Why Kodak Died and Fujifilm Thrived: A Tale of Two Film Companies

Re:Why Kodak Died and Fujifilm Thrived: A Tale of Two Film C... by simonh on Monday October 22, 2018 @05:15AM (#18273221)

So they divested themselves of the profit making part of their business and doubled down on the generic, modularised part of the business based on technologies they had no advantage in. Nice!

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Re:Why Kodak Died and Fujifilm Thrived: A Tale of Two Film C... by emiliobumachar on Monday October 22, 2018 @12:26PM (#18276017)

What makes Eastman the spinoff and Kodak the "they" in your statement? The name? That should be 100% a branding decision, and presumably the Kodak name was more valuable attached to the mostly B2C camera business than to the mostly B2B chemical business. If not the name, then what is the token of "genuiness" that stayed with Kodak?

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Re:Why Kodak Died and Fujifilm Thrived: A Tale of Two Film C... by simonh on Monday October 22, 2018 @03:44PM (#18277725)

I’m going by the article. “Eastman Kodak spun off its chemicals business to help pay down debt.”

At the time the CEO was quoted “Mr Whitmore, who has been under pressure to restructure Kodak, said Eastman Chemical would be spun off as an independent public company...”.

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Re:Why Kodak Died and Fujifilm Thrived: A Tale of Two Film C... by warrenm on Monday October 29, 2018 @02:55PM (#18330172)

Sounds like HP spinning-out Agilent, doesn't it?

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