sentences:  The films and data storage division was spun off from 3M in 1996 becoming Imation.In 1999, Ferrania was acquired by Schroder Ventures and subsequently sold on to Gruppo Messina (Ignazio Messina & Co. S.p.A) in 2000, as Ferrania Imaging Technology with film being sold again under the Ferrania brand.However photographic film manufacture ended in 2009.