Europafilm was an influential

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film company established in 1929 by

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and Gustaf Scheutz. The office was located at Kungsgatan in central Stockholm, while the film studio was located in

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, Bromma, northwest of Stockholm city. It was acquired by Bonnier in 1984 and merged with

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in 1985. It was best known for the films starring

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. Aside from its film activities Europafilm also manufactured electroforming equipment for the vinyl record manufacturing industry. This division was later sold to the now defunct Alpha Toolex AB of Sundyberg, Sweden manufacturers of vinyl record pressing machinery. Both Europafilm plating equipment and Alpha Toolex pressing equipment is still considered to be the finest engineered equipment in their respective categories.

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