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| Company type | private company |
|---|---|
| Industry | Chemicals, manufacturing |
| Founded | 1913[citation needed] |
| Headquarters | Cairo Montenotte (SV) , |
| Products | Film |
| Website | FILM Ferrania |
FILM Ferrania s.r.l. is a photographic film manufacturing company located in Ferrania (Liguria), Italy. Ferrania was founded in 1923 as a maker of photographic film, papers, and photographic equipment, including cameras. The company was purchased in 1964 by the 3M company to become Ferrania 3M,[1] until it was spun off in 1996 to 3M's Imation division. In 1999,[1] Ferrania was acquired by Schroder Ventures and then spun off as a separate company. Subsequently, it was acquired by a Genoese shipping company, Gruppo Messina (Ignazio Messina & Co. S.p.A.) who ceased photographic activities in 2009.
The company was re-founded in 2013 as FILM Ferrania to build a new film manufacturing base using a small portion of the historic campus.
- ^ a b "The 3M Era. (Yes, "THAT" 3M) – A Brief History of Ferrania, Part 2: 1964-2012". filmferrania.it. FILM Ferrania. 2014-09-26. Archived from the original on 2014-09-28. Retrieved 2017-03-24.