Editing ORWO (section)

=== Seal 1818 GmbH ===
In 2020 FilmoTec was brought under common ownership with film coating company [[InovisCoat]], based in Monheim am Rhein, Germany to offer products for the film industry under the traditional ORWO brand, both companies sharing AGFA heritage.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.northchannelbank.de/en/presse/aktuelles-pressemeldungen/north-channel-bank-provides-financing-for-acquisition-of-film-material-producers-inoviscoat-and-filmotec/|title=North Channel Bank Provides Financing for Acquisition of Film Material Producers InovisCoat and FilmoTec|last=|first=|date=2020-08-25|website=www.northchannelbank.de|publisher=|access-date=2021-10-24}}</ref>
In particular, for the first time since the liquidation of ORWO AG in 1994, the new ownership structure with Filmotec and InovisCoat (together with a number of other companies) reunites the ORWO films, their intellectual property, formulas, and research and development, with access to film manufacturing capability.

InovisCoat was founded by former employees of the consumer film division of Agfa-Gevaert, with its film coating plant based at Leverkusen, Germany which was spun off into a new company Agfa-Photo in 2004. The company (Agfa-Photo GmbH) folded a year later in 2005, although a separate holding company still retains the license rights to the Agfa-Photo brand. InovisCoat brought together technical expertise in film emulsions and coating with acquisition of one of the former Leverkusen wide coating machines for film production, and a smaller narrow coating machine for testing, relocated to new premises in Monnheim on Rhein, the new smaller scale facility capable of multilayer film coating for both photographic and other applications. It manufactures coated films for a number of companies including [[Polaroid B.V.]], Adox, Bergger, Lomography and ORWO Filmotec. The company was subsequently split into two parts in 2012: InovisProject owning the assets which was acquired by its major customer Polaroid B.V; and InovisCoat Photo, later renamed back to InovisCoat, having access to the equipment, but owning no assets.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.inoviscoat.de/en/company/history/|title=history|last=|first=|date=|website=www.inoviscoat.de|publisher=|access-date=2021-10-24}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://silvergrainclassics.com/en/2023/11/state_of_photochemical_industry_in_2023/|title=history|last=|first=|date=|website=www.silvergrainclassics.com|publisher=|access-date=2024-11-01}}</ref>

The companies being brought together under the ORWO name (the holding company Seal 1818 GmbH, FilmoTec GmbH and InovisCoat GmbH) underwent an organised restructure in 2022, to enable the introduction of new working practices and products. It was originally proposed to launch new products under the ORWO name and Logo, this was replaced by "Original Wolfen", as ORWO Net GmbH still holds all brand rights.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.orwo.wtf/blog/orwo-managed-financial-restructuring-plans-agreed-by-courts-and-dates|title=ORWO managed Financial Restructuring Plans Agreed by Courts and Dates Released for New Film Stocks |last=|first=|date=|website=www.orwo.wtf|publisher=|access-date=2022-02-12}}</ref>

Filmotec announced the introduction of two new films to the market in 2022, a new black & white film for still camera use 'NP100' and a new colour cine film stock 'NC500' using ECN-2 development process, which would provide cinematographers with an alternative to the Kodak Vision3 colour camera stocks.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://kosmofoto.com/2022/02/orwo-confirms-two-new-films-are-being-released-in-2022/|title=ORWO confirms two new films are being released in 2022|last=|first=|date=|website=kosmofoto.com|publisher=|access-date=2022-02-12}}</ref>