What about Tura?

A few years ago, We could find films and Paper from Tura AG, Duren.

Today, we can't see them on the shelves. What happened?

Moreover, I know that first, ROllei R3 was made in cooperation with Tura. So what, now?

Anybody knows?

Aurelien said:

A few years ago, We could find films and Paper from Tura AG, Duren.

Today, we can't see them on the shelves. What happened?

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Tura (which did a lot of the white boxes of Agfa film and papers) went into liquidation.

I found that: http://www.photostar-germany.de/english/

Aurelien said:

I found that: http://www.photostar-germany.de/english/

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A few machines and some people moved. Photo Star is doing the packaging for Maco.

Aurelien said:

Moreover, I know that first, ROllei R3 was made in cooperation with Tura. So what, now?

Anybody knows?

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NO.

Rollei R3 is coated by Filmotec for Maco. Filmotec has nothing to do with Tura.

As Edward already indicated the Tura successor Photo Star is one of the companies that does converting for Maco.

Tura

Aurelien said:

A few years ago, We could find films and Paper from Tura AG, Duren.

Today, we can't see them on the shelves. What happened?

Moreover, I know that first, ROllei R3 was made in cooperation with Tura. So what, now?

Anybody knows?

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At the German forum http://vfdkv-forum.de/viewtopic.php?t=77 there are some background information to read, unfortunately all in German. May be you want to translate it into English (with Google) and present it to the APUG folks.

Regards
Wolf

Tura were bought by CPAC, based in Leicester NY, in the US, (well a controlling stake), something I couldn't understand at the time. Then with the collapse of Agfa the Tura company was left high and dry.

Ian

Ian Grant said:

Then with the collapse of Agfa the Tura company was left high and dry.

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But it collapsed soon afterwards too.

AgX said:

But it collapsed soon afterwards too.

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Well of course, it's source of film & paper disappeared. But the original owner had the last laugh because he effectively sold out just prior to Agfa and subsequently Tura's collapse.

Ian

In that posting Wolf linked to, Tura is called a quality coater making films which could face the competitors as well as papers having a first-class reputation. However with their machinery in need of a a costly upgrading it was decided to stop coating films and later also paper and instead buying masterrols froIm Agfa and restrict to converting and enabling Agfa to get indirectly access to some markets without risks. Being more flexible than Agfa was part of their success. The posting ends with a remark about Tura being the “inventor” PE paper.


As far as I am informed PE paper was an idea originating from the base paper industry. Who in vain addressed their idea to the major coaters. Whereas they rejected the idea Tura was daring to give it try. Short after that the major companies started too coating on PE paper.

The first resin coated (PE) paper I ever used, in the 1970's, was made by Tura. I only recently disposed of some unused remnents. Pity, I should have offered them on ebay as "highly collectible".

In the very early early 70's I used a Resin Coated (PE) paper that was ex-Government surplus, and its manufacture pre-dated the release of similar papers on the commercial market.

This early RC (PE) paper was cut from rolls, and available from AW Young, Marston & Heard, & Harringey Photographic Supplies. These three companies specialised in selling ex Military of Defence (UK) surplus and outdated film, paper, chemicals and equipment. The films & papers were all of manufactured in the UK.

Early RC (PE) papers were designed for rapid printing & processing of aerial images for military use.

Ian