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End of the Forte



Forte made more than 150 million Forint deficit in 
2006. The new owners (from the 2005 liquidation) 
gave up. 

(Forint is the Hungarian money,1$ ~= 195 Forint)  

The work will stop about the end of February, all 
150 workers become unemployed...

Forte was founded in1922 as a subsidiary 
photopaper factory of the English Kodak in Vác, 
Hungary. (http://www.forte-
photo.net/e/history.htm)

They had some hopes after closing other producers 
(Agfa, etc.) about the better selling possibilities, but 
the market was fulfilled with the reminders of the 
products of the closed factorys. Forte cannot to wait 
to the end of the overfilling period because it need 
about 300 million Forint new capital for this, but 
there is no new investor.

Bálint Flesch
Hungary, Budapest