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AMPLIS FOTO TO OFFER ADDITIONAL KENTMERE PHOTOGRAPHIC PRODUCTS - CANADA
30th April 2009
AMPLIS FOTO TO OFFER ADDITIONAL KENTMERE PHOTOGRAPHIC PRODUCTS
Manufacturers of KENTMERE analogue products, HARMAN technology Limited, strengthens partnership with Canadian distributor
As part of its commitment to supporting analog photography even in today’s digital age, leading photo-imaging company HARMAN technology Limited is to offer a number of additional films to the Canadian market. In a move that strengthens its partnership with Canada’s leading distributor of photographic supplies, the British-based manufacturer has confirmed it will soon sell a number of completely new KENTMERE PHOTOGRAPHIC films through AMPLIS FOTO.
With a 20-year track record of meeting the needs of advanced amateurs, professional photographers, videographers and the motion picture and television industry, AMPLIS FOTO already carries products from HARMAN’s two other brands – the ILFORD black and white range and the HARMAN PHOTO range of professional quality, inkjet media. It has also stocked KENTMERE PHOTOGRAPHIC products since 2006, a year before HARMAN technology acquired the brand.
The films, which will be available from AMPLIS from mid-May, are a brand new 100 and 400 ASA 35mm films both offered in 24 exp, 36 exp and 100' bulk rolls. These new products will complement the existing KENTMERE PHOTOGRAPHIC range carried by AMPLIS, which includes: VC SELECT, a medium weight, variable contrast RC paper (available in Gloss and Lustre surfaces); FINEPRINT VC, a double weight fiber base variable contrast paper (available in 3 surfaces - Gloss, Finegrain and Finegrain Warmtone); and double weight fiber base gloss BROMIDE papers (available in grades 2, 3 & 4). All these products can be processed using ILFORD chemicals and enjoy particular popularity in the photo-education market due to their consistent quality and competitive prices.
The decision by HARMAN to sell the new films in the Canadian market also ties to the manufacturer’s original plans for the KENTMERE brand. After acquiring KENTMERE in 2007, it was always HARMAN’s intention to use its greater size and infrastructure to benefit this new addition to its business. As such, it has already used its expertise and advanced manufacturing technology to increase batch-to-batch consistency of the KENTMERE PHOTOGRAPHIC range. This latest development will contribute to improved worldwide product availability.
Speaking of the development, Steven Brierley, Director of Marketing at HARMAN technology, said: “HARMAN technology’s mission is to the best – and if necessary, the last - in black and white and offering the new KENTMERE PHOTOGRAHIC films to analog photographers in Canada is a natural part of this. Using AMPLIS to distribute these products also made complete sense. Not only do they enjoy an established infrastructure, a reputation for exceptional service and an extensive nationwide reach, but we already benefit from an established and proven partnership.”
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IMAGES & CAPTIONS:
Kentmere Range.jpg – New choices. HARMAN technology to offer analog photographers across Canada access to new products from the KENTMERE PHOTOGRPAHIC B&W range.
For more information on this story, please contact Wayne Mohammed at Manifest Communications on
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NOTES TO EDITORS –
HARMAN technology Limited is a pioneering imaging specialist based in Mobberley, Cheshire. The company - which was born of the ILFORD formed by Alfred Harman in 1879 - now includes three, separate and well known brands: ILFORD PHOTO which manufactures traditional monochrome photographic products; HARMAN PHOTO which produces a range of high-end inkjet media for both colour and monochrome prints; and KENTMERE PHOTOGRAPHIC who produce a range of photography and inkjet papers, including K.Opaljet.
The ILFORD range of inkjet products, including ‘ILFORD Galerie’, is not associated with HARMAN technology in any way, and is actually manufactured and marketed by a separate business based in Switzerland.
For more information on HARMAN technology and its brands, visit:
www.harmantechnology.com // www.harman-inkjet.com // www.ilfordphoto.com // www.kentmere.co.uk
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