Thanks for the link, it was an interesting read. I knew that Kodak did a lot of chemical processing but had no idea how toxic and destructive their processing facilities are. It appears that bad design was part of their corporate ethos for some time. I bet the costs of the clean-up, combined with a market that declined faster than a building being pushed off a cliff, contributed towards their bankruptcy. I have to wonder how much of the clean-up they are escaping through the bankruptcy process.
That aside the article points to a roughly 50% processing production decline over a 5 year period ending in 2008. We all know that the rate of migration did not slow since 2008. That infers the story pretty well.
> I wonder what Kodak will attempt
I don’t know what they will do but hopefully they will employ a small army of independent consultants along with a newly formed board and oversite by the bankruptcy court, and assemble a plan.
For the fun of speculating a little, certainly a lot of consumers would embrace the idea of Kodak printer paper. That would probably be a hit on the consumer and maybe some corporate markets.
I don’t know if there are enough users of their traditional photo films and chemistries for them to produce all aspects, or if they will outsource the production as they continue to farm this group of patented assets.
If they were to make printers (and ink carts) they could probably carve out a market share if they went after the consumer market. But most consumer printers are pretty inexpensive so it is a very competitive field. The corporate market for printers would be more difficult for them to get a foot hold.