They also are the UK distributors for Paterson darkroom equipment - all of which is a significant difference from the old, defunct, Ilford Imaging.Ī few years later the former employees who incorporated Harman Technology Ltd. That includes Harman branded inkjet paper. also markets other products that don't bear the Ilford or Kentmere brand names. That had the additional benefit of not requiring that they dilute their policy of not selling Ilford branded film for rebranding. They then subsequently bought the Kentmere brand (and moribund facilities, which were closed) which gave them the opportunity to both sell budget products under the Kentmere brand and to make those products available to the re-branders. One of the changes instituted at that time was a policy change - stop diluting the Ilford brand by selling product that bore the Ilford brand to re-branders. to buy those assets and run the new 'Ilford Photo', which is a trading name that didn't exist before. They used a brand new corporation incorporated by them - Harman Technology Ltd.

That was during the time when all film companies were in freefall, as the market was collapsing.Ī very small portion of the former UK employees of that entity bought up many of its assets, including the right to use the name 'Ilford' on some products, and resurrected a portion of its business. At the end, they were doing things like allowing re-branding of their film to people like Arista. That entity went through numerous structural and ownership changes - including non-UK ownership - before it collapsed in 2005. Don_ih is referencing a corporation that literally doesn't exist anymore - the bankrupt and dissolved Ilford Imaging Ltd.

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