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Roger Cole

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Guys, how much for repair overall? could efke guys open donate site? i can help with money or i can order custom build parts.
please dont close the doors

Mirko already addressed that. It's not that they can't afford the repair. They can. It's that they won't make enough back in the long run to make the repair worthwhile.

It sounds like mostly they are victims of the run up in silver prices.
 

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We offer almost their entire range under the ADOX brand which actually is the original brand for these products.
You can (or better I have to say could now) get them from Ag photographic and silverprint.

Mirko
 

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We offer almost their entire range under the ADOX brand which actually is the original brand for these products.
You can (or better I have to say could now) get them from Ag photographic and silverprint.

Mirko

My apologies. So is all the art series Fotokemika? it is hard to tell what is what with this re-branding. This is indeed very bad news, what of the “Adox” products will be discontinued (I love them all)? Guess we will all have to just buy more Polywarmtone when it is finally ready.
 

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To Mr.Man, post-230. Why not order their products from a UK online-shop? Or a German or Dutch one? Off the top of my head AG-photographic, Maco, Fotoimpex, the Dutch Adox site and FotohuisRovo all have (with rapidly reducing stocklevel, due to people ordering a lot) Efke film and paper as I have checked them out for my own orders in the last week, and indeed over the last few years. I am fairly sure this is not an exhaustive list.

It is almost certainly true that you won't have seen their products in Boots (a national chain of 'drugstore') though.
 
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Mirko already addressed that. It's not that they can't afford the repair. They can. It's that they won't make enough back in the long run to make the repair worthwhile.

It sounds like mostly they are victims of the run up in silver prices.


But I guess it would me more affordable/profitable for them if they only paid fraction of repair.
 

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But I guess it would me more affordable/profitable for them if they only paid fraction of repair.

No, it would not. You need to go read the entire thread, and not just start at the last few posts. Mirko has explained this already several times. The cost of the repair is not the primary issue. Even if a generous benefactor simply gave them the money for the repair, it would make no difference. It is a matter of ongoing profitability in today's market.

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This is so sad....

Yeah yeah I know 100's of posts on Apug predict a convergence of analog manufactures, but, when it actually happens and you have invested a lot of time, money and artistic energy in the materials we choose, it just hurts to have to go fishing again for alternatives.

Darko/Mirko - Please relay my sympathy to any employees you all encounter. I am proudly putting up a few prints this weekend on my walls that used Fotokemika materials somewhere in the process as some sort of solidarity.

Mirko - As Mr Man asks above, "...what of the “Adox” products will be discontinued?"
 

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"...what of the “Adox” products will be discontinued?"

All CHS films, Nuance and Vario Classic.

Vario Classic can fully be replaced by MCC which is actually better.
Nuance was a graded paper and thus cannot be fully replaced by MCC or Polywarmtone if/when we make it again but MCC can be developed to a similar tone in ADOTOL WA. Also the highlight differentiation of Nuance and MCC are almost equal if you filter MCC acordingly.
The lithability of Nuance was very good. If you used the paper for lith printing Polywarmtone will be the repelacement.

As for the films we plan to bring a replacement for the low speed films and a 100 ASA version.
The 100 ASA film will come first and be made available in the same selection of formats except 127.
We hope to be able to supply without an interruption here.

Kind regards,

Mirko
 

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Mixed news then and I look forward to the new films.

Vario Classic can fully be replaced by MCC which is actually better.
I can't agree with this though, it was different and an additional tool in the box, it was great for creating some soft dreamy portraits. Glad variotone premium is staying I love this paper
 

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I for one will watch for the ISO 25 film, particularly if it is a similar emulsion to Fotokemika's product. I have used the Adox Ortho 25 and Pan 25 in the past, and will likely begin using it again when my supply of Efke 25 runs out.
 

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I for one will watch for the ISO 25 film, particularly if it is a similar emulsion to Fotokemika's product. I have used the Adox Ortho 25 and Pan 25 in the past, and will likely begin using it again when my supply of Efke 25 runs out.

Adox Pan 25 was discontinued last year, there was a thread on apug about it and Mirko explained all.
There are still some "ADOX PAN 25 120 -while stock lasts-" rolls on Fotoimpex website, so You might get lucky.
 

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Adox Pan 25 was discontinued last year, there was a thread on apug about it and Mirko explained all.
There are still some "ADOX PAN 25 120 -while stock lasts-" rolls on Fotoimpex website, so You might get lucky.

Ah well. Foiled again. I guess it is a good thing that I have a lot of Efke 25 on ice. Hopefully someone will decide to produce some more before I run out.

None the less, my film supply problems are very, very minor compared to all the people in Croatia who no longer have a job. I have been there before so I do hope that things work out for them.
 

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Though in this case it is about Fotokemika's paper production, not film.


"From the Freestyle "Industry Snapshot - August 2012", which arrived in my email this morning:

One bit of industry-product related news we need to report is the discontinuation of Fotokemika Emaks and Varycon black and white photographic papers by the manufacturer in Croatia. Efke brand films will continue to be produced for the foreseeable future but paper production from this factory will cease. This is due to the coating machinery no longer being economically repairable due to age and current manufacturing volume. While this is sad news, we are continuing dialog with the Fotokemika factory and working with them to acquire as much of Emaks and Varycon paper that they have left to keep this product in stock as long as possible."


 

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You need to read the thread as that's already out of date news.

Ian
 

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Correct Ian, in the States we got that info from Freestyle, however, some locals in Europe, such as Darko and Mirko from Adox have sadly confirmed that this is paper and film.

I think the Freestyle memo is much out of date sadly
 

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Interesting!

Have you guys been prospecting on how the small niche market that still exist will be affected by the latest Kodak news? Maybe this would result in a potential increase in market share for you guys?
 

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Interesting!

Have you guys been prospecting on how the small niche market that still exist will be affected by the latest Kodak news? Maybe this would result in a potential increase in market share for you guys?

Why? Is Kodak going out of business?

Even if they did, it would be too late to save EKFE products.

PE
 

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let forget about repair for now. what price increase should be done to leave film and papers as per current sales volume?
 

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According to Mirko, any increase in the price of paper and film results in a reduction of demand. I expect he knows what he is talking about.
 
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According to Mirko, any increase in the price of paper and film results in a reduction of demand. I expect he knows what he is talking about.

I hope he knows what he's talking about. But I claim the Fotokemika paper line is way underpriced here in the US at least, at least comparing it to other paper mfgrs pricing.
 

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understand, but i wish to see some numbers not only words.
 

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A year ago, some photo buddies and I talked about how Fotokemika might be affected by the fact that Croatia will be granted full membership in European Union in July 1st 2013.
Some said its for good, others said the other way around since there are additional (EU related) bureaucratic burdens that might be facing businesses from new EU member..

Darko, what do You think?
 

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I think this is not connected with entering in European Union at all. Next year when Croatia enters EU - it will be good for companies in Croatia that are doing business with EU, only those companies that have business with Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia and other CEFTA members will have problems when Croatia enters EU - because automatically by entering EU Croatia is no longer member of CEFTA. Fotokemika did not export anything in CEFTA area.
 
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