Svema
Sign in to saveSvema () was a major Soviet-era state-owned manufacturer of photographic film, magnetic tapes and cassettes, based in Shostka, Sumy Oblast, Ukraine. The manufacturing was started in 1931, at the time, in Ukrainian SSR, USSR. Svema had a registered trade mark and formerly was referred as "NPO Svema" of the Shostka Chemical Plant.
Key facts
- Company.industry
- Photography
- Company.name
- Svema
- Company.location
- Shostka, Ukraine
- Company.foundation
- 1931
- Company.products
- Photographic film, Photochemistry
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- enterprise
- Country
- Ukraine
- Headquarters
- Shostka
- Industry
- photography
- Legal form
- open joint-stock company
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- Commons category
- Svema
- dissolved, abolished or demolished date
- 2000-00-00
- inception
- 1931-00-00
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- WikiProject Ukraine
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Encyclopedic overview
6 sectionsContents
- History
- Color photographic films
- Tape
- Black-and-white photographic films
- See also
- References
Svema () was a major Soviet-era state-owned manufacturer of photographic film, magnetic tapes and cassettes, based in Shostka, Sumy Oblast, Ukraine. The manufacturing was started in 1931, at the time, in Ukrainian SSR, USSR. Svema had a registered trade mark and formerly was referred as "NPO Svema" of the Shostka Chemical Plant.
They made black-and-white photographic film, photographic paper, B&W motion picture film until 2010s, colour photographic and motion picture film until 1995 and magnetic tapes until 2014. Svema products were known among enthusiasts as an easy and study product for beginners in home film development and printing.
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