Ok.. This Thread is getting Comical..First off If They are Shut down at The plant.. That Means Nothing is being made..So If you use that product than stock up...Nothing is Ever the Same.. Ever.. Again..If its Made there.. If a New Operation Comes in To Run the Plant.. who Knows If it was shut down properly or formulated The Same..Or If Its even the same paper making machine..Just my .02 worth here..My recco Is To Start the process of looking a replacement products.. 
Jim Doyle
Shades Of Paper
The thread isn't getting comical - it's serious and has commercial implications for photographers who like those products. Some of the paper at least, Gold Fibre Silk for example is actually manufactured in Germany, but that makes no difference. If it's their IP, its fate *as an Ilford product* probably depends on what happens to the company. Of course, under bankruptcy protection there can be either a reoriganization and strategic investment, or a sell-off of the IP, in which case a buyer could resume manufacture - but all of that is so uncertain at this point, That said, you can also buy Cansom Baryta Photographic which replaces it almost identically. There's a reason for that but I'm not sure it's public domain knowledge. Your advice to stock-up makes sense because once their stock runs out, if there is no effecitve competition for certain finishes, the prices of the nearest substitutes are likely to be increased. There is a history to that.
