Arista EDU 400 now made in USA?

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I don't know if this is old news but I see that the 24-exp rolls of Arista EDU 400 are now NAFTA qualified and made in USA according to B&H. The 36-exp rolls are still from Czech Republic. I ordered 15 rolls so will soon see what it is. Am I safe to assume it is re-badged Kodak?
 
Call Freestyle Photo if you want to find out. I trust the folks at B&H about as far as I could throw them. The people at Freestyle are the best in the business.
 
ptpdprinter said:
Unless you know of another US 35mm film manufacturer.
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Interestingly there really is one ;). At least a film manufacturer, but not for 35mm photo film.
It is Carestream in Colorado, the former healthcare division of Kodak. They are producing X-ray films (like Fujifilm, Agfa and Foma).
They are also producing the RA-4 silver-halide papers for Kodak Alaris, since Kodak Alaris has shut down their own paper factory in Harrow, England.
 
dourbalistar said:
Fujifilm has a manufacturing facility in South Carolina, but I don't think they produce photographic film there:
https://www.fujifilmusa.com/about/corporate_profile/fujifilm_companies/manufacturing/about/
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They are producing single use cameras there. The film is probably shipped from Japan (but in 2001 a complete new film factory was opened there according the the history on the Fujifilm page).
They are definitely producing silver-halide RA-4 photo paper there. Fujifilm as market leader has three paper factories: Japan, Netherlands (Tilburg) and this in South Carolina.
 
Or it is still Fomapan 400 and BHPhoto, because they are sourcing the film from Freestyle, is advertising it as a USA made film.
 
@pioneer - there was no duty charged when I paid for it so it can't be fomapan even if it was sourced from Freestyle.
 
pismo923 said:
I don't know if this is old news but I see that the 24-exp rolls of Arista EDU 400 are now NAFTA qualified and made in USA according to B&H. The 36-exp rolls are still from Czech Republic. I ordered 15 rolls so will soon see what it is. Am I safe to assume it is re-badged Kodak?
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Kristina Loughery at Freestyle is curious where you found this information on B&H Photo.

According to Kristina all of the Arista EDU Ultra branded films are still produced in the Czech Republic.
 
@pioneer - I saw it on BH site. Only the 24 exp arista EDU 400 says NAFTA Qualified. All other Arista regardless of format does not mention NAFTA. I thought it strange so called BH and they said country of origin was USA
 
I have before me 3 rolls of Arista EDU 400 , received last week from B&H , each film roll clearly states made in the Czech republic . These are 120 film. Peter
 
pismo923 said:
@pioneer - I saw it on BH site. Only the 24 exp arista EDU 400 says NAFTA Qualified. All other Arista regardless of format does not mention NAFTA. I thought it strange so called BH and they said country of origin was USA
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Since Arista EDU Ultra is a Freestyle brand I contacted them directly. They say all this film, regardless of whether it is 135-24, 135-36, 120, 4x5, 5x7 or 8x10 is manufactured in the Czech Republic, same as always.

Are you certain that what you read wasn't referring to the Arista Premium brand?

The Arista Premium film used to be branded and sold by Freestyle but was in fact Kodak Tri-X (if it was ISO 400) or Kodak Plus X (if it was ISO 100.) This film is no longer being sold though there could possibly be a few rolls left in someone's refrigerator.
 
dourbalistar said:
Unless I missed it, I didn't see a "NAFTA Qualified" designation anywhere on the page. Maybe that message only appears for non-USA viewers?
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Well, I'm in Central Europe, and I can also see no «NAFTA anything». Perhaps they've meant «NATO qualified»? ;)

Unlike my peaceful country, the Czech Republic is a NATO member ...
 
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