Profile - Adox Fotowerke of Berlin, Germany

Adox is a film manufacturer that caters to film enthusiasts and artists. They plan to be around for the years to come with a complete line of B&W films, papers and chemistry, and even an experimental colour film called Implosion, designed for the look of 70s film. Lets take a brief look at where the company came from and what the it has to offer.
Adox is a brand that has been around since 1860, founded by Dr. C.  Schleussner. By 1956, they introduced a colour film and soon after a colour reversal film. Adox cameras were manufactured from the 1920s to the 1960s. Adox produced a full line of papers, films and cameras in Germany.
Eventually, the company was sold to Agfa, then production ceased when Agfa closed down its consumer film line. In 2005, the brand was revived and the Agfa MCP, MCC, APX (Silvermax) films and the entire Agfa B&W chemical line were revived.
Today, a small micro-factory brings us Adox films, papers and chemistry. There is a research lab used to formulate emulsions, sensitization dyes and prepare coatings. A sample preparation area has machines for preparing film samples by hand.
A production area has an Agfa precipitation machine that can prepare any emulsion in 35 liter batches, a coater, a film sheeter for sheet film, a master roll slitter for roll film, 35mm and 120 spooling machines and a 35mm film perforating machine [YouTube] that is accurate to cinema film specifications. The room is absent any visible light in production, but is instead lit with IR light. Workers wear goggles to ``see'' in the room.
It is worthwhile to list their B&W films as an example of the breadth Adox has. The Adox SilverMax film is a high silver content film with a clear base that offers both negative and positive (slide) options for processing. This film is available in 35mm and Super8 format.
Adox CHS 100 Type II is a classic emulsion film with two emulsions in one layer, giving a wide exposure latitude.
Adox claims that CMS 20 II developed in ADOTECH II developer has an up to 800 lp/mm of resolution at ISO 20(!). With a good enough lens, Adox claims the equivalent of 500 megapixels resolution from 35mm film! Handheld shots are possible in daylight with a sufficiently open lens, preferably an f/1.4 lens stopped down one or two stops. The developer is expensive though, at US$26 for enough to develop 6 rolls. Fans of the former Kodak TechPan may want to try this film.
See this 90MP scan of CMS 20 II depicting a Porsche [Adox], processed with Scala reversal process, that demonstrates what the film is capable of.
Similarly, the company offers traditional B&W papers and inkjet papers, a full line of chemistry including developers, stop baths, fixer and toners. Of special note, is a B&W paper that the company is working on, Polywarmtone. This is a resurrection of the Forte Polywarmtone paper, with warm blacks and a potential for lith processing. This paper will be formulated to print identically to the original Polywarmtone paper, but have greater choice of gradations.
With this depth and breadth in product line, they will be around for a while.
ADOX - Lets make film!