[rollei_list] Re: APX 400 is back!
- From: Sanders McNew <sanders@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 17 Jun 2010 08:48:25 -0400
Marc, Adox is the manufacturer of Efke films as well --
they are the same company. Adox bought key equipment
(e.g., confectioning kettles) and IP from the Agfa liquidation,
and hired key Agfa engineers who knew the details of how
Agfa had manufactured its films and papers, and has since
been in the process of recreating them. Their first efforts
went to the recreation of the papers and now MCC 111
lives again, the only perceptible difference being a very
slightly whiter paper surface, and slightly more of a color
shift in selenium.
They are now working on the films, and have coated a
run of APX 400. APX 100 is also on the way, and Adox
has committed to making it in all formats from 135 to ULF.
By the way, they also bought the confectioning kettle and
other equipment that was used to make Forte Polywarmtone
and are aiming to bring that paper back to market in the
near future.
>
> Date: Thu, 17 Jun 2010 00:33:31 -0400
> From: Marc James Small <marcsmall@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: [rollei_list] Re: APX 400 is back!
>
> At 12:08 AM 6/17/2010, Sanders McNew wrote:
>> This just in, from ADOX Berlin:
>>
>> http://www.apug.org/forums/forum249/78063-apx-400-a.html#post1013938
>>
>> Their relaunch of Agfa MCC 111 (as Adox MCC 110) was
>> a spectacular success, so I suspect they will do as well in
>> their efforts to relaunch the Agfa film lines.
>
> Sanders
>
> I am too distracted right now to look this up,
> but what possible connection does this Berlin
> firm have with Dr Schleussner's firm from the
> 1950's? I suspect this is just another example
> of brand theft. The REAL Adox formulations are
> still being produced by EFKE in Croatia, incidentally.
>
> Marc
>
>
> msmall@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> Cha robh bàs fir gun ghràs fir!
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