Ilford Photo

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Ilford Photo
Type	Limited
Founded	1879
Headquarters	Knutsford, Cheshire
Industry	Photography
Products	film, paper, chemicals
Website	www.ilfordphoto.com

Ilford Photo is a maker of photographic films, paper, and chemicals, which was founded in 1879 by Alfred Hugh Harman as Britannia Works. Initially making photographic plates, it grew to occupy a large site in the centre of Ilford. In 1902 it took the name of the town to become Ilford Limited, despite the objections of the local council^[1]. Ilford came to worldwide attention for its black-and-white films and papers, as well as its range of Ilfochrome and Ilfocolor colour printing materials. Ilfochrome was formerly called Cibachrome, developed in partnership with Swiss company CIBA-Geigy. Formerly, it published the Ilford Manual Of Photography, a comprehensive manual of everything photographic, including the optics, physics and chemistry of photography, along with recipes for many developers.

In 1983, their UK headquarters was moved to Mobberley, Cheshire. In 1989, Ilford was acquired by the USA-based International Paper company, also owners of graphic arts materials manufacturer Anitec. The two companies were merged in 1990 to become Ilford Anitec. In 1996, the sales and admin offices were also moved from London to Mobberley. In 2004 the company went into receivership. The UK site was subject to a management buyout, which resulted in the formation of Harman technology Ltd in February 2005. The company, now traded as Ilford Photo, produces high quality monochrome photographic products. The Swiss part of the company was bought by the Oji Paper Company of Japan in July 2005. It produces inkjet products under the name Ilford Imaging Switzerland GmbH.

Contents 1 Products 1.1 Film 1.2 Film developers 1.3 Specialist products 1.4 Paper 1.5 Paper developers 1.6 Fixers and other chemicals 2 See also 3 References 4 External links

[edit] Products

[edit] Film Some Ilford black-and-white films Pan F plus 50 FP4 plus 125 HP5 plus 400 Delta 100, 400, and 3200* XP2 Super 400 SFX 200 (discontinued) Delta 3200 is actually rated at ISO 1000/31°, but has a very wide exposure latitude. It can be successfully push processed to EI 3200 or even higher. [edit] Film developers Ilford ID-11 Ilfosol S Ilfotec DD, DD-X, HC, LC 29, and RT Rapid Microphen Perceptol Phenisol [edit] Specialist products Surveillance film Traffic surveillance film Nuclear emulsions Ortho copy plus Q plates Process control

[edit] Paper Ilfospeed RC Deluxe Ilfospeed RC Digital Ilfobrom Galerie FB Multigrade IV RC Deluxe Multigrade IV RC Portfolio Multigrade RC Cooltone Multigrade RC Warmtone Multigrade RC Express Multigrade IV FB Multigrade FB Warmtone [edit] Paper developers Bromophen Harman developers Ilford 2150 XL and 2000 RT Multigrade developer PQ Universal [edit] Fixers and other chemicals Hypam fixer Ilford 2000 RT Fixer and Rapid Fixer Ilfostop Ilfotol wetting agent Ilford Washaid

[edit] See also

• Photographic film and List of photographic films
• Photographic paper
• Darkroom

[edit] References

1. ^ Ilford timeline. Ilford History and Chronology. Retrieved on 2006-12-07.

[edit] External links

• ILFORD photo
• ILFORD Imaging Switzerland GmbH