----- Original Message -----
From: "Mark Roberts"
Subject: Re: Kodak loses more money, cuts more jobs
Graywolf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
They do not, I think, actually manufacture all those DP&S cameras they
sell.
They probably don't make all of them, but Kodak does make some of their
digital cameras. Just a few months ago they had an announcement about a
very large facility being set up in Rochester to make digital cameras.
This new plant was expected to create 50 new jobs. Yes that's right -
50.
The sad fact is, Kodak's traditional market is going away, and it's new
market is cheap little P&S cameras being made in offshore factories that
don't have the high overheads that domestic ones have.
In order to be viable in this new marketplace, they pretty much have to do
what the competition is doing.
Thirty years ago, when I was just starting out in the photo game, no one had
heard of Fuji. They were a bit player making a crappy product, and no one
took them seriously.
Kodak didn't even admit Fuji existed at that time.
All of a sudden they became a very major player in the market and just about
sent Kodak to the showers.
Hopefully, Kodak has learned from that experience.
William Robb
