Editing ORWO (section)

====Privatisation and Breakup====
Following [[German reunification]] in 1990 the holding company was [[Privatization|privatised]] as ORWO AG with Folienwerk Wolfen GmbH an early spin off. The [[Treuhandanstalt|Treuhand]] liquidated the company in 1994 and film production ceased. Attempts were made to revive the company and in 1995, Berlin-based photo merchant Heinrich Mandermann joined ORWO, and on April 1, 1996, ORWO films were put back on the market. However, they were no longer produced locally, merely assembled from products from other manufacturers such as [[List of discontinued photographic films|Forte]] and [[Ilford]]. Due to the owners illness the company was again insolvent in 1997.

A number of separate successor companies emerged from the remnants of the former industrial behemoth, all suppliers to the optical, electrical and film industries: <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.chemiepark.de/1/der-chemiepark/firmen-am-standort/|title=The Chemical Park – Companies at the location|last=|first=|date=|website=|publisher=Chemical Park Bitterfeld-Wolfen|access-date=2016-10-27}}</ref>
* ''Folienwerk Wolfen GmbH'' founded 1991, PET films for packaging, printing, medical and industrial uses.
* ''Organica Feinchemie GmbH Wolfen'', founded in 1995, organic fine chemistry.
* ''FEW Chemicals GmbH'', founded 1997, speciality and fine chemistry.
* ''Island Polymer Industries GmbH'', founded 1998, Triacetate Cellulose (TAC) film production using former ORWO Wolfen facility, for photographic ([[film base]]) and optical markets, largest cast film manufacturer in Europe.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.islandpolymer.com/about/|title=About us|last=|first=|date=|website=www.islandpolymer.com|publisher=Island Polymer Industries|access-date=2021-11-07}}</ref>
* ''ORWO FilmoTec GmbH'', founded 1998, Cine films and related technical films.
* ''ORWO Net AG'', founded 1999, Digital photo supplies, photofinishing.


The ORWO Net GmbH retained the rights to the ORWO trademark for a variety of photographic products.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.rainer-karlsch.de/50-jahre-orwo|title=50 Jahre Orwo|website=Wirtschaftshistoriker Rainer Karlsch|language=de|access-date=2019-01-22|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190122195943/http://www.rainer-karlsch.de/50-jahre-orwo|archive-date=2019-01-22|url-status=dead}}</ref>