Eastman Kodak Company is a manufacturer of photographic equipment. It develops, manufactures, and markets photographic products for both traditional and digital photography, including cameras, film, photographic chemicals, processing equipment, and digital storage media. The company’s other products include X-ray equipment and film, and computer scanners.
The American businessman George Eastman founded the company in 1880 as a result of his interest in making amateur picture-taking easier and less expensive. Eastman revolutionized photography in 1885 when he introduced roll film, which used a paper base instead of glass. The company marketed its first camera in 1888, and in 1889 it introduced the first flexible, transparent roll film for commercial purposes. Many years later, in the early 2000’s, the company struggled to adapt as digital photography became widespread. It filed for bankruptcy in 2012. In 2013, it emerged from bankruptcy as a much smaller company focused on digital imaging. The company’s headquarters are in Rochester, New York.
