paulferesten Posted January 20, 2012 Share Posted January 20, 2012 <p>Now that Kodak has filed for Bankrupcy, what is the expected availability of Portra 400 film?<br> Is production stopping during the financial reorganization?</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrianS1664879711 Posted January 20, 2012 Share Posted January 20, 2012 <p>Call and ask Kodak. I doubt anyone here knows except for a guess.</p> ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrianS1664879711 Posted January 20, 2012 Share Posted January 20, 2012 <p>Please report back whatever they said. It will be the first piece of "real data" we've seen on this topic in a long time!</p> ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
larrydressler Posted January 20, 2012 Share Posted January 20, 2012 <p>What I read yesterday said. " At this time there will be no disruptions in manufacturing and no layoffs or production of products is foreseen. A loan has been secured for all of the 18 month of our planned reorganization."</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrianS1664879711 Posted January 20, 2012 Share Posted January 20, 2012 <p>I stand corrected. Larry isn't guessing.</p> ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulferesten Posted January 20, 2012 Author Share Posted January 20, 2012 <p>Thanks, Sounds encouraging.</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
donbright Posted January 20, 2012 Share Posted January 20, 2012 <p>The Television news report on the issue that I saw, make the point clearly, that <strong>all</strong> services will continue.</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john_shriver Posted January 20, 2012 Share Posted January 20, 2012 <p>The stupidest thing that Kodak could do would be to stop film production. It's the oasis of PROFIT in a sea of LOSSES. Sales are down steeply, 40% since 2008. But film (and patent licensing) were the only profitable parts of the company.</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rossb Posted January 20, 2012 Share Posted January 20, 2012 <p>18 months sounds good right now.</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
larrydressler Posted January 20, 2012 Share Posted January 20, 2012 <p>I believe it was CitiBank that gave them the loan.</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karim Ghantous Posted January 21, 2012 Share Posted January 21, 2012 <p>It's worth noting that there would be no loan if film wasn't selling. :-)</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rossb Posted January 21, 2012 Share Posted January 21, 2012 <p> It's true that film does still sell. I suppose it's just hard to make a go of it when it is not a growing thing. Once something goes flat or downward it causes havoc. I guess books are experiencing the same thing now with ebooks all the rage. </p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamie_robertson2 Posted January 22, 2012 Share Posted January 22, 2012 <p>If I was running Kodak, and taking into account the huge blunders they've made over the last 20 years, I would now slim the company right down. I would sell off every part of their product line except film. Let's face it, film is the ONLY thing Kodak are good at and is the only part of their business that makes money. Yes, we all know film isn't going to be around forever but it will still be here for a long time if the manufacture, development and stable supply remains. 35mm is still probably the highest quality medium for movie makers. It's simple to use, has superb archival properties and can be re-mastered using future technology. Digital recordings cannot really be improved upon. Once you have X number of pixels, you'll always have X number of pixels.</p> <p>If Kodak ploughed it's research budget into film instead of stupid inkjet printers we can all enjoy the benefits of improved emulsions for years to come. Yes, Kodak would become a very small company but it would remain a profitable and viable company for the future instead of the dying monster it is now.</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wblynch Posted January 23, 2012 Share Posted January 23, 2012 <p>Kodak thinks it is in the consumer electronics business but it is in the chemical and industrial materials business.</p> <p>Kodak should be looking into expanding that side of their business. Films and coatings.</p> <p>Imagine if Kodak invented a colorized film for coating automobiles. It would revolutionize the process and toxicity of painting cars and they could probably even do things like make the colors changeable with an electronic charge or by temperature.</p> <p>I see Kodak as more a competitor to 3M than Canon or Apple.</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamie_robertson2 Posted January 23, 2012 Share Posted January 23, 2012 <p>Bill, you're absolutely right. Kodak are way off course and I think it's probably too late to navigate back to safer waters.</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plasma181 Posted January 23, 2012 Share Posted January 23, 2012 <p>Hindsight is wonderful ........ isn't it? </p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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