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  1. Alan Edward Klein

    Kodak done?

    That's true. Alaris does have other costs. So it's nbot a 100% markup. But I think that the higher cost for Kodak film overall happens because there are makups at manufacturing (Eastman), then Alaris for distribution, then other distributors in some localities, and finally at the retail level...
  2. F4U

    Kodak done?

    I know practically zilch about the demise of Eastman Kodak Co as I always knew it. All I really knew is that the computer and digital came along and everything went to hades practically overnight with Y2K, 9/11, and all the rest of the tumult in those few short years. Apparently from what I...
  3. MattKing

    Kodak done?

    ...has a steadily growing business incorporating its coating technology in non-photographic products. In addition, of course, that building 38 production facility is what makes the various products that serve the motion picture film industry - an industry that Kodak Alaris has no capacity to...
  4. MattKing

    Kodak done?

    That is like saying that Eastman Kodak has an x% markup on all the triacetate, polyester, silver, chemicals, etc, etc. The cost of the film from Eastman Kodak is only a portion - and a fairly small portion at that - of getting film from a small manufacturer in Rochester, New York to wholesalers...
  5. Alan Edward Klein

    Kodak done?

    That means that Alaris has a 100% markup or 50% margin on cost of film from Kodak. That's an awful nice profit and explains why Kingswood bought Alaris. It also explains why Kodak film is so expensive at retail.
  6. Alan Edward Klein

    Kodak done?

    They could buy just the film portion from Eastman.
  7. MattKing

    Kodak done?

    In 2023 Kodak Alaris had revenues of approximately 500 Million Dollars. For the same year, Eastman Kodak had revenues that were about twice as much, of which considerably more than 3/4 had nothing to do with film. Why would Kingswood be interested in something that has relatively so little to do...
  8. Alan Edward Klein

    Kodak done?

    When Kingswood Capital Management, a Los Angeles-based American private equity firm, bought the British Kodak Alaris two years ago, I said then that it made sense for them to buy Eastman Kodak to assure the survival of the film they need for distribution sales. Maybe something is going on...
  9. Cholentpot

    Kodak done?

    Eastman needs to shed Alaris somehow. It was a necessary but bad business move. If Kodak could sell straight without a middle man I'd think they would do much better. They'd have far more wiggle room to do things.

  10. Kodak done?

    This is exactly the right general approach. However if PE jumps in, they will have to gut the fat, lay off people, and reduce things to get to operational and financial integrity. THEN all we'll hear is about the horrors of "the man", "greed" and all the rest of it so popular these days from...

  11. Kodak done?

    Private equity come to the rescue please! Restructure, write off, spin off, merge, joint marketing. So many opportunities! The film side is so small, merge or JV with Alaris and maybe Fujifilm. Heck Harman or Foma could make Kodak branded papers, so could Fuji. Before the brand becomes...

  12. Kodak done?

    Eastman Kodak makes all the film.

  13. Kodak done?

    As much as I approve of quaffing pub bitter, I rather think the more likely line would be your second scenario ;) Harmon, Adox, Foma, et al could get together to do some kind of Private Equity buyout, sharing the profits (if any), but more importantly, the coating technology and lab spaces.
  14. koraks

    Kodak done?

    When someone says something like this, I always have to picture a gigantic excavator that picks up the Kodak film coating line including the bedrock several dozens of feet down below floor level and cart it over to another continent. Then drop it into place in the outskirts of Mobberley as some...
  15. koraks

    Kodak done?

    Come on over to the dark side. We've got cookies and whatnot. Eastman makes film - all of it. Alaris makes none. Alaris distributes the still film. Eastman distributes the cine film. Both companies do loads of other things and have film as a minor part of their respective revenue streams.

  16. Kodak done?

    https://www.photrio.com/forum/search/2368365/?q=kodak+alaris&o=date
  17. albireo

    Kodak done?

