Polychrome Corporation, a brainchild of Mr. Halpern, is now a major part of Kodak Co. and continues to live on. But the small company spirit died on Jan 1. 1998 when the company became a part of DIC-Kodak joint venture. This blog is dedicated to the memory of those who proudly call themselves "Polychromer". ..... Ken Shimazu shimazukenichi@gmail.com
Tuesday, December 21, 2021
Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year 2022
I wish all my Polychrome friends a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year 2022. As of this writing I am in Tokyo and am worried about my relatives living in New York. Unlike in Tokyo right now where there are only a few infected by Corona, I hear there is a big wave of new variant spreading in the US> We see in TV news a big number of infected in Great Britain as well. I hope all of you are wearing mask and observing a good social distancing when you are out as this seems to be the big difference between Japan and elsewhee.
I hope also we see a return of the happy corona-less time so that we can enjoy meeting each other again.
Hal Pilcher who now lives in Germeny sent me the following greetings I would like to share with you. Thank you Hal for your greetings
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A MERRY CHRISTMAS & A HAPPY NEW YEAR IN GOOD HEALTH
Hal,
my very best personal greetings, a great TAHNKY YOU for all your work you have
for us, we - as Polychromers
P.S.: Sorry for my late respons, asap I will write you more when public stress gets poorer.
Please Ken, do not forget to mention the Great job they have done Van Linden, as
leading manager * Günther Aurich ( ü = ue ) boss of sale * Herr Ing. Richter boss of
engeneering and production All of of a sudden we saw us at the fair ground in Milano IT
at the booth of LASTRA I sold pos.plates under my private label, into Austria Van
Linden and Gunther Aurich importet Lastra plates into German. !!! the company AUFA gmbH
was found by Aurich and Feistl, both are needed tobe honored. Aurich am pretty sure
lives in Hamburg,GER but it is impossible for to find him since 25 Jears. A friend of mine
was shortly in Hamburg also checked in the yellow pages without any result. "To my dear
budy Günther if you read this lines possibly, bitte nehme Kontakt auf zu Mr. Ken Ici Shimazu.
Have my next letter to you in mind siceseveral weeks, is still not written so far.
Very best greetings, Hal
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