Ilford Factory Tour report November 2013

[IanG]

Kentmere is still in business and expanded their packaging business which had already become the major part of their production after Ilford bought the coating side primarily for their inkjet products.

Ian

[Andrew O'Neill]

Link no worky

[Sal Santamaura]

...commitment to UK Plc...

It would be impossible to go further with the specifics of this "discussion" and not violate the rules against politics. Suffice it to say that anyone familiar with the history of these exchanges would probably be very surprised about how much Pete and I agree on fundamentals. It appears I'm just more willing to accept the realities of how our world has ended up in terms of silver halide product suppliers and don't want to jeopardize what's left. In my opinion, if Ilford disappears, it won't be replaced.

For those outside the UK, a search reveals that "Plc" refers to publicly traded companies.

a strong belief in...the allied work force...

Searching isn't so straightforward in this case. As best I can determine, "the allied work force" is a corporation providing temporary workers. Is that what you meant?

[IanG]

Commitment to a UK PLC is every American photographers choice buy Kodak Alaris or Ilford films and we Brits profit either way (and you pay less for the privileged) as both are British owned companies Plus we make materials for the Japanese as well.

A side note about Kentmere they have actually expanded their core packaging business after Ilford bought their coating side which in reality was little more than their product range & customer base.

Ian

[Harley Goldman]

Nice tour write-up. Thanks for posting it.

I am a big fan of Delta 100.

[Roger Thoms]

I enjoyed it too, thanks.

Roger

[angusparker]

Thank you for a great trip report.