Digital BW, The Print

Here is what I know:
Italy and France facilities are closed. England got rid of 375 people. 
Switzerland (digital products) no change. US distribution facility will 
remain open and ship as product comes in from England. US sales force 
down to three, east coast, mid-west, and west coast reps only survived. 
Powder chemicals and graded b&w papers will fizzle out. Service 
division (SERCO) is history. All service will most likely be through 
CalGraph (no decision on this yet).

So bottom line is they are alive but product availability will be 
slower then normal.

We (as dealers)are still getting in all orders, just a little bit 
slower.

Mark

On Sep 27, 2004, at 10:07 AM, Andre wrote:

> --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "B. Campbell"
>  <bellis60@v...> wrote:
>  > 2) The health of a business that directly services this group's 
> base is
>  > definitely of interest and relevant.� The current Ilford situation
>  > points up the dangers of ignoring such information.
>  >
>  Could some members doing business with Ilford share with us what they
>  see as this company's future business model. Is it as bad as what is
>  implied above ?
>
>  Has Ilford reached a dead-end or will it continue to mfg/distribute
>  films and related products ?
>
>  Andre Moreau
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