Kodak Does yet another re-org...

[cmacd123]

http://www.kodak.com/ek/US/en/Kodak_Sets_New_Structure_to_Drive_Growth.htm

seems that one division is planning "exploration of other potential initiatives in the consumer space." I wonder if Alaris has to worry?

 

[Ken Nadvornick]

What is "commercial film" as differentiated from "motion picture film?" Are there film types they still make that aren't motion picture and aren't destined for KA? Or is "commercial film" in this context something else entirely different than photographic film?

Ken

 

[flavio81]

What is "commercial film" as differentiated from "motion picture film?" Are there film types they still make that aren't motion picture and aren't destined for KA? Or is "commercial film" in this context something else entirely different than photographic film?

Ken

I would guess film for use in military environment, surveillance, science, aviation photography, industry, printing, circuit board etching, etc.

 

[fotch]

Looks like its all film that we would use, color or B&W

 

[Wallendo]

I suspect the term "commercial film" refers to all photographic film not covered by their contracts with Kodak Alaris.

 

[benjiboy]

For "exploration of other potential initiatives in the consumer space." read, trying to make profit for a change, I hate this pretentious gobbledegook.

 

[Sirius Glass]

Looks line printing and software are reorganizing the deck chairs.

 

[Dr Croubie]

I would guess film for use in military environment, surveillance, science, aviation photography, industry, printing, circuit board etching, etc.

AFAIK Techpan and HIE / Ektachrome Infrared were both originally military / surveillance films that the leftovers got cut up into consumer rolls once the big boys had bought enough.

Oh dear god, now the "bring back HIE" crowd is going to start all over again...

 

[MattKing]

What is "commercial film" as differentiated from "motion picture film?" Are there film types they still make that aren't motion picture and aren't destined for KA? Or is "commercial film" in this context something else entirely different than photographic film?

Ken

Commercial films are non-imaging film bases for things like flexible displays.

 

[Nodda Duma]

Commercial films are non-imaging film bases for things like flexible displays.

Which would make them a day late and a dollar short again

 

[Michael W]

AFAIK Techpan and HIE / Ektachrome Infrared were both originally military / surveillance films that the leftovers got cut up into consumer rolls once the big boys had bought enough.

Oh dear god, now the "bring back HIE" crowd is going to start all over again...

I want an infrared version of Kodachrome.

 

[Prof_Pixel]

Perhaps of more importance to APUG users is the recent news here in Rochester that Kodak may have found a buyer for the Eastman Business Park (formerly know as Kodak Park).

 

[wy2l]

Rearranging the deck chairs on the Titanic...

 

[RattyMouse]

If only they could get stock into their supply chain. Trying to buy TMAX400 in China is getting ridiculously hard.

 

[Sirius Glass]

Perhaps of more importance to APUG users is the recent news here in Rochester that Kodak may have found a buyer for the Eastman Business Park (formerly know as Kodak Park).

This is good news.

 

[Ektagraphic]

I think I am confused about what this means to us- if anything, but I suppose any news that doesn't include shutting down the film manufacturing is good news...

 

[SchwinnParamount]

George Eastman is buried at the edge of Kodak Park. God forbid that that part of the park becomes an eye sore!

 

[hdeyong]

If only they could get stock into their supply chain. Trying to buy TMAX400 in China is getting ridiculously hard.

I agree. Major retailers in the US and Europe have, at times, shown Tri-x as "out of stock" recently. That's ridiculous. I never saw HP5 out of stock anywhere.

 

[lxdude]

+1 And no use blighting the city of Rochester with a urban dilapidating eyesore. May as well turn it into something profitable. If the great Kodak Co had to leave our lives, at least some use can be made of the property rather than a dead corpse eyesore that people there have so sadly see every day. I can think of no more miserable existence than to have go about my daily life in a 40 below zero, 8 feet of miserable snow, crime, and a big dead urban eyesore every day. That's a sad existence. Bring some life in there and reclaim the buildings for work and prosperity, even if it ends up making mops and cotton balls or rocket parts all day or whatever.

Hey! Don't you care about photographers? What about all those trendy pictures of urban decay? Especially with the added irony of it being Kodak! What will those photographers do if they go and fix it all up?

Oh yeah-- they'll go to Detroit...

 

[lxdude]

Detroit? I thought we gave that to Canada. Or did they decline our gracious offer?

It's a French word, so maybe we could palm it off on Quebec as an outpost, if they ever get around to seceding...

 

[NJH]

Which would make them a day late and a dollar short again

Sounds like they are trying to do a Fujifilm.

 

[cmacd123]

Detroit? I thought we gave that to Canada. Or did they decline our gracious offer?

Naw, we had captured Detroit but the negotiators at the treaty of Ghent gave it back. Still the only part of the Mainland USA that is NORTH of the Canadian Border. And yes the name is French, which is why they build cars with french names like "Chevrolet" and "Cadillac"

 

[ME Super]

But they also make cars like the one I drive that are appropriate for photographers - the Focus. And no thread about Kodak that has gone off the rails would be complete without at least a cursory mention of ...



wait for it...


Kodachrome!

Oh, and Alaska is north of Detroit, and most of it is on the mainland, it's just not contiguous with the "Lower 48."