The High Court has appointed joint provisional liquidators to Ireland's only vinyl records manufacturer.
The appointments were made in relation to Pressing Matters Limited trading as 'Dublin Vinyl', which the court heard has 22 full times employees and 4 full time contractor workers.
The company, which was founded in 2016 has contracts for major record companies.
However it sustained significant losses in 2002 and 2023, due to factors including the Covid-19 pandemic, Brexit, the war in Ukraine the loss of a major contract, and the failure of record pressing machines it had ordered to arrive on time.
As a result the company had decided to petition the court for the appointment of Ken Fennell and Eamonn Richardson of Interpath Advisory, as joint provisional liquidators.
The Dublin 4 registered company that a orderly winding up was in the best interests of all parties including the employees and the company's creditors.
At the High Court on Monday Mr Justice Oisin Quinn said he was satisfied to appoint the joint provisional liquidators, as the company was clearly insolvent.
The judge made the appointments after Peter Shanley Bl for the company said that company was in the process of completing contracts worth €500,000.
The appointment of the liquidators, who could take control of the company and allow it to retain staff to finish out that work.
Counsel said that the company was currently making records for several labels for artists including "Taylor Swift, whose fans we would not want to disappoint."
Counsel said that arising out of its difficulties the company had looked at alternatives, including examinership, but were of the opinion that the best option was to liquidate the company.
Counsel said that the company, which has rented units in Dublin, had of late come under pressure from its creditors, including its energy supplier, which had threatened to cut off its electricity over unpaid bills.
It was hoped that the liquidators could seek to sell the business as a going concern.
Counsel said that the company currently has liabilities over assets of €1.9m.
The judge after granting the provisional liquidators various powers, adjourned the matter to a date in April.
