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National Film Preservation Products, Inc. (NFPPI) was founded by Mr. Michael Viggiani. Its flagship product is the Breathable Storage Technology (BST) Canister, a film storage container designed to extend the life of motion picture film originals and dramatically reduce the associated storage costs of your organization .

Mr. Viggiani is Facilities Director at the renowned George Eastman House International Museum of Photography and Film in Rochester, N.Y. George Eastman House is a world leader in film preservation. Mr. Viggiani designed what is considered to be one of the finest film storage vaults in the world. Completed in 1995 and expanded in 1999, the George Eastman House’s Louis B. Mayer Conservation Center

The facility boasts 12 explosion–proof vaults and a sterile holding room. This fully computer–controlled facility is designed to keep film at the optimum temperature and humidity for film longevity. Additionally, the facility automates and monitors the proper air changes, to meet or exceed the National Film Preservation Association (NFPA) climate control guidelines. Every system in the vault is computerized and has automated backup. The facility designed by Mr. Viggiani also boasts a high-tech security system which protects the building and its contents.

 

Within this nitrate storage film vault designed by Mr. Viggiani, is the world’s largest collection of silent films as well as many important classics. Mr. Viggiani is a member of the NFPA Technical Committee on Hazardous Chemicals.

 

The patented technology found in the BST Canister grew out of Mr. Viggiani’s ongoing analysis of film preservation techniques. The trapped gases in the micro-environment of the metal shipping cans were not making it out into the near perfect macro-environment of the climate controlled vault. Mr. Viggiani’s ventilated canister, utilizing chemically inert, outward directional filtration, has strengthened this “weak link” in the film preservation practice.

 

This ventilated canister has been refined and brought into production by NFPPI, of which Mr. Viggiani is President. NFPPI is based in Chili, N.Y., a suburb of Rochester, and has a network of sales representatives and sales organizations which represent NFPPI products.
was designed to safely store and preserve nitrate films, including
features, shorts, documentaries, and newsreels of historic importance.