    Can someone remind me again about the Kodak Alaris/Kodak Eastman difference? Who actually manufactures, markets and distributes their film, and is the film-side of their larger business likely to be impacted by the above?
  18. MattKing

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    Dektol question

    ...shortfalls; f) a large sum of money - I've seen a few numbers, but $600,000,000.00 USD seems most common; and g) through the hiring by Kodak Alaris of a substantial proportion of Eastman Kodak's remaining worldwide employee base, relief from many of the claims that those employees might have...
  19. retina_restoration

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    Seeing If Kentmere 200 Is Any Good...

    Trust the Internet to feed me bad information. All erroneous nonsense removed.
  20. MattKing

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    Seeing If Kentmere 200 Is Any Good...

    Almost totally incorrect. Kodak Moments is the division of Kodak Alaris that deals with Kodak still films. In essence, they are what is left of the remnant of the majority of Eastman Kodak's still film business infrastructure that was jettisoned and sold off as part of Eastman Kodak's...
  21. GregY

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    Seeing If Kentmere 200 Is Any Good...

    ...wondered that as well, as the distributor always takes a cut. To me there's not much logic as Amplis distributes Ilford film in Canada. Kodak Alaris (USA) distributes Kodak film yet i can buy it from the B&H for 1/3rd less than it costs me in Canada. But i'll happily buy Ilford at the price...
  22. Pieter12

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    Help me understand the provenance of Legacy Pro and Eco Pro products?

    It is not about the interest or curiosity. More that the time and effort is better spent by me creating.
  23. dcy

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    Help me understand the provenance of Legacy Pro and Eco Pro products?

    ...You don't know what others find rewarding. Would you have said the same thing if I had asked a question about who Harman is, or who Kodak Alaris is, or who owns Inoviscoat? Perhaps you would. But you know that sometimes people want to think about the entities that makes the products they buy...

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    Kodak and the present growth or decline of the cine film business

    I see the opposite. Their disasterous relationship with Alaris, which has among other bad things driven the prices of their film to near the breaking point, combined with their lack of any true creative innovation in recent history while operating in a country whose economy isn't likely to even...
  25. halfaman

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    Kodak and the present growth or decline of the cine film business

    Kodak Alaris was founded as a way to pay the debt Eastman had with the UK employers pension fund, one of major creditors during 2012 Chapter 11. There was no need to be a perpetual contract, but it will take a very long time to pay the 3 billion dollars Eastman owed. I don't know what will be...
  26. F4U

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    'Sure Be Nice If Ektachrome Wasn't the Only One Available...

    When you think about it, this is the after-times of the "digital apocalypse". About the end of the last century, almost overnight digital photogrphy wiped out the conventional suppliers. We lost everything. Kodachrome, Infrared, and just about all the manufacturers. Then the 2008 crash...
  27. Alan Edward Klein

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    Kodak and the present growth or decline of the cine film business

    I thought Kodak Alaris had a contract with Eastman in perpetuity. Hearing that it ends in 2028 is new to me. It also raises the question why an outside company (Kingswood Capitol) would buy Alaris subsequently in Aug 2024. What if Eastman decides they want another distributor? That would put...
  28. MattKing

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    Kodak and the present growth or decline of the cine film business

    Kodak Alaris is the international primary distributor for all Eastman Kodak branded still film products. They have a contract that gives them the exclusive rights to buy the entire production of such products from the manufacturer, Eastman Kodak. They have a number of different international...
  29. dcy

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    Kodak and the present growth or decline of the cine film business

    Does Kodak Alaris do anything other than marketing and distribution? Do they put the film into the canisters? I read somewhere (some random forum post or blog) that Eastman Kodak can make giant rolls of film but has limited capacity to put that film into canisters. I don't have any reliable...
  30. MattKing

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    Kodak and the present growth or decline of the cine film business

    I expect that the 2023 re-negotiation of the agreement with Kodak Alaris - which was in no small part made necessary due to the huge disruptions caused by the COVID pandemic - was for a five year term, with fairly detailed provisions relating to renewal rights after 2028. If Kodak Alaris...
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