Those are requirements. They're characteristics Kodak Alaris desired. Eastman Kodak satisfied Alaris' requirements through its internal process of design and manufacture, carried out by engineers, scientists and production personnel.
...Marketing entity Kodak Alaris relies entirely on Eastman Kodak for Ektachrome 100 design and manufacture.
Those are requirements. They're characteristics Kodak Alaris desired. Eastman Kodak satisfied Alaris' requirements through its internal process of design and manufacture, carried out by engineers, scientists and production personnel.Not entirely correct...It was Kodak Alaris who pushed for characteristics like better keeping properties, increased sharpness and whiter whites - all relevant to questions of marketing...
Furthermore the problem Fuji saw and discussed was not related to Velvia.
Kodak Alaris people were in the design rooms and on the production design floor.Those are requirements. They're characteristics Kodak Alaris desired. Eastman Kodak satisfied Alaris' requirements through its internal process of design and manufacture, carried out by engineers, scientists and production personnel.
As someone who provided requirements to suppliers that they then satisfied by designing and manufacturing things, I too participated in design reviews and production readiness reviews. I'd never claim to have designed or manufactured those things.Kodak Alaris people were in the design rooms and on the production design floor.
The marketing departments of the various Kodaks were full of engineers, as well as people trained mainly in marketing.
It was a very close, symbiotic relationship, and that continued after Kodak Alaris came into being.
+1This announcement is one of the biggest nonsense I ever read.
While that may be true, if the USA is excluded, and the USA is a large portion of the market for the product, a lot of manufacturers will decide to exclude the product entirely.That makes sense...
The EPA has no jurisdiction in the rest of the world.
If the USA is the only market excluded, there are plenty of other markets. It is a big market, but not the only - although they might think that.While that may be true, if the USA is excluded, and the USA is a large portion of the market for the product, a lot of manufacturers will decide to exclude the product entirely.
While that may be true, if the USA is excluded, and the USA is a large portion of the market for the product, a lot of manufacturers will decide to exclude the product entirely.
Pro 160NS is a Japan exclusive film, apparently that market is big enough already.
What sucks is that sheet-film users don't have an replacement since Velvia 50 is not in sheet as far as I know. (Or also Japan only?)
It doesn't surprise me that this is the case Henning, but your observation highlights the motivating reason for the USA discontinuance - it isn't currently financially viable to reconfigure the product in order to meet a relatively small market need.But that isn't the case here, Matt. Velvia 100 has been a tiny niche product for Fujifilm on the US market. It has been by far the product with the lowest sales volume for them on that market.
Just remember, how Acros was discontinued and then reappeared as Acros II. It's quite possible, that a new version of Velvia 100 is in the making, and the markets outside the USA are supplied with remaining stock.It's possible Fuji wants to keep the Velvia 100 line going until it can reformulate the chemicals. So they'll sell it in other markets until then.
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