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Despite its German name, Adox Fotowerke, Inc. is a Canadian company, inspired by the history and values of the original German Adox company of the last century.
The Schleussner family's photographic business was always family-owned, and never achieved the size of a Kodak or an Agfa. But they innovated steadily, creating a stream of new technologies. The family held (and still has) leadership in medical diagnostics and industrial coating. They created a stir in the photographic world with a completely new, high-sharpness, thin-emulsion film which went on the market in 1952, the legendary Adox KB17. The new film was a significant advance, and marked a turning point in photographic science. Today, the Bluefire® brand products you see on these pages are engineered and brought to market in the same spirit of ground-breaking innovation that animated the original company. They are Canadian products sold worldwide through dealers, distributors, and Internet retailers. Due to potential trademark confusion, the company's Bluefire brand products are presently sold worldwide without the Adox name and logo. Adox Fotowerke, Inc. is a body corporate registered in the Province of Alberta. The name "Adox" and the Adox logo are trademarks in Canada of Adox Fotowerke, Inc. The company's mailing address is: Adox Fotowerke, Inc. e-Mail should be addressed to
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The original German company, Adox Fotowerke Dr. C. Schleussner
GMBH of Frankfurt am Main, was the world's first photographic materials manufacturer. Dr. Carl
Schleussner did pioneering work on the wet-colloidon process during the early
years of
photography, and formed his
manufacturing company in 1860. Working with the physicist Roentgen, discoverer
of x-rays, Dr. Schleussner invented the first
x-ray plate.