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Kodak
{{short description|American photographic and film company}}
{{Distinguish|Kodiak (disambiguation){{!}}Kodiak}}
{{for|the company that owns the surviving photographic assets, based in Hertfordshire, UK|Kodak Alaris}}
{{Other uses}}
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{{Infobox company
| name = The Eastman Kodak Company
| logo = Eastman Kodak Company logo (2016).svg
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  |url=http://www.pace.edu/emplibrary/tfinnerty.pdf |title=fujicasestudy |date= |accessdate=January 19, 2012 |archive-date=August 17, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160817020558/http://www.pace.edu/emplibrary/tfinnerty.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name="autogenerated3"/>

Although from the 1970s both Fuji and Kodak recognized the upcoming threat of digital photography, and although both sought diversification as a mitigation strategy, Fuji was more successful at diversification.<ref name=last/>

===Shift to digital===
(contracted; show full)8–380&nbsp;mm) optical zoom camera at less than 2.5&nbsp;cm (an inch) thick.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,1953057,00.asp|title=Kodak's Small, Sleek…Superzoom?|accessdate=December 19, 2011|publisher=PC Mag|date=April 25, 2006|first=Terry|last=Sullivan}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.macworld.com/article/50515/2006/04/kodak.html|title=Kodak intros wireless digital cameras|accessdate=December 19, 2011|magazine=Macworld|date=April 25, 2006
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*'''August 1, 2006''': Kodak agreed to divest its digital camera manufacturing operations to [[Flextronics]], including assembly, production and testing.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F40A16FA3B5B0C718CDDA10894DE404482|title=Kodak Posts a Wider Loss|accessdate=January 2, 2012|newspaper=The New York Times|date=August 2, 2006}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/business/2006/aug/02/2|title(contracted; show full);'': Kodak released the Kodak Theatre HD Player, allowing photos and videos stored on a computer to be displayed on an HDTV. Kodak licensed technology from [[Hillcrest Labs]] for the interface and pointer, which allowed a user to control the player with gestures.<ref name="Boehret">{{cite news |last=Boehret |first=Katherine |date=November 26, 2008 |title=Family Snapshots in the Splendor of HD |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB122766053302758377 |newspaper=The Wall Street Journal
 |access-date=July 6, 2020 |archive-date=August 5, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200805024435/https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB122766053302758377 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
*'''January 2009''': Kodak posted a $137 million fourth-quarter loss and announced plans to cut up to 4,500 jobs.<ref name="CUTJOBS">{{cite news|last=Paul |first=Franklin |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/newsOne/idUSTRE50S3FP20090129 |title=Kodak to cut up to 4,500 jobs |publisher=Reuters.com |date=January 29, 2009 |accessdate=January 19, 2012}}</ref>
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*'''August 24, 2012''': Kodak announced that it plans to sell its film, commercial scanner and kiosk divisions.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/business/breaking/chi-kodak-to-sell-film-business-that-made-its-name-20120824,0,260332.story|title=Kodak to sell film business that made its name|newspaper=The Chicago Tribune|accessdate=August 24, 2012|date=August 24, 2012
|archive-date=August 30, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120830105217/http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/breaking/chi-kodak-to-sell-film-business-that-made-its-name-20120824,0,260332.story|url-status=dead}}</ref>
*'''September 10, 2012''': Kodak announced plans to cut another 1,000 jobs by the end of 2012 and that it is examining further job cuts as it works to restructure its business in bankruptcy.<ref>{{cite web|last=Jones|first=Roland|title=Kodak plans to cut another 1,000 jobs|url=http://marketday.nbcnews.com/_news/2012/09/10/13780051-kodak-plans-to-cut-another-1000-jobs?lite|publisher=NBC News|accessdate=September 10, 2012|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://we(contracted; show full)p://www.printweek.com/Digital/article/1050250/Tried---Tested-Kodak-Digimaster/ |title= Tried & Tested: Kodak Digimaster |date= January 21, 2011 |accessdate= November 11, 2013 |url-status= dead |archiveurl= https://archive.is/20131113222928/http://www.printweek.com/Digital/article/1050250/Tried---Tested-Kodak-Digimaster/ |archivedate= November 13, 2013 |df= mdy-all}}</ref>

====Flexo printing====
Kodak designs and manufactures products for [[flexography]] printing. Its Flexcel<ref>{{cite web
  |url=http://graphics.kodak.com/CA/en/product/flexographic/flexcel_nx_digital_flexographic_system/default.htm?_requestid=14052 |title=KODAK FLEXCEL NX System – Kodak Graphic Communications Group |publisher=Graphics.kodak.com |date= |accessdate=December 11, 2011 |archive-date=November 5, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131105025730/http://graphics.kodak.com/ca/en/product/flexographic/flexcel_nx_digital_flexographic_system/default.htm?_requestid=14052 |url-status=dead }}</ref> line of flexo printing systems allow label printers to produce their own digital plates for customized flexo printing and flexible printed packaging.

====Functional printing====
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At present, Kodak has commercial Web-fed presses, commercial imprinting systems – Prosper, VersaMark and commercial sheet-fed press – NexPress digital production color press, DIGIMASTER HD digital black and white production printer.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://graphics.kodak.com/KodakGCG/KodakGCGPages/ProductCategory.aspx?id=2379 |title=Digital Printing Solution – Kodak Graphics Communications Group |publisher=Eastman Kodak
 |access-date=July 6, 2020 |archive-date=March 13, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170313131553/http://graphics.kodak.com/KodakGCG/KodakGCGPages/ProductCategory.aspx?id=2379 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

====Consumer inkjet ink cartridges====
Kodak entered into consumer inkjet photo printers in a joint venture with manufacturer [[Lexmark]] in 1999 with the Kodak Personal Picture Maker.

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The [[Kodak DCS]] series of [[digital single-lens reflex camera]]s and [[digital camera back]]s were released by Kodak in the 1990s and 2000s, and discontinued in 2005. They were based on existing [[35mm format|35mm film]] SLRs from Nikon and Canon and the range included the original [[Kodak DCS 100|Kodak DCS]], the first commercially available digital SLR.

In July 2006, Kodak announced that [[Flextronics]] would manufacture and help design its digital cameras.

====Digital picture frames====

Kodak first entered the digital picture frame market with the Kodak Smart Picture Frame in the fourth quarter of 2000. It was designed by Weave Innovations and licensed to Kodak with an exclusive relationship with Weave's StoryBox online photo network.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.gadgetcentral.com/weave_storybox.htm |title=Weave Innovations StoryBox |date=April 4, 2000 |publisher=Gadget Central |access-date=July 6, 2020 |archive-date=February 24, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200224154832/http://www.gadgetcentral.com/weave_storybox.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref> Smart Frame owners connected to the network via an analog telephone connection built into the frame. The frame could hold 36 images internally and came with a six-month free subscription to the StoryBox network.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.twice.com/article/CA66632.html |title=Digital Frames Make Inroads In Consumer Market |date=March 12, 2001 |first=Greg |last=Scoblete |publisher=Twice |accessdate=January 7, 2008 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/2007101419250(contracted; show full)[[Category:Photographic film makers]]
[[Category:Photography companies of the United States]]
[[Category:Technology companies established in 1888]]
[[Category:1888 establishments in New York (state)]]
[[Category:Recipients of the Scientific and Technical Academy Award of Merit]]
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