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ILFORD Imaging Switzerland GmbH manufacturer paper and film for the digital imaging market. The Company produce the well known Ilfochrome and Ilfocolor brands for the colour market along with the world renowned GALERIE inkjet paper range among it products. Experience is paramount and ILFORD has used its extensive knowledge to fine-tune its core competencies and excels in complex dye development, innovative media manufacturing and highly intricate multi-layer coating technology. ILFORD is one of the only companies in the world to offer integrated research and development initiatives for dyes, inks and coated media and is able to offer solution for producing outstanding photographic images.

History
During the early 1960s ILFORD and Swiss company Ciba collaborate to produce Cibachrome, since renamed Ilfochrome, a dye-bleach print material for making prints directly from colour transparencies. In 1966 Ciba and ICI purchased remaining available shares in the ILFORD company and by 1969 Ciba has sole ownership and has facilities based in the UK, Switzerland and France. During 1983 all the facilities from the UK site at Basildon in Essex were relocated to Mobberley, Cheshire and the site was closed down. In 1989, Ciba-Geigy sells Ilford Limited to International Paper based in the United States and in August 2004 the Company announces that it is going into receivership. The UK interest was subject to a Management buy-out while the Swiss company was sold to Oji Paper Company of Japan and continued trading as Ilford Imaging Switzerland GmbH, producing high quality digital inkjet media, without interruption. In 2010 Paradigm Global Partners LLP buy the Swiss Company from Oji Paper. A UK company formed as Harman technology Limited, based at the Mobberley site trade as Ilford Photo under licence to ILFORD Imaging Switzerland, producing monochrome photographic products.

Inkjet Photo Paper

 * GALERIE
 * GALERIE Smooth Papers
 * GALERIE Graphic Media
 * Inkjet Photo Paper Range
 * OMNIJET Wide Format Media

Color Media

 * ILFOCHROME
 * ILFOCOLOR
 * MICROGRAPHICS
 * ILFOCHROME 3D