Digital BW, The Print

Harman say:

"HARMAN technology has been developing other aspects of business which 
take full advantage of the highly sophisticated plant at its 
headquarters in Mobberley, UK, including the development of HARMAN PHOTO 
inkjet media which was recently launched around the world and is 
receiving glowing reviews."

Although it only states "development" I think they probably mean that 
the Harman paper is coated at Mobberley, along with at least some of 
their conventional baryta/silver halide papers, probably using a very 
similar paper base and redundant equipment from their normal coating 
plant. I don't know where the base is made. But Harman is still in the 
manufacturing business, although part of the site was sold off for a 
housing estate, there is still a fairly substantial plant remaining - 
and I think about half the workforce that Ilford had there before they 
went bust.

I've read one of the fairly glowing reviews, but it failed to convince 
me that it would be likely to be a good alternative to the existing 
papers I use.

Ilford inkjet papers - very different proucts - are still in production 
by Oji at Marly, Switzerland. Mobberley used to make some inkjet 
products for the Swiss company, but I thought there was no longer any 
connection at all between the two companies.

Peter Marshall

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djon43 wrote:
> Hi Rick...wasn't me... Sinar001 mentioned Boston. 
>
> The way I read it, 1) NO "Ilford" appears to remain in the paper biz
> (maybe film and paper) 2) the Swiss factory is owned by Oji, a huge
> Japanese company 3)"Harman" is the buy out group's name for what
> appears to be a technical design, branding, and distribution company. 
>
> My guess is that Oji manufactures paper for Harman, which might be
> good news for everybody because Harman could also contract with 
> cheaper paper manufacturing/coating operations globally (such as in
> China or Eastern Europe), which would lower prices.
>
> If the "buy out" group played a role in Oji's purchase of the Swiss
> factory, it might have been as former Ilford executives facilitating
> the deal as front men. Their payoff might have been the "Harman" name
> and rights to technology (eg baryta) they created while still working
> for the late lamented Ilford. 
>
> Whew. That kind of thing was common in the US during the Reagan years,
> but junk bonds were used back then, whereas the Japanese would have
> used "carry trade" money, an entirely different game.
>
>
>
> --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, Rick Colson
> <colson@...> wrote:
>   
>> Hi John -
>>
>> You wrote:
>>
>> "Closed their Bingham, NY shipping & distribution, Closed their New
>>     
> Jersey
>   
>> office. New US headquarters is in the Boston area. Distribution is
>>     
> through a
>   
>> 3rd party now."
>>
>> Their September 2006 press release said that the headquarters was in NJ.
>> What makes you believe it to be in the Boston area? (I'm not saying
>>     
> you're
>   
>> wrong... I just couldn't find any evidence of that. Im an industry
>> consultant and if it's in Boston (my backyard) I'd like to know.)
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Rick
>>
>>     
>
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