Kodak Alaris sells off paper and chemical businesses

[Tin Can]

One reason I am moving to alt printing

The Bell Tolls

[koraks]

Bring back B&W Enlarging papers and maybe even AZO?

I'd be happy already if there is a future for Endura color paper. Much more critical than the B&W situation; for B&W, we have several viable options. For color, there's just two, and lately it's become much more challenging to get Endura here in Europe.

[John Layton]

Once again...thank goodness for Ilford - but oh, how my heart did palpitate when they'd closed shop...so very thankful that this was temporary!

[Paul Ron]

my concern is quality control of chineese products as we see is so poor with so many of their other exports.

thank goodness for illford!

[Tin Can]

We will miss the many high quality imports soon

no person is an island

[Drew Wiley]

Even if they hypothetically bought out the color and b&w film selection most of us rely on, it doesn't necessarily mean the domestic mfg of these would change, just who is bagging the profits. Anytime there's a buyout it's a roll of the dice. American vulture capitalists are among the worst when it comes to slash n' burn to domestic manufacturing, and are the ones most likely to downright outsource it. Bringing foreign capital into the equation might be a good thing indeed. And there are real bargains to be had here for foreign investors wishing to diversify their own portfolio. Otherwise, there's a wise kind of insurance available called a freezer that can provide a couple more decades of shooting if necessary. Kodak fumbled the ball with black and white paper long ago; it's not coming back. Their RA4 paper still has a strong following; but I personally use Fuji, which has an even bigger selection.