kodak sells ccd sensor technology

Is there really any money in the inkjet business? I thought it all got commoditised five years ago, just as PCs did before that.

Kodak should sell the still film business to Maco or, better, Leica.
 
Kodak sells the ccd business to finance the foray into printers. Printers are a dying business. Maybe that's their strategy, corner the market on dead products.
 
I am in Business sales, seems to me Kodak is selling what is saleable and what they can get actual CASH for and it seems like the extra bonus is that these are the most costly divisions relating to R&D. The recession means numerous businesses throughout the world are returning lower profits and all have to make decisions on how to survive in current times. Kodak has to do something or they will fail. Not saying I agree with future direction they might be taking but if they do nothing they fail. If they sell of assets to reduce debt they have at least a "possibility" of saving the company. If they did nothing and failed I am sure there would just as much of an outcry as there is now about them selling of assets.
 
I think they should use some of that cash to embark on a serious advertising campaign for film and see if they can cut into the digital market!

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Totally agree that divestiture is an important part of managing the business. I question the decision to sell the CCD business to finance printers. Yes, CCD technology is an expensive R&D effort, but the upside for licensing is much greater than trying to compete in a very mature volume business where innovation is largely dead.

hausen said:
I am in Business sales, seems to me Kodak is selling what is saleable and what they can get actual CASH for and it seems like the extra bonus is that these are the most costly divisions relating to R&D. The recession means numerous businesses throughout the world are returning lower profits and all have to make decisions on how to survive in current times. Kodak has to do something or they will fail. Not saying I agree with future direction they might be taking but if they do nothing they fail. If they sell of assets to reduce debt they have at least a "possibility" of saving the company. If they did nothing and failed I am sure there would just as much of an outcry as there is now about them selling of assets.
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shadowfox said:
One thing we don't see is the top executives saying: "We'll cut 100% of our wages and bonuses for the coming 5 years to save the company"

Will we?
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That particular group in society do not seem to lead by example but expect everyone else to take the hits. Used to be that royalty though that they had "the divine right of kings".

Bob
 
Still hoping for Kodak to return to their roots and concentrate on printing, scanning (!?) and film. They'd be stupid to ditch it all after developing new emulsions, having sales channels and a brand name to kill for.

That sensor business sale might give them some funds to R&D printing and scanning.

Fingers crossed.

Related: I'll be developing my first Tri-X @800 soon. See if I like it!
 
hausen said:
I am in Business sales, seems to me Kodak is selling what is saleable and what they can get actual CASH for and it seems like the extra bonus is that these are the most costly divisions relating to R&D. The recession means numerous businesses throughout the world are returning lower profits and all have to make decisions on how to survive in current times. Kodak has to do something or they will fail. Not saying I agree with future direction they might be taking but if they do nothing they fail. If they sell of assets to reduce debt they have at least a "possibility" of saving the company. If they did nothing and failed I am sure there would just as much of an outcry as there is now about them selling of assets.
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I think you're right - they are selling what they can get cash for right away.

There is a thought - if they manage to sell their chemical production, film and paper, basically everything that used to define them, and "survive"...would you care if the company name is not dead (making iPhone covers or printers or whatever)?
 
wish buyer had been Leica. they are using Kodak's sensors, and now might have similar uncertainty than with DMR's Imacon sensor.
 
hausen said:
Never met anybody in my life who would be happy to work for free though.
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Well, I don't think anyone is seriously suggesting that senior execs work for nothing. What grinds on most people is how much the wage gap has increased over 30 years between the shop floor worker and the execs. If the change actually is anything like in this article http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/corpgov/2011/08/11/why-ceo-to-worker-pay-ratios-matter-to-investors/ you really have to wonder on what planet that is justifiable and are you really getting good value for your money at the executive level if you invest in a company.

Bob
 
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