06 Jul Coating machine Winding stand upgrade
The new and larger winding stands were delivered today. This enables us to coat up to 4.000m2 per one run and allows for direct rewinding which is optimizing the workflow. ...
Building a new photo factory 2017/18/19
12 Apr Progress in March and April
In March and April we did not keep our hands inside our pockets as well. The electricians brought us lights in the new chemical production and connected the new machines. Because of increasing difficulties in finding plumbers we had to connect the wastewater pipes by ourselves and cleaned the entire area thouroughly. We ran the first...
25 Feb The last part of the road
Today we closed the last missing part of the road around the new factory. ...
31 Jan Setting up of the chemical production
Due to ongoing market consolidations on the side of chemical suppliers in recent years, we started a while ago to manufacture small lots of photochemistry entirely in our facilities. Medium sized batches were temporarily produced in our dispersion kettles in Switzerland. With the finishing of the new building we now have space to move all chemical...
06 Dec Around the back
In the last weeks we have been building around the backside of the new building. Parking spaces have been built, a rainwaterdraining basin and further waste water piping. Inside of the building we have moved tons of machines and materials, and installed electrical, pressurized air, photowater and water piping. ...
09 Nov Entrance, reversing track loop
Finally the concrete is arriving. You can´t imagine how frustrating it is if you have a new building but can´t put anything in! For 7 months the world ended with a bent metal piece below the main gate because there was a 10 inch gap and Brandenburg´s sand below. No forklift, no palette lifter and no...
19 Sep Street, Wastewater Pipes and Tiles
In the last months we have mainly worked in the outer areas. The wastewater pipes have been conected and along the train tracks a wall was built to create room for the required parking places. Inside the tiles in the chemical production and coating room have been fitted. Today the old NVA bunker residuals were crushed...
05 Jul First works on the coater
We started working on the coater and web. After 10 years of sleep the Agfa technology was woken up and adopted. Later we will merge her with Ilford´s Swiss technololy. The dry construction guys (actually a girl) finished the walls of the melting and coating control room. Once the dust has cleared we can continue on...
24 Jun Floor pavement, tiles and electric
In May and June the floor pavement was put in place and covered with tiles. In between the dry construction workers finished the walls and the electricians mounted the fuse cabinets. They then mounted cable trays throughout the old building to connect them to the main power supply. In the main hall the LED lamps...
17 Apr Walking floors for the coating alley, melting room, doors
In March and April works continued as planned. The coating alley now has the walking floors, the coolhouse doors are mounted and the melting room is being installed. [caption id="attachment_6716" align="aligncenter" width="4032"] Wall elements for the tiles in the chemical preparation[/caption] [caption id="attachment_6717" align="aligncenter" width="3956"] Walking floors inside the coating alley. The "soccer field" in the foreground...