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Hans Porst, founded in 1919 in Nuremberg, Germany, was a German distributor and retailer of many brands of cameras.  Porst often had cameras relabeled with their marketing label - Porst - or the acronym '[[HAPO]]', for HAns POrst.  By 1996, the Porst AG chain of retail camera stores was Germany's largest photographic retailer, and in that year was purchased by a Belgian investment group.  In 2001, ownership was transferred to Pixelnet, and the company became insolvent in 2002.
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Hans Porst, founded in 1919 in Nuremberg, Germany, was a German distributor and retailer of many brands of cameras.  Porst often had cameras relabeled with their marketing label - Porst - or the acronym '[[HAPO]]', for HAns POrst.  By 1996, the Porst AG chain of retail camera stores was Germany's largest photographic retailer, and in that year was purchased by a Belgian investment group.  In 2001, ownership was transferred to Pixelnet, and after a period of insolvency, rights to the brand Photo Porst were sold to the German group Ringfoto in 2002.

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Hans Porst, founded in 1919 in Nuremberg, Germany, was a German distributor and retailer of many brands of cameras. Porst often had cameras relabeled with their marketing label - Porst - or the acronym 'HAPO', for HAns POrst. By 1996, the Porst AG chain of retail camera stores was Germany's largest photographic retailer, and in that year was purchased by a Belgian investment group. In 2001, ownership was transferred to Pixelnet, and after a period of insolvency, rights to the brand Photo Porst were sold to the German group Ringfoto in 2002.