Digital BW, The Print

Paul Roark wrote:
> Scott,
> 
> 
>>I thought Ilford wasan English company.
> 
> 
> I think Ilford acquired Ciba, which may have been what is now referred to as
> the Swiss part of Ilford, and the part that makes the coated inkjet papers.
> 
> Paul
> www.PaulRoark.com 

Paul, it was more the other way around. Ciba(-Geigy) acquired 
Ilford and later Ilford was split off again taking with it the 
Cibachrome/Ilfachrome part that was situated in Switzerland. Ciba 
is a much larger international chemical group than Ilford ever 
was, the farmaceutical group Novartis is related to it. My guess 
is that the Swiss part kept close relations with Ciba and used 
their inkjet technology for the Ilford dye and pigment inks + 
paper coatings. The Swiss - inkjet part of Ilford is also the 
healthy part of Ilford, the English part was more in the analogue 
film and paper business and at something like chapter 11. Ilford 
is a NE area of London.

Ciba Specialty Chemicals,  search through textile inks to digital 
inks

http://www.cibasc.com/pf/Default.asp?ind=04&sind=27

If you ever intend to mix more than liters you better phone them.


There's a huge coating company in Switzerland that may be part of 
Sihl but at least Sihl get their papers coated their. Rumour had 
it that Hahnemuhle also had their papers coated there. So it 
doesn't have to be Ilford in Swiss that makes the paper discussed.

Ernst