It's not common knowledge but one of Kodak's biggest competitors during the Polaroid days was Down's Manufacturing. They made Polaroid-compatible cartridges that had 47 exposures instead the normal 46.
Kodak was a chemical manufacturer from way back. They were competitors with Sigma/Aldrich. I was a chemistry major in undergrad before pharmacy school, and we used them as one of our primary suppliers. Still have one of their chemical catalogs from back then on the shelf.
When I was young I liked looking through science and technology catalogs even though I never ordered anything. Everything looked so fascinating and sciency...chips, diodes, chemical solutions...must have been all the little pictures and lab diagrams.
The chemistry behind film photography is fascinating. I can't say I ever wondered why they didn't transition to pharmaceutical precursors, but then again I'm not a Very Stable Genius!
They do have chemists since film photography is a chemical process. It's a brilliant pivot for a dying company.
They give us the nice bright colors
They give us the greens of summers
Makes you think all the world's a sunny day, Oh yeah!
It's not common knowledge but one of Kodak's biggest competitors during the Polaroid days was Down's Manufacturing. They made Polaroid-compatible cartridges that had 47 exposures instead the normal 46.
Kodak was a chemical manufacturer from way back. They were competitors with Sigma/Aldrich. I was a chemistry major in undergrad before pharmacy school, and we used them as one of our primary suppliers. Still have one of their chemical catalogs from back then on the shelf.
When I was young I liked looking through science and technology catalogs even though I never ordered anything. Everything looked so fascinating and sciency...chips, diodes, chemical solutions...must have been all the little pictures and lab diagrams.
The chemistry behind film photography is fascinating. I can't say I ever wondered why they didn't transition to pharmaceutical precursors, but then again I'm not a Very Stable Genius!
Probably had to do with the cleanliness and QA for pharmaceutical, they are very high.
and the equipment/facilities to produce
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