● 1879: Mr Eastman invented the latex coating machine and began to produce photographic negatives on a large scale.
● 1880: Hysmans started the commercial production of dry plates on the top floor of a rented building in Rochester, new york.
● 188 1 year: Mr. Eastman and Henry A. Strong (a family friend, a manufacturer of radio antennas) established Iman Dry Board Company in partnership. In September, Hysmans resigned as a bank clerk and devoted himself to business.
● 1883: The business premises of Eastman Dry Board Company were transferred to a four-story building, which is now No.343 State Street, Rochester, new york, and is the global headquarters of the company.
● 1884: Eastman dry film company was established. The company was changed from a partnership to a joint-stock company with assets of 200,000 USD and 0/4 shareholders. Launch Eastman negative. Mr. Hysmans and his colleague William H. Walker invented the negative photographic paper reel.
● 1885: Eastman American film came out-the first transparent photographic "film", which is still in use today. The company opened a wholesale office in London, England.
● 1960: Kodak ESTAR film base (polyester film base) was introduced to improve the size of KODALITH printing film. RECORDAK RELIANT 500 microfilm was introduced, which can shoot 500 checks or 185 letters in one minute. Dr Albert Chapman became the vice chairman of the board of directors, and William Vaughan became the president and CEO.
● 196 1 year: The company introduced the first extremely successful Kodak rotary projector, whose circular bracket can hold 80 slides. Kodak CHROME II film was introduced, which was greatly improved on the basis of the well-known Kodak CHROME film.
● 1962: the company's comprehensive sales in the United States exceeded 1 billion dollars for the first time, with more than 75,000 employees worldwide. John green became the first American astronaut to fly around the earth, and Kodak film recorded his reaction when he traveled through space at the speed of 17400 miles per hour. After the death of Thomas J. Hargrave, Albert K. Chapman became the chairman of the board of directors.
● 1963: Kodak INSTAMATIC camera series was launched, which used easy-to-use boxed film, and finally pushed amateur photography to a new popular height. By the end of 1970, more than 50 million INSTAMATIC cameras had been produced.
● 1964: Kodak Exhibition Hall of new york World Expo is one of the top ten international exhibitions. The "Photography Tower" shows the largest outdoor color negative ever.
● 1965: Kodak developed the super 8 format, and launched the super 8 movie using the new boxed KODACHROME II film. Kodak INSTAMATIC camera allows photographers to take four flash photos without pressing the replacement flash bulb. The new automatic developing system shortens the developing time of X-ray film to 90 seconds.
● 1966: Kodak 2620 color printer added electronic memory, which can print 2,000 to 3,000 sheets per hour. "Photo of the Century" is a close-up of "Copernicus" crater on the moon, which was shot by Lunar Orbiter II, using a dual-lens camera, film, processor and reading equipment provided by Kodak. The global sales of all Kodak products exceed $4 billion, while Kodak employs more than 654.38 million people worldwide.
●1967: the cameraworks factory began to move to a 600-acre site in Gates Town, new york. Before it was sold in 2000, Elm Grove Factory was once the equipment production center in the United States. Since then, its business has moved to other parts of Kodak. William s vaughn became chairman of the board of directors, and Dr. Louis K. Eilers succeeded him as president.
● 1968: Eastman company of Carolina was established in Columbia, Carolina, producing KODEL polyester fiber and yarn.
● 1969: Kodak Colorado branch began to build a film and paper production base in Windsor, Colorado. When astronauts Aldrin and Armstrong set foot on the moon, they carried a very special stereo camera made by Kodak. Kodak won an Emmy Award for developing fast color film for TV. Kodak's first slide projector specially designed for the professional audio-visual market-Kodak Ektagraphic slide projector came out. Kodak has more than 200,000 shareholders.
● 1970: New film production factory in Guadalajara, Mexico. The company's suggestion system received the 654.38+0 millionth suggestion. Dr Louis k Eilers became the chairman of the board of directors, and Gerald b zono succeeded him as the president. From 1963 to 1970, * * produced more than 50 million Kodak INSTAMATIC cameras.
● 197 1 year: Kodak introduced Kodak EKTACHROME 160 film (type A) and two new super 8 movie cameras, which laid the foundation for "live light" movies at home. Marketing Education Center (also known as Riverwood venue) was established as a training center to provide various educational services for professionals who use Kodak products.
● 1972: Kodak simplified the popular INSTAMATIC camera into a portable camera, and introduced five different Kodak portable INSTAMATIC cameras using brand-new Kodak 1 10 film boxes. This product series is very popular, with 25 million units produced in less than three years. Walter A. Fallon became the president and CEO, and Gerald B. Zornow was elected as the chairman of the board of directors.
