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 subsidiaries, who handle the arrangements with local distributors around the world.
They don't have any manufacturing capacity.
When the film market imploded, which led up to the Eastman Kodak bankruptcy, Eastman Kodak desperately downsized. Part of that downsizing included decommissioning and dispensing with a large portion of their manufacturing capacity.
Some parts were probably downsized too much. That included the film "finishing" machinery which is used to slit the master rolls into film width, perforate and edge number the film, load the film into individual cassettes, and then package everything for individual sale.
That capacity has since been built back up to more appropriate levels, but it sometimes still is limited.
In the lead up to and during the bankruptcy, the largest amount of downsizing involved people. Most of the employees of Eastman Kodak and its subsidiaries worked in what was once a very large marketing and distribution organization. Almost all of that employee base had to go. A significant number of those employees did initially end up being employed by the newly formed Kodak Alaris marketing and distribution entity, which came out of complex dealings around pending liabilities, super priorities, and bankruptcy arrangements.
It was the creation of Kodak Alaris, and the obligations which were therefore taken off the Eastman Kodak books, that allowed Eastman Kodak to emerge from bankruptcy, with a relatively small division still capable of making photographic film.
