Jerry;
But now there is no backup smaller machine assembly, nor any room for downsizing production anymore. It is gone. All they have is one big high-speed machine.
PE
I was thinking about this too. Bldg 38 seems huge for what the market is now, so I get they got rid of the building and the coating machine too... If they ever need to downsize, there will be no way.
Jerry;
But now there is no backup smaller machine assembly, nor any room for downsizing production anymore. It is gone. All they have is one big high-speed machine.
PE
Jerry;
But now there is no backup smaller machine assembly, nor any room for downsizing production anymore. It is gone. All they have is one big high-speed machine.
PE
Didn't know that. I thought the new machine was more flexible in its output.
Oh, it is, it is. You just shut it down for a few days or weeks and production goes down to meet demand!
And if it breaks down, then you just fix it and run more often to catch up!
See? Perfectly flexible.
Oh well, what is done is done. They may have some stuff in mothballs and the KRL machines can make up to 4x5s or if J9 is still there, they can make 11x14s. I didn't see any big cranes near B59, nor did I see a hole in the side of the building so if J9 is gone, it went in pieces or was just mothballed.... J9 was the only KRL machine capable of curtain coating at high speed IIRC.
PE
Well, it's been a long time now since the honchos at Kodak were accused of making well thought out decisions...
Then did they ever make well thought out decisions? Haha
~Stone
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How old is that photo?
Kodak is long gone in Melbourne. So is Agfa, who's warehouse/factory was nearly as big in Nunawading...
Ilfords factory has gone too
I think, young man, you need to know a bit more history before you say things like that.
There is a reason that they were once one of the most successful companies in the world.
And one of the best places to work, as well.
I also want to read that Kodak history book that the APUGer wrote but I don't want to buy/own it, maybe we can start a share/pass along and all learn more
You really should try to get yourself a copy of Robert Shanebrook's book because I doubt that anything like it, particularly the photos, could ever be done again owing to a lack of extant colour film coating facilities. As we here know, film, particularly colour film, is a product of sophisticated chemistry and precision engineering - this book illustrates that point better than any other I've read. OzJohn
Mr. Shanebrook deserves fair compensation for his creation, as do we all. Send him the asking price, and he'll send you a copy. It's a win-win proposition. I did it. And I actually think I came out ahead in the transaction.
It's a really good book. And the best come-back I know to anyone who says that modern film is old-school and low-tech.
Ken
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