以下はKodak社の"News"からの抜粋。 フィルムやデジタル･スキャニングの事業売却という話らしい。 「写真」という時代が、進んでいるのか後退しているのか分からない何とも中途半端な気分。
「イーストマン・コダックは23日、写真用フィルム事業などの売却プロセスを開始したと発表した」 - Impress Watchより
Thursday, August 23, 2012
Kodak Takes Next Steps toward Successful Emergence Company to Focus Primarily on Commercial, Packaging and Functional Printing Solutions and Enterprise Services; Initiates Sales Processes for Personalized Imaging and Document Imaging Businesses; Discussions Continue on Digital Imaging Patent Portfolio, which May Be Sold or Retained
ROCHESTER, N.Y., August 23 --
Eastman Kodak Company today outlined its next steps toward a successful emergence from Chapter 11 reorganization as a company primarily focused on commercial, packaging and functional printing solutions and enterprise services. Accordingly, the company has initiated sale processes for its market-leading Personalized Imaging and Document Imaging businesses.
Kodak believes that the sale of these assets, as well as continued cost-reduction initiatives, curtailment of its legacy liabilities, and the monetization of the company’s digital imaging patent portfolio, will be significant milestones toward completing the company’s reorganization and emergence from Chapter 11 during 2013.
“The initiation of a process to sell the Personalized Imaging and Document Imaging businesses is an important step in our company’s reorganization to focus our business on the commercial markets and enable Kodak to accelerate its momentum toward emergence,” said Antonio M. Perez, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer. “In addition, we continue our initiatives to reduce our cost structure and streamline our operating models in an effort to return the company to profitability.”
