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"Keith Tapscott." wrote in message ... http://tinyurl.com/d44pm6 Thanks for the heads up. I was not aware that Harman acquired Kentmere. Too bad about that Art line of papers - that was the paper recommended for bromoil. And Harman also owns Ilford. hmmm...I see some kind of consolidation in papers down the road. |
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Kentmere Kentona.
Lawrence Akutagawa wrote:
Thanks for the heads up. I was not aware that Harman acquired Kentmere. Too bad about that Art line of papers - that was the paper recommended for bromoil. And Harman also owns Ilford. hmmm...I see some kind of consolidation in papers down the road. It depends upon how you look at it. Harman was, according to the marketing propaganda, the original name of Ilford. Or Ilford was the place, Harman was the person. Ilford decided to get out of the black and white and chemical photography business by "spinning off" as Harman. Financially it makes a lot of sense, Ilford can go on with it's other product lines and digital photographic products, Harman becomes a botique producer of film. In order to succeed Harman will have to charge more for its products and market them differently. As a separate company they can do that. Harmans purchase of Kentmere is IMHO a good thing. Yes the product lines will contract, but there will be more variety with one company than with two with a large overlap. Geoff. -- Geoffrey S. Mendelson, Jerusalem, Israel N3OWJ/4X1GM |
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Kentmere Kentona.
"Geoffrey S. Mendelson" wrote in message ... Lawrence Akutagawa wrote: Thanks for the heads up. I was not aware that Harman acquired Kentmere. Too bad about that Art line of papers - that was the paper recommended for bromoil. And Harman also owns Ilford. hmmm...I see some kind of consolidation in papers down the road. It depends upon how you look at it. Harman was, according to the marketing propaganda, the original name of Ilford. Or Ilford was the place, Harman was the person. Ilford decided to get out of the black and white and chemical photography business by "spinning off" as Harman. Financially it makes a lot of sense, Ilford can go on with it's other product lines and digital photographic products, Harman becomes a botique producer of film. In order to succeed Harman will have to charge more for its products and market them differently. As a separate company they can do that. Harmans purchase of Kentmere is IMHO a good thing. Yes the product lines will contract, but there will be more variety with one company than with two with a large overlap. Geoff. -- Geoffrey S. Mendelson, Jerusalem, Israel N3OWJ/4X1GM My impression is that Harmon is an investment company. In any case part of the merger with Kentmere is the loss of the last brand of printing out paper on the market. Kentmere's POP was marketed in the USA as Centenial POP. According to Ilford they can't make the stuff after moving the Kentmere line to Ilford. Kentmere sold paper under its own name but also made a lot of stuff on a custom basis for places like Freestyle. AFAIK Kentmere has either never made film or hasn't made it for a very long time. BTW, Ilford is a fairly large city in England and the company is named after it. I don't think Ilford photo products was ever called Harmon. -- -- Richard Knoppow Los Angeles, CA, USA |
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Richard Knoppow wrote:
BTW, Ilford is a fairly large city in England and the company is named after it. I don't think Ilford photo products was ever called Harmon. From: http://www.ilfordphoto.com/home.asp "ILFORD PHOTO has experienced a tumultuous history since its origins in 1879, with ownership of the company changing hands several times. The latest development was the acquisition in February 2005 of its black-and-white photographic business, premises and ILFORD PHOTO name from the receivers of the old ILFORD Imaging group by HARMAN technology Limited, a company created by former managers of the company and named after the founder of the ILFORD business, Alfred Harman." According to: http://www.ilford.org.uk/history.php Ilford (the place) is part of London since 1965. Geoff. -- Geoffrey S. Mendelson, Jerusalem, Israel N3OWJ/4X1GM |
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Kentmere Kentona.
"Geoffrey S. Mendelson" wrote in message ... Richard Knoppow wrote: BTW, Ilford is a fairly large city in England and the company is named after it. I don't think Ilford photo products was ever called Harmon. From: http://www.ilfordphoto.com/home.asp "ILFORD PHOTO has experienced a tumultuous history since its origins in 1879, with ownership of the company changing hands several times. The latest development was the acquisition in February 2005 of its black-and-white photographic business, premises and ILFORD PHOTO name from the receivers of the old ILFORD Imaging group by HARMAN technology Limited, a company created by former managers of the company and named after the founder of the ILFORD business, Alfred Harman." According to: http://www.ilford.org.uk/history.php Ilford (the place) is part of London since 1965. Geoff. -- Geoffrey S. Mendelson, Jerusalem, Israel N3OWJ/4X1GM I may have mis-read your original post. Did Harman call his company Harman or Ilford at first? -- -- Richard Knoppow Los Angeles, CA, USA |
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http://www.harmantechnology.com/dotnetnuke/ http://www.kentmere.co.uk/main/kentmere.htm The Kentmere Art papers were discontinued long before Harman Technology acquired Kentmere. POP paper has been discontinued due to health and safety issues according to the report and it is considered unethical to subcontract them to third-party companies with lower health and safety standards else where in the world. The Kentona paper has been discontinued due to coating problems with the new coating machines at Ilford. The interesting news is the addition of three new papers to the Kentmere FINEPRINT variable-contrast range which are due out soon. The Ilford plant was originally in Ilford, England and later moved to Basildon, England. The current products are made at Mobberley in the county of Cheshire. Ilford Photo is run by the managers who successfully took over the company when it went into administration and they are also enthusiastic B&W photographers themselves. Ilford run tours of their manufacturing site each year so watch out for announcements of this on the apug site by Simon Galley. Last edited by Keith Tapscott. : March 21st 09 at 08:14 PM. |
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Geoffrey S. Mendelson wrote:
It depends upon how you look at it. Harman was, according to the marketing propaganda, the original name of Ilford. Or Ilford was the place, Harman was the person. I was sort of wrong, I found a site with the history of Ilford: http://www.photomemorabilia.co.uk/Il...hronology.html In 1879, Alfred Hugh Harman begins making Gelatine Dry Plates in the basement of his house in Cranbrook Road, Ilford, Essex. His business was named 'Britannia Works'. So Ilford was the place, Harman was the person and Britannia Works was the company. Geoff. -- Geoffrey S. Mendelson, Jerusalem, Israel N3OWJ/4X1GM |
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