Category:Bolex

Bolex International SA
15 Route de Lausanne
CH - 1400 Yverdon-les-Bains
Switzerland

Short history:

• The company Paillard bought Bolex in 1934/35. As a result a later Bolex-products are labeled "Paillard-Bolex" until the company got renamed to "Bolex International SA" in 1970.
• Until approx. 1970: all Bolex-products have been designed and produced by Bolex in Switzerland.
• Approx. 1970: Bolex and Eumig merged their research-teams and all "Bolex"-Super8-products now got produced by Eumig and hence are labeled "Made in Austria". (The 16mm-products haven't been affected by these contracts.)
• Approx. 1974: Some of the "Bolex" products show up with "Made in Japan"-stickers. According to the Bolex Collector they've been made by Chinon. From now on you'll also encouter some "Bolex"-products that are "Made in USA" (most likely made by B&H) or "Made in Italy" (guess: made by Silma?).

Remarks:

• Bolex can still service Bolex and Eumig cameras / projectors
• Some additional manuals can be found at apecity.
• Link to a French list of Bolex-super8-cameras (PDF).
• Link to an Italian list of Bolex-made cameras
• The Bolex Collector has got some usefull information as well