ILFORD Photo : Factory Tour October 2008

Dear All,

I am pleased to confirm Friday October 3rd as our 2008 Tour Date :

Numbers will be limited to 50 on a first come / first served basis : Priority will be given to those who have not visited us before, we hope you agree that this is fair : If you are booking please state if you visited before :

Timing will be 9.30am to 4.30pm

We will tour : Emulsion Making / R & D Coating Machine / M14 Coating Machine / Film Finishing / Paper Finishing as well as a presentation on
the business by the our Marketing Director Howard Hopwood, and our Chairman and Managing Director Dr.Phil Harris is planning to join us for lunch which will be provided for you. As a first, and in addition, we are going to see if we can demonstrate our glass coating section ( in the light ) which I guess is pretty rare also our new in-house monochrome processing and printing unit.

Please contact dianne.gray@harmantechnology.com to reserve your place:

For those travelling from overseas we are 20 mins from Manchester Airport and about 45 mins from Liverpool Airport both airports have significant numbers of low cost carriers : For those visiting the North West of England for the first time and making a weekend of it Liverpool is 2008 European Capital Of Culture with fantastic events, ehibitions etc we are 20 minutes from the English Peak District and One and a half hours from the English Lake District.

We hope you enjoy this event:

Simon ILFORD Photo / HARMAN technology Limited :

In reply to a couple of PM's

No charge will be made, its free and we will provide lunch :

We will take bookings, however many up to the max, from 1st time attendees, if less than 50 then repeat visitors will be put on the list in the order that they booked, first come first served :

Please ensure that if you have to cancel for whatever reason that you e.mail us so as your place can be re-assigned.

Thanks

Simon ILFORD Photo / HARMAN technology Limited :

I'm really looking forward to this visit.

I'll probably spend the day after up in the Lake District as well, and I'm happy to give a couple of people a lift up there if anyone visiting from overseas wants a look around.

Geoff

Simon R Galley said:

As a first, and in addition, we are going to see if we can demonstrate our glass coating section ( in the light ) which I guess is pretty rare

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Hi Simon - I'd like to hear more about the glass coating. Is this glass negs or some other product?

We coat various emulsions on glass for scientific applications, such as mass spectometry :

Simon.

Simon, I have e-mailed Dianne to book my place

This is very kind of Ilford to allow us a visit

As a long time user of Ilford film & paper I am fascinated to see how you make your wonderful products

Many thanks

Martin

Have sent my email, as a second time visitor in a way I hope there is no room for me but I will be very envious if I cannot go.

Regards Paul.

Request sent; looking forward to it....

I'm just hoping I get asked to visit our head office in Vienna around that time, and then I would be able to come.

That's great news...sounds a fascinating day.
Have emailed to book for myself (K R Cope) and partner, both first-timers and keen B&W photographers....hope this will be be O.K.

Yep! I've sent in my request. I'm looking forward to it and to meeting some fellow Apuggers. Hopefully see you there!

I've sent my request in too

Och ma email's bin sent :munch:

Simon, any chance that you might put a video tour on your website? I suspect that there are thousands of people who would love to take your tour, but live too far away for it to be practical. I think it would be good for Ilford.

I booked my place with Diane, I could not make it in June, but I'll be available in October and looking forward to it.
Thank you for organizing.

Best

Dear Charles,

Good idea...I will check out the practicality

Simon ILFORD photo / HARMAN technology Limited

Simon R Galley said:

Dear Charles,

Good idea...I will check out the practicality

Simon ILFORD photo / HARMAN technology Limited

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I guess the issue is how much you want to invest in it. I would even be interested in seeing a cheap and crappy video tour, if that's all that's practical.

So I am pondering flying all the way across the pond to see this. My wife's not trying to talk me out of it, even.

Dear All,

We have 15 places left for first time visitors, I am putting on a deadline to book of close of business ( 5.45pm ) on Friday 6th June, after that we will contact the 2nd timers ( in the order they reserved ) to confirm remaining places.

Simon : ILFORD Photo / HARMAN technology Limited

Hiya,

Should I have had a reply to my request?

No every new visitor is on the tour

Simon. ILFORD Photo / HARMAN technology Limited

Sounds very interesting, wish I wasn't so far away or I'd be there!

Hi there,

Will those who have places be contacted by Ilford to confirm their place. I've not heard anything back after emailing.

Dear Geoff

Yes they will

Simon ILFORD Photo / HARMAN technology Limited :

Simon R Galley said:

Dear Geoff

Yes they will

Simon ILFORD Photo / HARMAN technology Limited :

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Thankyou Simon, I was wondering the same as Geoff. I live in hope.
Regards Paul.