{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2018}} {{Use Indian English|date=August 2018}} '''Hindustan Photo Films Manufacturing Company Limited (HPF)''' was an Indian-based public sector manufacturer of photographic films, cine films, X-ray films, graphic arts films, photographic paper, and chemistry. It was incorporated in 1960<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Hindustan Photo Films Company Profile {{!}} Management and Employees List |url=https://www.datanyze.com/companies/hindustan-photo-films/346779722 |access-date=2022-08-31 |website=Datanyze |language=en}}</ref> It is based at Udhagamandalam, a hill station in Tamil Nadu. Their photographic films were sold under the name "Indu", which means "silver" in Sanskrit (silver halides are used in film).
Hindustan Photo Films Ltd, which employed over 714 employees as of 31 March 2012, was declared bankrupt by the Board for Industrial and Financial Reconstruction in 1996. In March 2013, a Rs 181 crore VRS package for employees of the ailing PSU Hindustan Photo Films based on notional pay scales of 2007. Its losses have mounted, from Rs 2,132,950,000,000 in 2014–15 to Rs 2,885,750,000,000 in 2016–17.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://dpe.gov.in/sites/default/files/E1Statement6L_1.xls |title=STATEMENT 6: CPSE WISE NET PROFIT / LOSS(-) OF 'TAKEN OVER' SICK CPSEs |format=xls |website=dpe.gov.in}}</ref> After the decision of the Madras High Court in August 2016, the company was wound up and is undergoing liquidation.<ref name=":0" />
==References== {{reflist}} * {{cite news |url=http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/govt-setsball-rollinghindustan-photo-films039-revival/469245/ |title=Govt sets the ball rolling on Hindustan Photo Films' revival |author=BS Reporter |date=2012-03-28 |work=Business Standard |publisher= Business Standard Ltd (BSL) |access-date=25 August 2012}} * {{cite news |url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Coimbatore/govt-approves-vrs-for-employees-of-hindustan-photo-films/article5736535.ece |title=Govt approves VRS for employees of Hindustan Photo Films |author=PTI |date=2014-02-28 |work=The Hindu |access-date=3 March 2014}} * {{cite web |url=http://hpf-india.com/aboutus.html |title=Hindustan Photo Films Mfg. Co. Ltd. |author=HPF |work=Hindustan Photo Films Mfg. Co. Ltd. website |publisher=Hindustan Photo Films Mfg. Co. Ltd. |access-date=25 August 2012}} Closure notices have been pasted on the entrance gates of the iconic Hindustan Photo Films Manufacturing Company Limited (HPF) in Udhagamandalam, which at one point in its history employed more than 5,000 workers.
Category:Photographic film manufacturers Category:Photography companies of India Category:Companies based in Tamil Nadu Category:Chemical companies established in 1960 Category:Culture of Ooty Category:1960 establishments in Madras State
{{India-company-stub}} {{photo-stub}} thumb|Headquarters of Hindustan Photo Films in Udhagamandalam