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Eastman Kodak Company Company profile

Eastman Kodak Company (KODK), or simply known as Kodak, is a global manufacturer that focuses on commercial prints, advanced materials and chemicals.

The firm was founded by George Eastman in 1888 and is headquartered in New York.

The company, whose slogan is “you press the button, we do the rest,” has since earned over 31,000 patents. 

Kodak specialises in:

• Digital printing which includes continuous inkjet printing solutions as well as inks and coatings

• Traditional printing

• 3D imagining

• The development of advanced materials and chemicals including the development of films for motion picture, consumer, professional and industrial use; functional printing solutions and the development of synthetic chemicals 

Kodak is also manufacturing digital and print cameras. 

The firm’s key partnerships include Belgian technology company Barco, the commercial printing service Modern Litho and Microsoft (MSFT). 

In 2012, the firm filed for bankruptcy as it was unable to keep up with the global digitalisation. The company was listed under the ticker symbol EK before its delisting in January 2012.

In 2013, Kodak made a comeback as a public firm and returned its shares to the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE). The Eastman Kodak Company stock started to trade under the ticker symbol KODK.

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