● 1973: With the launch of two super 8 sound movie cameras and boxed super 8 film (tape for recording), the company showed home movies with sound. There are more than 654.38+200,000 employees worldwide.
● 1975: Kodak launched Kodak EKTAPRINT 100 copier, which was immediately praised by the industry for its high-quality copying effect and user convenience brought by airborne microcomputer.
● 1976: Kodak EKTAPRINT copier series has been expanded to six different models. Introducing new KODAK ORACLE and KODAK STARVUE microfilm products to provide high-speed and automatic microfilm image retrieval. A new Kodak fast camera and a self-developed color photo negative were introduced.
● 1977: Eastman, Arkansas, the newest member of Eastman Chemical Division, started the commercial production of organic chemicals. Walter A. Fallon was elected as the chairman of the board of directors and Colby H. Chandler as the president.
● 1978: Eastman KODAPAK thermoplastic polyester used for producing beverage bottles was introduced by Eastman Chemical Division.
● 1980: Kodak celebrates100th anniversary. The company introduced Kodak EKTACHEM 400 analyzer using dry chemical serum analysis, and announced its entry into the clinical diagnosis market.
● 198 1 year: the company's sales exceed 10 billion USD. Kodak acquired Atex, a computer publishing system manufacturer. Kodak EKTAFLEX PCT color plate-making products were introduced, which provided convenience for family darkroom enthusiasts to enlarge colors.
● 1982: Kodak launched a series of miniature "decision-free" cameras built around the film turntable and started "hard disk photography". Kodak color VR 100 film with emerging T-particle emulsion technology is introduced, which is a major breakthrough in silver halide emulsion technology. Kodak showroom opens at the new EPCOT Center in Disneyland near Orlando, Florida.
● 1983: Colby H. Chandler was elected as the chairman and CEO, and Kay R.Whitmore became the president. Kodak KAR 4000 information system provides advanced functions for computer-aided storage and microfilm image retrieval. Eastman, Tennessee, began to operate the only commercial factory in the United States that produces coal chemical products. Kodak EKTACHEM DT60 analyzer is a desktop device, which is convenient for doctors to perform dry chemical serum analysis in the office.
● 1984: Kodak entered the video market with KODAVISION series 2000 8 mm video system, and introduced Kodak cassette tapes in 8 mm, Beta and VHS formats. The company introduced a full range of floppy disks suitable for personal computers.
● 1985: the company has launched two new image management systems-Kodak EKTAPRINT electronic publishing system (KEEPS) and Kodak information management system (KIMS). This paper introduces a small printer system for photo printing to provide consumers with particularly fast photo printing service.
● 1986: The company launched two new Kodak VR-G 35 films and returned to the 35mm camera market with two new Kodak VR 35 cameras. The company launched the world's first 9-volt lithium battery for civilian use-Kodak Ultralife lithium battery, and entered the ordinary civilian battery market with Kodak SUPRALIFE battery series. With the establishment of Eastman pharmaceutical department, Kodak entered a new health care industry.
● 1987: The company entered the static electronic video market with seven products of recording, storing, operating, transmitting and printing static electronic video images. Started to build a first-class new photosensitive factory in Rochester, new york, responsible for coating professional color films. Kodak launched the first disposable camera-Kodak Fling camera, using 1 10 Kodak color film box.
● 1988: Kodak acquired Sterling Drug Inc, which provided Kodak with the basic and marketing capabilities needed to become a profitable participant in prescription drugs and over-the-counter drugs. 1994, Kodak finally sold its non-image health-related business. Kodak and Fuka Industries established a joint venture, Qualex, to merge the business of about 90 photo processing laboratories owned by both parties. Kodak EKTAPRESS gold film was launched, which is the first color negative film series specially made for photographers. Kodak T-MAX P3200 film was introduced, and the black and white film technology has made greater progress. Kodak CREATE-A-PRINT 35 mm color enlargement center enables consumers to cut and make their own enlarged works in a few minutes.
● 1989: Kodak launches Eastman EXR color negative to celebrate the centenary of film. This paper introduces Kodak XL 7700 digital continuous tone printer which can print large thermal color photos. The disposable Kodak STRETCH 35 camera can take panoramic photos of 3 1/2 x 10 inch (25x25.4cm cm). Kodak weekend 35 disposable camera is an all-weather camera that can shoot under 8 feet of water. KODAK IMAGELINK component series (for document shooting) and KODAK OPTISTAR products (for computer output) provide image miniaturization or digital capture options. Kodak X-OMATIC RA cassette greatly reduces the possibility of radiation exposure for children patients. Kodak fun savings panorama 35 disposable camera
● 1990: Kay whitmore was elected chairman and CEO of Kodak. Kodak announced the development of a photo disc system for playing images on TV screens, and proposed to establish a general standard for defining colors in the digital environment of computers and computer peripherals. By combining silver halide with electronic technology to scan photos and digital information, and then output them to photographic film or paper, Kodak PREMIER image enhancement system pushes the quality and output of commercial and industrial photographic laboratories to a new height. The company announced the launch of a series of new document management system products to provide high-speed printing capabilities for centralized copying departments. Kodak began a recycling plan for disposable cameras, and at the same time began to use recycled cardboard to make film boxes.
