The Société Lumière succeeded the Société Antoine Lumière et ses fils, then Société Anonyme des Plaques et Papiers Photographiques Antoine Lumière et ses Fils.

It was an important company in the French global photography industry.

It was founded in 1884 in Lyon and managed successively by Antoine Lumière, his sons Auguste and Louis Lumière (the Lumière brothers), his grandson Henri Lumière, and subsequently his heirs.

In 1928, the company was renamed Société Lumière and until 1970 produced sensitive surfaces and chemicals for photocomposition and medical radiography film for photo and cinema industries.

Head office 82 rue de Rivoli in Paris, factories in Lyon, Joinville-le-Pont and Feyzin.

Became Ilford-France in 1982.