But Alaris-Eastman relationship was a shotgun marriage created by a bankruptcy judge. It didn't happen in a free market, where other distributors could have been selected by Eastman who are not as greedy as Alaris. And vice versa.
Just like Fuji in the USA, and probably other parts of the world as well.
Same for Harman/Ilford in the USA and Canada, and probably lots of other places in the world.
Any manufacturer that has exclusive distributors anywhere in the world has made the decision - for really good reasons - to do things that way.
This is strange. These two "new" films have appeared on the Kodak website. At the same time, they are not listed on the Alaris website, but Color Plus 200 and ProImage 100 are also gone. My theory is that these two films have been rebranded as Kodacolor and will be distributed by Kodak.
But Alaris-Eastman relationship was a shotgun marriage created by a bankruptcy judge. It didn't happen in a free market, where other distributors could have been selected by Eastman who are not as greedy as Alaris. And vice versa.
Next up, Kodak should be able to manufacture white label films for third parties. Out with the old, we're still limiting Kodak based on laws from two generations ago.
But Alaris-Eastman relationship was a shotgun marriage created by a bankruptcy judge. It didn't happen in a free market, where other distributors could have been selected by Eastman who are not as greedy as Alaris. And vice versa.
I don't know about what sort of shotgun marriages you are familiar with, but the fact that the owners of KA paid hundreds of millions of dollars and relieved Eastman Kodak of many, many, many millions of dollars of employee related obligations is the largest dowry I've ever heard of.
No one else was willing to do this - the market had its opportunities and if anyone else bid - doubtful - it would have been even less beneficial to Eastman Kodaks creditors.
They were the ones in the driver's seat, and they were the ones who lost less than they otherwise would have, but were never made whole.
If that deal hadn't been made, this would be a moot point, because there would be no Eastman Kodak or other Kodak film - certainly nothing manufactured in the USA.
Regardless of the cost of the dowry, they've been stuck with each other since. Divorce is hard.
As one who used to help people with divorces
I can assure you that divorces come in all sorts of flavours.
The package shown here does not say "Kodak". It might just be possible to sell this film through other channels than Alaris. It is called Kofacolor, and it has the logotype of Eastmn Kodak in it, but not the word "Kodak" anywhere in the film carton shown. Maybe this is a loophole in their agreement with Alaris. If the agreement is about Kodak film, it could be argued this is not a Kodak film - at least not more than an Eastman Kodak stock sold as CineStill or Fuji.
The package shown here does not say "Kodak". It might just be possible to sell this film through other channels than Alaris. It is called Kofacolor, and it has the logotype of Eastmn Kodak in it, but not the word "Kodak" anywhere in the film carton shown. Maybe this is a loophole in their agreement with Alaris. If the agreement is about Kodak film, it could be argued this is not a Kodak film - at least not more than an Eastman Kodak stock sold as CineStill or Fuji.
They already can - they have never been restrained from doing so.
Have they done this in the past? I never got my Walgrocer 400 back and it was Kodak. It was fuji, ferannia, 3m, or any other company. Kodak stuck with Kodak.
@MattKing I’ll let you know tomorrow what the base is. We have a few rolls at the lab. I’m going to do some 1:1 tests comparing pro image and color plus to the new kodacolor variants.
As one who used to help people with divorces, I can assure you that divorces come in all sorts of flavours.
Or maybe...devourses.I thought it is divources in Canada.
This is strange. These two "new" films have appeared on the Kodak website. At the same time, they are not listed on the Alaris website, but Color Plus 200 and ProImage 100 are also gone. My theory is that these two films have been rebranded as Kodacolor and will be distributed by Kodak.
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