Kodak Alaris is a British manufacturer and marketer of traditional

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supplies (including

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, and

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chemicals), hardware and software for

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and

information management Information management (IM) concerns a cycle of organizational activity: the acquisition of information from one or more sources, the custodianship and the distribution of that information to those who need it, and its ultimate disposal throug ...

, and retail printing kiosks. The company is headquartered in

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. The company shares ownership of the Kodak brand with the

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(usually known simply as Kodak).

History

In 2012, Kodak filed for

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after a years-long decline in the company's core business related to film photography. As part of the bankruptcy, Kodak faced a $2.8 billion claim by the UK Kodak Pension Plan (KPP). The claim was resolved and Kodak Alaris was formed when KPP paid $325 million for Kodak's personalized imaging and document imaging businesses. KPP continues to control Kodak Alaris as a privately held company through Kodak Alaris Holdings Limited. In 2014, the company appointed Ralf Gerbershagen as CEO. Also in 2014, Mark Elliott was named Chairman of the Board of Kodak Alaris. In 2015, the company created AI Foundry, which provides

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solutions that use

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(AI) and imaging science to automate data capture workflows. In 2016, the company launched Kodak Moments, a visual storytelling app, at the

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festival. In 2017, the company appointed Marc Jourlait as CEO, completed a balance sheet restructuring, renewed a rotating credit facility, and completed the sale of its manufacturing facility, Kodak Works in Harrow. In 2018, the company's Information Management division announced that it would begin to operate under the name Alaris.

Current

Photographic film

Kodak currently produces a wide range of photographic film in both 35mm and 120 film formats. The current film resurgence caused film shortages worldwide, increasing the price of current film stocks. Kodak has been actively hiring new employees since 2020, especially in film production, to meet the current market demand for films.

Color Reversal Film

* Kodak Ektachrome E100

Color Negative Films

* Kodak ProImage 100 * Kodak Ektar 100 * Kodak Gold 200 * Kodak Ultramax 400 * Kodak ColorPlus/Kodacolor 200 * Kodak Portra 160 * Kodak Portra 400 * Kodak Portra 800

Color Negative Industrial Film

* Kodak Aerocolor IV 125

B&W Negative Films

* Kodak Tri-X 320 * Kodak Tri-X 400 * Kodak TMAX 100 * Kodak TMAX 400 * Kodak TMAX P3200 In 2018, Kodak launched a newly formulated version of the iconic Kodak Ektachrome 100 color

reversal film In photography, reversal film or slide film is a type of photographic film that produces a positive image on a transparent base. Instead of negatives and prints, reversal film is processed to produce transparencies or diapositives (abbreviat ...

in 35mm film format. The following year, the company announced the film stock in 120mm and 4x5 film format. Due to its specific look, HBO shot the second season of the hit TV series

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on Kodak Ektachrome with cinematographer Marcell Rév.

References

External links

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