● 199 1 year: Sterling Drug Inc announced that it had signed an agreement with Sanofi, a leading French pharmaceutical company, to establish several joint ventures between the two companies. Kodak Professional Digital Camera System (DCS) is introduced, which enables photographers to take electronic photos with Nikon F-3 camera equipped with Kodak 65438+300,000 pixel sensor. Kodak's new copier provides unique digital functions, such as the ability to customize copies of original documents. 1986 the new first-class photosensitive factory started in rochester, new york, for coating color films for the professional and film markets was completed.
● 1992: Kodak introduced a rewritable CD, which was used by MCI, its first customer, to make a phone bill for the company account. Kodak FUN SAVER telephoto 35 camera has joined the ranks of popular disposable cameras. Kodak sold the 654.38 millionth X-OMAT X-ray film processor, which was first introduced in 1956. The company announced the establishment of joint research and development plans with Canon, Fuji, Minolta and Nikon to develop advanced photography systems. New digital products include Kodak professional DCS 200 digital camera and Kodak XLT 7720 digital continuous tone printer. Kodak EKTAPRO projector became the first Kodak slide projector connected to a computer. Kodak won the research and development award. D is its INSIGHT chest imaging system; D 100 award, the system has made great progress in generating soft tissue x-ray images. 50th anniversary of Kodak color film.
● 1993: Kodak introduced 20 new photography products, including compact and compact Cameo 35mm camera series; New EKTACHROME LUMIERE film; Underwater version of EKTACHROME film; And Kodak fun saving camera 35 disposable camera. The company launched a portable photo CD player and a series of new commercial software products and photo CD formats. Kodak technicians used the new Kodak CINEON technology to digitally store 1937 Disney's classic Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. Former Motorola CEO George ·M·C· Fisher became chairman and CEO of Kodak. At the end of that year, Eastman Chemical Company (including distilled products business) established by 1920 was transferred to shareholders, became an independent company with its own independent board of directors, and was listed on the new york Stock Exchange.
● 1994: Kodak introduced 30 new products, including Kodak Royal Gold Film and new digital imaging products and services. Digital products include Kodak negative workstation that can renovate old photos into new ones; Kodak digital enhancement station 100 can eliminate defects such as "red eye"; And KODAK Creation Station, a simple self-service center that can make negatives, slides, photos and photo CD images into digital photos. Kodak spun off its non-imaging health care business-Sterling winthrop Company; F product and clinical diagnosis focus all the company's resources on the core imaging business. The proceeds from the sale of these enterprises are used to reduce a lot of debts.
● 1995: Kodak launched kodak.com, an internet website, to provide internet users around the world with more opportunities to learn more about Kodak people, products, services and history. In March, Kodak's digital imaging business made great progress, with the introduction of Kodak DC40 fool digital camera and advanced new photographic paper and transparencies for inkjet printers to print high-quality images. In September, Kodak announced that Kadan Commercial Systems will sell and provide Kodak large copiers in the United States and Canada.
● 1996: advanced photographic system (APS) format was introduced. Its functions include loading the plug-in film box, the replacement function of allowing the film to rewind halfway when it is not fully exposed, and three different picture formats (classic, group and panoramic). Kodak launched ADVANTIX brand for its related products. In June this year, the company launched the first portable digital camera series to the fast-growing civil digital market. Kodak launched a TV advertisement with the theme of "Taking pictures, going further" to enhance the attractiveness of Kodak brand. The company distributed its 10000 medical laser printer to Duke University Medical Center in Durham, North Carolina. Daniel A. Carp was appointed President and Chief Operating Officer of Kodak.
● 1997: Kodak sold the sales, marketing and equipment services of its office imaging business and equipment management business (formerly known as "Kodak Image Service") to Kadan Commercial System Co., Ltd. The company introduced four new gold films (400,200, 100, maximum sensitivity of 800) using COLORSHARP technology. Since 1990 started the recycling program, by February, the company had recycled more than 6,543.8 billion disposable cameras. Kodak photo network was launched, which enabled people to view photos, book photo reprints and share photos with friends and family around the world through the Internet. In April, the company launched the first stupid megapixel digital camera-Kodak Digital Science DC 120 zoom digital camera, and the price was lower than 1000 USD. Kodak reached an agreement with Sun Chemical Company to set up a joint venture Kodak Polaroid Imaging Company to provide photographic consumables, off-line direct plate making and other digital solutions to the printing market. The advanced Kodak image sensor enables NASA's Mars exploration to "walk and see" while exploring the planet's surface.
