Until the sale, a large proportion of Kodak Alaris' business came not from film but rather from supplying photographic labs with colour photographic paper, and colour photochemicals and lab kiosks and related software.
It is that business that has been sold - not the still film business.
Kodak Alaris doesn't do (photographic materials or products) manufacturing.
Since selling Harrow a few years ago, Kodak Alaris no longer makes or manufactures the paper, and never made or manufactured any of those other products. Eastman Kodak also hadn't manufactured many of those products for years before Kodak Alaris took over.
I don't know whether their software is done in house, or also contracted out.
I believe Xtol is made by Tetenal. The bags I have are made in Germany.Having read all that, I am still not 100% sure who makes my T-Max and Xtol.
No, they own those products now, and are entitled to use the Kodak name on them - that is what Kodak Alaris owned before the sale. All manufacturing is/was done under contract by generally un-named third parties, although the paper is being produced in the Carestream facility in Colorado. At one time I believe that Kodak Alaris had a leasehold interest in those premises. I don't know whether that interest either went with the sale or expired.
I expect that the mechanism is that Kodak Alaris holds (held?) the IP, after it was assigned first by the bankruptcy trustee to the Pension Plan trustees, and subsequently re-assigned to their asset, Kodak Alaris.Thanks, Matt. I presume all the manufacturing is done under license to Kodak (or to the Kodak pension plan, but somehow formulas get controlled/verified)?
As Matt explained, we already still do not know the details of Kodak / Kodak Pension Plan / Kodak Alaris contract, and we even less know on the current contract with Sino Promise. Instead we are going circles since this discussion came up in July.
This is the laughable result: http://www.ars-imago.com/kodaktmax40013536nuovaemulsione-p-7815.html
10€ for a single 36exp roll of T-Max 400, WITHOUT the future price hike.
In 2021 that roll will cost 13€...
As a side note: 25€ for a Velvia 100 roll!!
http://www.ars-imago.com/fujichromevelvia10013536-p-5493.html
I'm not entirely sure how you can blame Kodak Alaris for Fuji's prices, but still. The real problem seems to be ars-imago's pricing-- which may be the result of the EU market, or it may just be that expensive to import the film. When I was looking to purchase a lab-box, I found ars-imago's prices in general to be a bit higher than what I would pay at B&H or Adorama.
This is the laughable result: http://www.ars-imago.com/kodaktmax40013536nuovaemulsione-p-7815.html
10€ for a single 36exp roll of T-Max 400, WITHOUT the future price hike.
In 2021 that roll will cost 13€...
Don't forget in most EU countries there is VAT/sales tax in the region of 20%, so that will bring up retail prices.
I expect that the mechanism is that Kodak Alaris holds (held?) the IP, after it was assigned first by the bankruptcy trustee to the Pension Plan trustees, and subsequently re-assigned to their asset, Kodak Alaris.
But there are too many inter-jurisdictional complexities for me to know with confidence about how the mechanisms were put into place.
Kodak Alaris/Sino.Do we know who contracts the third parties? Alaris/Sino or Kodak?
... that were the result of the near bancrupcy of Tetenal...
Tetenal HAS gone bancrupt. A new firm has been established.
GFH in Munich sell it, though I think B2B only. http://gfh-foto.de/shop/labor/fotopapier/kodak-colorpapier-display-material.html If in doubt, just give them a call, they are super helpful and I doubt they wouldn´t sell you paper if you asked.Hopefully the new owner will make changes in distribution. For endusers in Germany, at least, is is impossible to buy colour chemistry and paper. I mean rolls, not even cut sheet.
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