Scott Loveless wrote: > On 2/8/07, Tom C <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/industry_sectors/technology/article1343516.ece >> >> http://tinyurl.com/373zmj >> > > So who's down and out so far? Agfa and Forte? Anyone else? I really > expected Kodak to be the last man standing. > > This could be good or bad. With any luck the old men in the white > tower in Rochester will sell off the film division. Hopefully to a > company who has an interest in making film products. I'd like to > think that Fuji or Ilford may have an interest in Kodak's technology, > at the very least. > > My instinct tells me that Kodak doesn't have a clue, though, and will > probably just shut it down. > > Either way, this makes what's left of the film market a bit less > competitive. The few players remaining may have a better chance of > surviving it longer. >
Rumour has it that Forte's factory may have been sold. But it seriously needed an upgrade (they were running pre-WW2 equipment). Kodak wants to sell its film line, not shut it down. I suspect that if they sell it, the film unit will outlast Kodak proper. -Adam -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
