The old sign is red. Another one! Kodak sold the image sensor business group to Platium Equity.

It is not the first time that Kodak Kodak, an old brand of camera film, has reported a financial crisis, but this time it directly put the image sensor (that is, the photosensitive element) into it. The business group was sold to the venture capital company PlatinumEquity in cash. PlatinumEquity is also very subtle, and the information collected shows that it is a venture capital company specializing in acquiring assets in poor condition.

According to outside analysis, if Kodak can't inject patents or other cash, it may not last 20 12, but it should be helpful after Kodak sells the image sensor business group. Kodak has repeatedly stressed that he has no intention of filing for bankruptcy at all.

Note: The camera in the attached figure is Kodak Quan Huafu monocular camera Kodak 14C corresponding to CanonEF connector, and one 14N corresponding to Nikon. At that time, Canon still needed x 1.3 times.

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Jump to sort out some established manufacturers that have been flooded by the market flood in the digital age. If you are interested, you are welcome to make up together.

German department:

Leica: Digital future has been working closely with Panasonic and has been repeatedly reported to be in poor financial condition. Now a large number of shares are under venture capital companies. Luo Lai: After many bankruptcies, the brand still exists, but it almost lost its R&D ability. Contax: merged with Japan Yashica (defined as Japanese manufacturer)

Japanese:

Pentax: It was first acquired by HOYA, and later HOYA left the medical business group, cut off the camera business group and sold it to Ricoh. Yashica: It was acquired by Kyocera Kyocera, and announced its withdrawal from the camera-related business group in 2005. Minolta: First it merged with Konica, and then the camera business group announced that it would sell it to Sony. Mamia: It was finally acquired by Honda.

United States Department:

Kodak: The camera business group was sold to Flextronics, an American company headquartered in Singapore, in 2006.

By the way, remember some Kodak advertisements: