Orwo planning return to colour production

[Henning Serger]

easy their , I was sumarizing the history page from ORWOnet. there are quite a few other spin-off firms - like chemicals, like filomtec that are not mentioned by ORWOnet. WE can't just say that the entire AGFA-Wolfen enterprise was totally blown away. without understanding what parts of it ended up "inspiring" current companies.

Charles, I assume you want to know which spin-off companies were founded with "direct roots" in the former big ORWO factory (and which continued with more or less film related products). Besides FilmoTec that are especially:
- IPI GmbH Island Polymer Industries (specialist for TAC film base for photo films):
https://www.islandpolymer.com/
- MABA Spezialmaschinen GmbH (machines for film production):
https://www.maba-spezialmaschinen.de/leistungen-produkte.html
- ORGANICA Feinchemie GmbH Wolfen (raw chemicals):
https://www.organica.de/
- FEW Chemicals GmbH (raw chemicals):
https://www.few.de/unternehmen/
- Folienwerk Wolfen (PET specialist):
https://www.folienwerk-wolfen.de/de/

Best regards,
Henning

 

[cmacd123]

thank you. I have added a copy of that list to my reference list.

 

[mohmad khatab]

What is the importance of placing these companies in your reference list?
Are you thinking of forming a photographic empire?
Brother, we are simple people. Our money and the money of these gigantic institutions.

 

[Henning Serger]

Our money and the money of these gigantic institutions.

Sorry, but that is completely wrong. Because the companies we are talking about here are definitely not "gigantic institutions". Not at all!
That are small to middle sized companies with very hard working employees.

Best regards,
Henning

 

[cmacd123]

and Mohmad Khatab, many of the folks who post here seem to be under the impression that when ORWO shut down, that it is "sleeping" and the Filotec is the result of it opening one eye. what is left is small bits and pieces - but still occupiing niches in the overall photo sector. for example, one gets the idea that https://www.islandpolymer.com/tac-for-photographic-purposes islikly the "supplier in Germany" that makes the base for almost any brand of film you might buy. they say that they make base for "color Motion Picture camera film in daylight or tungsten" and the only company still making that film product, shut down their film base production line a couple of years ago.

 

[AgX]

Even if all former plants of Orwo still would exist including all knowledgable people and even if they were still be able to produce the necessary materials, there still would be the factor of economics concerning colour film.

 

[mohmad khatab]

Everything is possible in this life.
Sometimes, the logic itself is without logic.
Sometimes I sit with myself and allow my imagination to let it swim freely.

I find my imagination goes far, far away.
In 1955, if you had told anyone that humans were going to ascend to the moon, he would accuse you of insanity.
Global demand is increasing at an unprecedented rate.
- If the case is related to money and finance, well, it is okay.
We raise our hands to pray to God, in order for He to send help.
Tomorrow, one of the Arab princes may become a fan of analog photography, the scene will change completely.
He can easily finance any company whatever the costs.
- The Arab princes are financing space projects and financing the 2022 World Cup, and for the first time in history, the football stadium will be fully air-conditioned.
- They financed football clubs in the English Premier League whose players could not find their day, and today they have become a registered brand.
They finance a company that built a submersible electric car that didn't even have a headquarters.
Everything in the universe is possible ,, there is no impossible.
Companies that closed two years ago can come back to life again ... Why not ,,
Imagination swims away, and with imagination everything is possible.

 

[MamiyaBronica]

Let's not compare the progress of science and to a few people's desire to bring back what is at best, a throw-back, polluting 1990s (at the latest) technology.

If you really want to use the space/moon thing as a benchmark, remember how horrifically wrong Challenger went - and that happened after we'd been to space and the moon.

What would a new colour film do for you if the company making it couldn't keep their prices low enough for you to buy it?