page_title: Ilford Photo
section_title: Ilford Ltd
hierarchical_section_title: Ilford Photo / History / Ilford Ltd
caption_attribution_description: English: Box of 35mm Ilford film - expired: September 1957
context_page_description: Ilford Photo is a UK manufacturer of photographic materials known worldwide for its black-and-white film and papers and chemicals, and its range of Ilfochrome and Ilfocolor colour printing materials, before these were discontinued. Ilfochrome was formerly called Cibachrome, developed in partnership with the Swiss company CIBA-Geigy. Formerly, it published the Ilford Manual of Photography, a comprehensive manual of everything photographic, including the optics, physics and chemistry of photography, along with recipes for many developers.
context_section_description: In 1902, it took the name of the town to become Ilford Limited, despite the objections of the local council. Production of roll films commenced in 1912 and the Mobberley (Rajar) factory was acquired in 1928.
  On 1959 ICI acquired a majority share holding in Ilford. In 1963 Ciba AG, Switzerland, who had bought Lumiere, France the preceding year, and who already owned Swiss photographic coating company Tellko, begin to acquire shares in ILFORD as part of a commercial co-operation between Ciba and ILFORD to develop Ciba's dye-bleach print material (for making prints directly from colour transparencies). Originally called Cilchrome ('Cil' derived from the names Ciba, ILFORD and Lumière) the eventual product name was Cibachrome.
  Ciba built a new plant in Marly, Switzerland to coat Cibachrome (renamed ILFOCHROME in 1992 after Ciba withdrew use of their name). The old Tellko factory nearby in the centre of Fribourg was used as the finishing department. 
  In 1969 Ciba acquire all ICI shares in ILFORD to become sole owner of ILFORD Limited. A year later Ciba merges with JR Geigy to become Ciba-Geigy.
  In 1983, their UK headquarters was moved to Mobberley, Cheshire. In 1989, Ciba-Geigy sell Ilford to USA-based International Paper company, also owners of graphic arts materials manufacturer Anitec. The two companies were merged in 1990 to become Ilford Anitec. In 1996, the sales and administration offices were also moved from London to Mobberley.
caption: Box of 35mm Ilford film – expired: September 1957
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