ORIGINAL WOLFEN

A global group of companies with a particular focus on film and entertainment. Founded on a proud 116 year old technological and manufacturing tradition.

ABOUT

ORWO is a 114 year old company and brand. Founded in Wolfen, in 1909; as an off-shoot of the AGFA film company.

ORWO develops and produces color and b/w films for cameras in the photographic and cinematic market in a century-old tradition.

In 1936, ORWO made the first ever modern colour film!

Constantly innovating, ORWO has formed a worldwide Family made up of Film Studios, Post Production facilities, Film Labs, and other companies involved in the development of new techniques in the cine-film sector. Numerous patents, innovation awards, and an entry in the Guinness Book of Records demonstrates our creativity and development power.

ORWO FAMILY

ANGSAR POWER

CINE CHEM PHOTO

FLIP ANIMATION

IC INVESTMENTS

THE WORLD ROCK AWARDS

CLIENTS

HISTORY

ORWO - ORIGINAL WOLFEN

In 1909 the Filmfabrik Wolfen was founded as part of the Aktien-Gesellschaftfür Anilin-Fabrikation (Agfa) and belonged to I.G. Farben from 1925. The Agfa Wolfen plant developed one of the first modern colour films, with incorporated color couplers, Agfacolor, in 1936, one year after Kodachrome (which was a color reversal stock).

During the last decade ORWO has become renown for its cutting-edge range of black and white film products which incorporates negative film for motion picture production, duplicating film, print film, sound recording film, and film leaders for the processing and distribution business.

ORWO continues to produce a wide range of film products on the site where motion picture film manufacture has been a tradition since 1910, and where continuing innovative development in film technology has been a feature of the ORWO brand since 1964 (when the ORWO trademark was established, patterned after ORiginal WOlfen).

Fast forward to today, the sleeping giant that is ORWO has truly been awoken!

LOVE OF RACE

The ORWO story is one of constant challenge and innovation

1953

First post WW2 German Rally

A multiple time winner of Rally races. ORWO was famous for supplying the race team with innovative materials for the windshields and chassis - giving them a technological advantage.

1975

German Formula 3

The passionate support for innovation, technical challenges and the race for perfection continued throughout the 70s, in Formula 3. ORWO was universally recognised as a pioneering force.

1983

Formula Easter

ORWO's twin passions of social responsibility and fast fast cars combined in the 80s. Formula Easter cars became famous throughout the world racing in the Peace and Friendship cup. The Formula Easters were known as the Eastern Bloc Formula Ones.