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Is it too soon to be thinking down the road to other Agfa papers you might eventually bring to market?
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ofcourse not !
We can discuss almost anything but our time is booked until about this time next year with the MCC/MCP and the films. Any additional project couldnŽt start before this date and ofcourse will only be looked into if the other projects have been economically succesfull.
We have already considered Portriga Rapid as a fixed grade paper in order to round up the product portfolio. But these papers beeing discontinued before the ecologists went totaly crazy, contained (..not-noticeable amounts of..) mercury and cadmium. Both mercury and cadmium may not be used anymore (even if you can proof that you take less than the average amount beeing present in the environment anyways) and no one knows if the subtitutes will produe a paper as nice as the old one was because these substances are actually affecting the crystal build up. The old formulations are also based on active gelatins. Active gelatins do not exist anymore and the modern inert types usually cause a decrease in speed which needs to be compensated by a separate sensitization. So even if we start on original equipment with original formulations the paper coming out of this will be a somewhat different one.
I guess if there is enough interest form you guys we can possibly look into this in a way like this: WeŽll play with the formulations for a while and update them to a modern standard with parameters which we would consider ideal. Then we coat a few samples and send them out to former users of the old type. After this it would depend on your vote if the paper is worth beeing made.
Best regards,
Mirko
Just so there is no confusion. The above apllies only to the remake of ancient products which have been discontinued for many years. The above does not refer to the MCC project or the film project.
