Ilford aquires Kentmere

[Bryce]

According to Ilford's website, it just bought out Kentmere.
Sounds like it will be business as usual for Kentmere product users, but I can't help wondering what might happen to the papers and such that are most similar to Ilford's line.
Anyway, just thought I'd share.
http://www.ilfordphoto.com/pressroom/article.asp?n=87

 

[Bryce]

And I misspelled the title....

 

[zuikologist]

It may just be a case of improved economies of scale and distribution. Good luck to both brands.

 

[Bryce]

Zuikologist-
Hopefully that is all that is going on. If so, we really can expect more stbility in the market and not less.
As an interesting side note, I was reading over on APUG that there is a new line of Kentmere chemicals for sale at Freestyle. These products don't show up on Kentmere's website and are made in the U.S. I can't help wondering how these events relate to one another.