That is a mind boggling list of product, and that is only the modern stuff. It does show just how big Kodak was. many thanks for posting that link.
It would seem that their biggest overall competitor was probably Agfa. In the graphic arts field one of the big players was Dupont they grew big time in that field when photo mechanical printing became the norm and took over from hot metal. Kodak rose to the occasion and came into the market with a plethora of not only films, papers and processes, but huge processing machinery to boot.
During the time of colour negative to colour print processes becoming important to industry, as opposed to the home market, Dupont offered colour paper processors that were the industry norm at 50" wide, taking 48" wide paper. Kodak aggressively championed their new colour paper rolls that were 72" wide along with their new 74" wide paper processors. Those paper processors were the biggest and arguably the best industrial processors around and nothing before them or after them came close to their sheer output and money making possibilities for both kodak and the owner of those processors. In the late seventies and right through the eighties, Kodak really were on top of their game. Big, and I mean really big money, was there to be had and Kodak pretty much ruled the roost.
Kodak had a product range that seemed endless, if you had something you wished to duplicate, photograph or process, no matter how esoteric it was, Kodak could cover it.
Mick.
