Kodak, founded in 1880 by inventor George Eastman, is headquartered in Rochester, New York, USA. Kodak is one of the major players in the "information imaging" industry, a $385 billion market that includes devices (such as digital cameras and handheld computers), infrastructures (such as online networks and image-processing systems), and services and media (such as software, film, and paper to access, analyze, and print images). Kodak utilizes advanced technology, broad market reach, and a range of industry partnerships to provide customers with innovative products and services that meet their needs for the wealth of information contained in their images.In January 2012, Kodak, a company with a history of more than 130 years, declared Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. The company has several major business areas: Photography - digital and traditional products and services for mass consumers, professional photographers and cinematographers; Medical Imaging - traditional and digital image acquisition, storage and output products and services for the healthcare industry commercial imaging - image acquisition, output and storage products and services for businesses and governments; components - optical components and sensor chips for original equipment manufacturers (OEMs); and displays - the world's leading designer and manufacturer of optical components and sensors. - designs and manufactures the world's leading organic light-emitting diode (OLED) displays and other specialty materials.
The company's worldwide turnover in 2002 amounted to $12.8 billion, more than half of which came from markets outside the United States. Kodak's worldwide workforce totals approximately seventy thousand employees, thirty-nine thousand of whom are in the United States. The company has manufacturing facilities in the United States, Canada, Mexico, Brazil, the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Australia, and China, and sells a large assortment of imaging products to nearly every country in the world. By 2012, the global workforce had plummeted to just over 10,000 employees.
Kodak is the world's largest producer and supplier of imaging products and related services, and a world leader in capturing, sharing, outputting and displaying images that help countless people capture memories, communicate important information and enjoy entertainment.
Kodak has long been a leader in the imaging marketplace, offering products and services that include OLEDs, professional imaging, business solutions, commercial printing, business imaging, entertainment imaging, consumer products, retailers and printers, and motion picture arts, and the company has a presence in more than 150 countries and territories around the world, with approximately 80,000 employees