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FOTON Warsaw Photochemistry Plant

FOTON Warsaw Photochemistry Plant - Warsaw photochemical plants, based in Wola, ul. Wolska 45. These plants took over the tradition of pre-war "FOTON" plant by Piotr Lebiedziński and photo production department "FOTO" of the factory "J. Franaszek S.A. ".

History

The beginnings of the photochemical industry in Warsaw are connected with Piotr Lebiedziński, who in 1888 started producing photosensitive materials. In 1936 brothers Jerzy and Kazimierz Franaszkowie, owners of paper and colored paper factory "J. Franaszek S.A. "started building a branch at Wolska street, which produces photo papers and negative films.

Production was maintained despite the outbreak of World War II and during the Nazi occupation the factory did not go under the German management. At the factory, there were papers with watermarks for resistance.

In 1943 Jerzy Franaszek died, and on August 5, 1944 during the slaughter of Wola SS troops murdered Kazimierz Franaszk with his family, workers and people seeking refuge on the factory premises. Factory buildings were destroyed during the Warsaw uprising; photochemical devices were dismantled and deported to Germany.

After the war factory "J. Franaszek S.A. "was originally rebuilt and nationalized in 1949, giving it the name of FOTON Warsaw Photochemistry Plant. The plants specialized in the production of membranes and photographic reagents, mainly for medical radiology under their own brand FOTON - the specialty of the factory were halogen-based light-sensitive materials on transparent substrate (unlike twin factories in Bydgoszcz, which were produced on paper substrate). FOTON also produced other technical films (for use in printing and cartography) as well as black and white films and films for amateur and professional photography. In the 1960s, the factory covered 75% of domestic demand for films.

In 1969, a contract was signed with the English company Ilford Ltd to purchase technology and equipment for the production of medical x-ray film for manual and machine treatment in a 3.5-minute cycle and high-quality black and white films and films for amateur and professional photography. Based on licensing know-how, a modern production line, consisting of a new emulsion product installation, a new overhead and dryer unit with a throughput rate of up to 30 mb / min (more than four times faster than the previous one) and a modernized assembly department were added

Production started on the new production line in the first quarter of 1979. The production capacity of this line doubled the national demand for X-ray film twice, and FOTON was practically the only supplier of medical X-ray films to the Polish health care industry by 1990. After the political changes in Poland in the 1990s, the factory limited its production and after 2000 factory buildings changed their destiny.
Since 1994, some FOTON buildings have been designated for AlmaMer College. The academic year 2015/2016 was the last year of the university.

More Foton:
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Description

FOTON Warsaw Photochemistry Plant

FOTON Warsaw Photochemistry Plant - Warsaw photochemical plants, based in Wola, ul. Wolska 45. These plants took over the tradition of pre-war "FOTON" plant by Piotr Lebiedziński and photo production department "FOTO" of the factory "J. Franaszek S.A. ".

History

The beginnings of the photochemical industry in Warsaw are connected with Piotr Lebiedziński, who in 1888 started producing photosensitive materials. In 1936 brothers Jerzy and Kazimierz Franaszkowie, owners of paper and colored paper factory "J. Franaszek S.A. "started building a branch at Wolska street, which produces photo papers and negative films.

Production was maintained despite the outbreak of World War II and during the Nazi occupation the factory did not go under the German management. At the factory, there were papers with watermarks for resistance.

In 1943 Jerzy Franaszek died, and on August 5, 1944 during the slaughter of Wola SS troops murdered Kazimierz Franaszk with his family, workers and people seeking refuge on the factory premises. Factory buildings were destroyed during the Warsaw uprising; photochemical devices were dismantled and deported to Germany.

After the war factory "J. Franaszek S.A. "was originally rebuilt and nationalized in 1949, giving it the name of FOTON Warsaw Photochemistry Plant. The plants specialized in the production of membranes and photographic reagents, mainly for medical radiology under their own brand FOTON - the specialty of the factory were halogen-based light-sensitive materials on transparent substrate (unlike twin factories in Bydgoszcz, which were produced on paper substrate). FOTON also produced other technical films (for use in printing and cartography) as well as black and white films and films for amateur and professional photography. In the 1960s, the factory covered 75% of domestic demand for films.

In 1969, a contract was signed with the English company Ilford Ltd to purchase technology and equipment for the production of medical x-ray film for manual and machine treatment in a 3.5-minute cycle and high-quality black and white films and films for amateur and professional photography. Based on licensing know-how, a modern production line, consisting of a new emulsion product installation, a new overhead and dryer unit with a throughput rate of up to 30 mb / min (more than four times faster than the previous one) and a modernized assembly department were added

Production started on the new production line in the first quarter of 1979. The production capacity of this line doubled the national demand for X-ray film twice, and FOTON was practically the only supplier of medical X-ray films to the Polish health care industry by 1990. After the political changes in Poland in the 1990s, the factory limited its production and after 2000 factory buildings changed their destiny.
Since 1994, some FOTON buildings have been designated for AlmaMer College. The academic year 2015/2016 was the last year of the university.

More Foton:
lantret.deviantart.com/gallery…