In 1880, when george eastman was a bank employee, he began to mass-produce photographic plates with his patented invention technology, which was the predecessor of Eastman Kodak Company. Eastman succeeded in the dry printing business and established Eastman dry printing company in partnership with businessman Frost Lang.
By the end of 188 1, Hysmans resigned from Rochester Savings Bank and devoted all his energy to running his new company, while continuing to study ways to simplify photography.
1883, Eastman invented the film, and the photography industry had a revolutionary change.
1888, Kodak camera came out, and Eastman laid the foundation for popularizing photography.
1889, Eastman photographic materials co., ltd was established in London.
At 189 1, Hysmans, London, Luo Jian built a photosensitive material factory nearby.
1896, Eastman Kodak Company became the main sponsor of the first modern Olympic Games held in Athens, Greece.
1900, the sales network has spread all over Kodak France, Germany, Italy and other European countries.
1976, Kodak is developing digital camera technology and applying digital imaging technology to the aerospace field.
1986 1 9, Kodak lost the patent lawsuit with Polaroid, so it immediately withdrew from the camera shooting industry.
In 199 1, Kodak owns a digital camera with 1.3 million pixels.
In 2000, Kodak's digital products only sold to $3 billion, accounting for only 22% of the total revenue.
In 2002, Kodak's digital product rate was only about 25%, while competitor Fuji reached 60%. This is in great contrast with the speed at which dry glass company abandoned Eastman's decisive film technology 0/00 years ago.
On September 26, 2003, Kodak announced a major strategic change: abandoning the traditional film business and shifting its focus to new digital products.
In 2004 1 month, Kodak announced that it would lay off 20% of its current employees, that is, the 70,000 employees in the production and administrative departments were reduced from 12000 to 15000.
On October 6th, 2004, KODOC announced that it would stop producing traditional film cameras in the United States, Canada and Western Europe.
By the end of 2004, Kodak will stop using advanced camera systems and 35mm film cameras. Film production will continue.
In 2005 1 month, Kodak appointed a new CTO: William Lloyd, a technical expert who worked at HP for 3 1 year, and was crowned as "digital CTO" by the outside world.
Eastman Kodak Company (EK), a camera manufacturer with a history of 13 1 year, may file for bankruptcy protection in the early hours of Friday local time in the United States. Affected by this news, Kodak's share price in the US stock market once plunged 68% in intraday trading, setting the biggest one-day drop since 1974.
On March 3rd, 2065,438+02/kloc-0, the company announced that it had received a warning from Kodak on the new york Stock Exchange, because its average closing price had fallen below $30,654,38+0. If the share price does not improve in the next six months, Kodak will face delisting.
19 1 20 12, Eastman Kodak announced that it had filed for bankruptcy protection in new york to tide over the liquidity crisis and ensure the continued operation of its business.