Eastman Kodak Company (NYSE:EK) 343 State Street Rochester, NY 14650 Phone: (585) 724-4000 Fax: (585) 781-5400 http://www.kodak.com
Eastman Kodak Company was founded in 1880 and was incorporated in 1901 in the State of New Jersey. It is an imaging innovator, which provides imaging technology products and services to the photographic and graphic communications markets. The Company's products span: Digital cameras and accessories; Consumer inkjet printers and media; Digital picture frames; Retail printing kiosks, APEX drylab systems and related media; KODAK Gallery online imaging services; Prepress equipment and consumables; Workflow software for commercial printing; Electrophotographic equipment and consumables; Commercial inkjet printing systems; Document scanners; Origination and print films for the entertainment industry; Consumer and professional photographic film; Photographic paper and processing chemicals; and Wholesale photofinishing services. The Company has three reportable segments: Consumer Digital Imaging Group; Film, Photofinishing and Entertainment Group; and Graphic Communications Group. Consumer Digital Imaging Group Segment or CDG encompasses digital still and video cameras, digital devices such as picture frames, snapshot printers and related media, kiosks and related media, APEX drylab systems which were introduced in the first quarter of 2008, consumer inkjet printing, Kodak Gallery, and imaging sensors. The APEX drylab system provides an alternative to traditional photofinishing processing at retail locations. CDG also includes the licensing activities related to the Company's intellectual property in digital imaging products. Film, Photofinishing and Entertainment Group Segment or FPEG encompasses consumer and professional film, one-time-use cameras, graphic arts film, aerial and industrial film, and entertainment imaging products and services. In addition, this segment also includes paper and output systems, and photofinishing services. This segment provides consumers, professionals, cinematographers, and other entertainment imaging customers with film-related products and services and also provides graphic arts film to the graphics industry. Graphic Communications Group Segment or GCG serves a variety of customers in the creative, in-plant, data center, commercial printing, packaging, newspaper and digital service bureau market segments with a range of software, media and hardware products that provide customers with a variety of solutions for prepress equipment, workflow software, analog and digital printing, and document scanning. Products and related services include workflow software and digital controllers; digital printing, which includes commercial inkjet and electrophotographic products, including equipment, consumables and service; prepress consumables; output devices; and document scanners. All Other segment is composed of Kodak's display business and other small, miscellaneous businesses. The raw materials used by the Company are many and varied, and are generally readily available. Lithographic aluminum is the main material used in the manufacture of offset printing plates. Silver is one of the essential materials used in the manufacture of films and papers. Paper base is an essential material in the manufacture of photographic papers. The markets in which the Company does business are highly competitive, and it encounters aggressive price competition for all its products and services from numerous companies globally. The Company is subject to various laws and governmental regulations concerning environmental matters.
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