I'm not sure I'm following you here; when you say, "ATR is taking over Quantegy reel tape business", I assume that you are referring to market share, insofar as (existing) manufacturing facilities for the two are quite distinct from one another, with Quantegy being located in Alabama and ATR being in Pennsylvania. I believe that ATR is using at least some of what was once BASF and AGFA's manufacturing equipment.
As far as the future of the Quantegy name and trademark, I haven't heard anything further on that yet. Perhaps you can shed some light if you have more information. (But keep it brief, I wouldn't want to go too long on this off-topic discussion!!!!) ;)
Mark B.,
aka MSB
----- Original Message -----
From: "gino wong" <wonggster@...>
To: "marksblitz" <marksblitz@...>
Cc: <Mellotronists@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Thursday, January 25, 2007 10:29 AM
Subject: Re: [Mellotronists] Magnetic Tape Products: Two items
> Turns out that ATR is taking over Quantegy reel tape business, of
> which there is a lot. Both 3M and Ampex shut down their tape units
> because profits are not increasing, not because they are unprofitable.
> As long as they make this unstable tape, new tape has to be used
> instead of old tape reused. Long term bulk purchases go bad on the
> shelf. If ATR had any sense, the would license the Emitape formula
> and put that in their Quantegy boxes so they would have tape that is
> as good as their machines.
>
> On 1/25/07, marksblitz <marksblitz@...> wrote:
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>> Group:
>> I (thought I had) posted this item to the group yesterday, but it
>> made it neither to my inbox nor do I see it in the message archive at
>> Yahoo Groups; so unless it's so way-off topic that Don doesn't want
>> it, I'm going to try and get it up again.
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>> Wait a minute, that didn't sound right.....
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>> First there was this:
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>> For those of you who still do your own recording, and haven't yet
>> heard "the news":
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>> Quantegy Discontinues Magnetic Tape Products
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>> http://prosoundnews.com/articles/article_4958.shtml
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>> Then today, this:
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>> ATR Magnetics, Now The Only US-Based Tape Manufacturer, Ready To Roll:
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>> http://prosoundnews.com/articles/article_4966.shtml
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>> I suspect at least one or two of us will find this of some
>> relevance....
>>
>> Mark B.,
>> aka MSB
>>