Latest news about Fujifilm Is Out of Microfilm. Microfilm Isn’t Going Anywhere.
Evrex has your Fujifilm replacement film. For more than seventy years, Fujifilm was the name behind most of the archival microfilm sitting in the vaults of libraries, banks, hospitals, courthouses, and government agencies across North America. That era is over. Fujifilm has officially exited microfilm manufacturing, closing out final factory orders on December 26, 2025. No new Fujifilm microfilm will ever be produced again.
If your organization has relied on Fujifilm stock — HR-20, HR-21, FM-33,35mm Positive 35mm or any of the standard 16mm and 35mm formats — this isn’t a distant industry footnote. It’s a supply chain problem with a countdown clock already running.
What Actually Happened
Fujifilm’s decision didn’t happen overnight, but it also didn’t leave much runway. The announcement came in early 2025, giving distributors and end users less than a year to place final orders before the factory shut the line down for good. Since then, remaining Fujifilm inventory in the market has been exactly that — remaining. Finite. Aging. Once a distributor’s allocation is gone, there’s no factory to reorder from.
That’s the part people miss. This isn’t a temporary shortage or a pricing hiccup. It’s a permanent exit by the company that, for most of the last century, effectively was the microfilm industry in North America.
Why This Matters More Than It Might Seem
It would be easy to read “one manufacturer stopped making an old-fashioned film format” and shrug. But microfilm isn’t legacy technology in the way people assume — it’s still one of the only storage mediums with a genuinely proven multi-century lifespan, no dependency on file formats, software, or hardware that will be obsolete in a decade, and total immunity to hacking, ransomware, and electronic data loss. Digital records are fast and convenient, but they age out, get orphaned by format changes, and remain vulnerable to cyberattack in ways that a properly stored roll of silver-halide film simply is not.
That’s exactly why federal regulations, ISO archival standards, and institutional records-retention policies still point to microfilm as an accepted long-term preservation format. County recorders, state and federal agencies are not filming vital records onto microfilm out of nostalgia — they’re doing it because nothing else has matched its combination of longevity, legal admissibility, and independence from changing technology. Service bureaus are providing vital service of microfilming for both govt and businesses.
Fujifilm leaving the business doesn’t change any of that. It just means the organizations that depend on microfilm need a manufacturer who isn’t leaving too.
Evrex, Fujifilm replacement film and MGD
This is where the timing matters for anyone currently sourcing microfilm. Evrex holds exclusive North American distribution rights — across the United States, Canada, and Mexico — for Micrographics Data (MGD), a manufacturer that is actively producing archival microfilm today and has committed to staying in the business for the long haul.
Unlike distributors working through a fixed, shrinking pool of leftover Fujifilm stock, MGD film is in continuous production. That’s a meaningful distinction right now: buying discontinued inventory means buying a countdown, no matter how large the stockpile looks today. Working with a manufacturer that’s still running the line means your supply chain doesn’t have an expiration date.
For organizations planning their next microfilm order — or reassessing their long-term records strategy in light of Fujifilm’s exit — the question isn’t just “who has film in stock right now.” It’s “who will still be manufacturing it five and ten years from now.” Evrex, through MGD, is built to answer that question with a yes.
The Bottom Line
Fujifilm’s exit from microfilm manufacturing is a real disruption, and organizations that haven’t already secured a transition plan should treat it with urgency. But the underlying case for microfilm as the safest bet for long-term, vital-records storage hasn’t weakened at all. If anything, this moment is a reminder of why the manufacturer behind your film matters as much as the film itself.
Evrex is ready to help organizations transition off discontinued Fujifilm stock and onto a microfilm supply built to last — because at Evrex, we don’t see this as the end of an industry. We see it as the moment to make sure your records strategy is built on a foundation that isn’t going anywhere.
If you are interested in transitioning your microfilm supply chain. Please contact Evrex today to learn more about MGD archival microfilm and how we can support your long-term records preservation needs.
