Ferrania - Gevaert - Tensi

Ferrania is an italian firm, located at the town of Ferrania in Italy.

The firm was founded in 1915 under the name FILM ( Fabbrica Italiana Lamine Milano ) and in 1927 the company breaks into the photography market (film and paper) and sets up several complete lines in various formats, from the Leica 24x36 to the 6x9 format and flat film.

In 1938 the firm name was changed to FERRANIA.

The firm is still on the market today and produces photographic papers for computer prints.

-Ferrania paper before 1945 ( of course very often seen on photos from the mediterranean theatre )

The belgian firm Gevaert Photo-Producten N.V. was a leading belgian firm of photographical papers and liquids until the fusion with Agfa in 1964.

 ( Ridax is the paper sort) before 1945