For the fourth consecutive year, Making Vinyl is inviting submissions for a 16-category competition that recognizes the best in physical media packaging. The submissions process is entirely online and will be judged online by a panel of award-winning judges throughout the world.
The 2020 Packaging Awards will take place as a virtual conference taking place December 8-9, 2020.
Preliminary topics to be covered:
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- Smoothing demand and making turnaround predictable
- The logistics involved in producing and selling vinyl exclusives
- Applying lean efficiency principles to record pressing operations
- Is the lacquer shortage real and are new suppliers on the horizon?
- How Record Store Day retailers fared with the 3 “drops” and Black Friday
- The need to establish Quality Control standards that the industry will adopt
- Pinpointing where problems start in the process from mastering to pressing
- Helping your customer succeed even with their unreasonable expectations
- Creative decisions that makes the project cool but also can be profitable
- Mastering/cutting engineers on the tricks of the trade and facing challenges
- An artist’s analysis of touring with vinyl vs. CDs
- Attention-grabbing LP packaging
- Live plating session from a leading supplier
- Demonstration and factory tour from PVC alternative
- Update on availability of the new 10-inch crowd-funded cutting machine
Attendees of the Making Vinyl Virtual Event will:
- Meet the right people: with 2 days of unlimited one-on-one meetings
- Use the (video) chat-functionality to connect with peers & prospects
- Meet new people with our unique networking carousel
- Customize your profile for targeted networking
- Connect with participants before, during, and after the event via our free conference app for participants
- Get full access to world-class content, best practices, and market intelligence
- Interactive workshops: join the conversation with industry experts
- Virtual exhibition: Meet your next suppliers and discover the latest in vinyl record technology from some of the most influential companies in the world
For more information, visit makingvinyl.com
