You can add Hong Kong, here you can easily find plastic mount, glass mount
but seems not paper mount. I have the mounts from Reflecta, ROWI, Diaspeed
and Gepe, they are made in Germany and Holland.
C.H.Ling
----- Original Message -----
From: "Arnab Banerjee" <arnab.mail@xxxxxxxxx>
>
> Thank you all.
>
> Combined information suggests that plastic mounts are available in UK,
> US, Australia, Germany. Seems like a strange Indian phenomenon then. I
> guess that mostly pros used slides around these parts. Now as most of
> them shifted to digital, the market does not find it viable to cater
> to the remaining few. Hence the vanishing act.
> Funny thing is I cannot find any Indian manufacturer for plastic slide
> mounts either. The last box I bought here was Reflecta, made in EU.
>
> Simon has made me a great offer. If I can arrange for the shipping,
> his stock will tide me over while I continue my search.
>
> I have also asked a friend who is in China, to look for mounts there.
> It seems like he had great difficulty in making them understand what
> is a slide, let alone a slide mount. One person who seems to have got
> the idea gave a response "Hmmm, it is very historic….".
>
> Cheers.
>
> Warm regards to all.
> Arnab.
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