There is a class of "parasites" on top of a portion of the American production and finance world. They always win, even in the situations while the companies they lead go bankrupt. I hope and wish they sell the black & white film production (the facilities and the processing technology) as soon as possible so that some traditional brands like the Tri-X for example could have a safer future like some top Ilford films.
BTW, Ilford included, if film production in small quantities is still feasible for Efke, Orwo, Rollei, Adox and alike, that is because they do not have "parasites" to take care of before their production, customers and therefore their future. Not only Kodak has suffered of such bacteria, but almost half of the finance sector of the States in the last decade and at least one-third of the automotive industry if not also some portions of the other industries. At the end only the bacteria won... and not only the shareholders have lost, but the whole domestic product of the nation by adding a few trillion dollars more to the national debt..