00:19:49 QC
00:22:37 What about the rejects?
00:28:17 The future of T-Time
00:30:44 Outro music: “There” by Lake Jons