Hindustan Photo Films launches new product for printing industry

The public sector Hindustan Photo Films Mfg. Ltd. has launched a new product, Red Scanner Film, a basic raw material for the printing industry.

Dr Satyanarayan Dash, Secretary, Department of Heavy Industry, handed over a roll of the film to its first customer here today.

According to an official press release, the film, designed and developed by Hindustan Photo Films, is sensitive to Red and Far Red region of the colour spectrum and gives excellent image quality, good sharpness and high practical density.

The product has special features of high processing speed, compatible to rapid access developers and fixers. The product has wider applications in silkscreen printing, textile printing, offset printing, ceramic industry, hospitals using X-ray films, it said.

Dr Dash commended the role being played by the company in providing the products of use to the common man at affordable prices inspite of tough competition from foreign manufacturers.

Mr P Jagdeeswaran, Chairman and Managing Director of HPFML, and other senior officials were amongst those present.

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