● 1998: Kodak professional PORTRA color negative and Kodak professional SUPRA III color paper were launched. AOL and Kodak launched "You have photos!" Photo service through which AOL members can send developed photos online. Kodak acquired most of Imation Corporation's global medical imaging business, including DRYVIEW laser imaging business. Astronaut john glenn and other STS-95 members used Kodak's professional DCS 460 digital camera to take high-resolution images in space flight and send them back to Earth in real time.
● 1999: Kodak sells the operation of its digital printer, copier and roller assembly to Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG. The two companies also expanded their joint venture NexPress, which was established in 1998. The company introduced DURALIFE photographic paper, which is a revolutionary snapshot new photographic paper. It actually creates new benchmarks in various performance fields, including tear resistance, durability, brightness and purity, image clarity and curl resistance. Kodak's commercial and government systems business has launched a digital camera for earth imaging, which can display surface objects as small as one meter long. Kodak and Lexmark International, Inc. *** jointly launched KODAK Personal Picture Maker for home digital image printing. In the health imaging business, KODAK DRYVIEW 8600 laser imaging system for mammography and three first-class radiation imaging systems for capturing X-ray images are introduced. Kodak and Sanyo Electric Company launched the world's first full-color, active-matrix organic electroluminescent (OLED) display business model.
●2000: Dan Karp is also the CEO and President of Kodak. In this year, Kodak's medical imaging department launched 45 new products, including Kodak InSight dental film to help dentists reduce patients' exposure to radiation and produce excellent images at the same time; And two new digital radiography systems: Kodak DirectView DR 9000 and DirectViewDR 5000. Kodak's entertainment video department and Qualcomm have already made initial cooperation in the core technology test of creating a high-quality digital film system. Kodak has introduced a new PalmPix camera, which converts the Palm m m 100 handheld computer into a digital camera. At the end of the year, Kodak completed the acquisition of Lumisys, Inc., a supplier of desktop digital radiography system and X-ray film digitizer.
●200 1: Dan Carp is the chairman, CEO and president of Kodak. Kodak and Maytag, Maytag's Dixie-Narco vending machine department and e-Vend.net Alliance use vending machines and the Internet to increase the places where consumers buy films and disposable cameras. The company completed the evaluation of Bell &; Acquisition of Howell's video business. Kodak launched a new global advertising campaign "Share this moment, share life", introducing Kodak EASYSHARE system, which is a new series of digital cameras and basic systems, setting usability standards for digital photography. In June this year, the company acquired Ofoto, Inc, a leader in online photography services.
●2002: Kodak completed the acquisition of Encad, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Kodak specializing in wide-format inkjet printing. The launch of Kodak Perfect Touch Processing marks the expansion of digital photo processing services provided by Kodak to consumers. By individually scanning and digitally processing each photo, Kodak's coloring stunt can eliminate dark shadows, display rich details, improve transparency and contrast, and display more vivid colors in photos. The company introduced Kodak 8500 digital photo printer, which is a thermal sublimation desktop printer with photo quality, and it provides higher production capacity than inkjet printer at competitive price. Introduce Kodak i200 series scanner; This is a low-capacity document scanner, including most of the technology of the company's highest-speed scanner, and the first pluggable platform accessory on the market for scanning documents that need special processing. Kodak and Sanyo Electric introduced the prototype of 15 inch flat panel display, which is the next generation full-color display based on Kodak's patented organic light-emitting diode (OLED) technology. The company launched Kodak VISION2 film color negative, which is the next generation of its award-winning film. Kodak VISION2 was launched on 1925, and quickly became the offspring of VISION film series, the most widely used film in the world.
● In 2003, Kodak EASYSHARE Multifunctional Base Printer 6000 was introduced, which is a device that can print durable 10x 15cm Kodak borderless photos. The company introduced several digital cameras, including the first Kodak EASYSHARE LS633 zoom digital camera with OLED display and Kodak EASYSHARE DX6490 for senior amateur photographers. Kodak's American Mobile Image Service aims to help people store, share, organize and print their digital images. KODAK i80 scanner (the speed of digitizing paper documents is 40% faster than the previous generation) and a series of new document imaging products are introduced. Kodak has made several acquisitions, including PracticeWorks, Inc, a supplier of dental clinical management software; Le Kai Film Co., Ltd., the largest photographic film manufacturer headquartered in China, 20%; Algotech Systems Limited; , developer of photo archiving and communication system; And the application of sci-fi digital PIC rapid film development technology. Antonio Perez joined as President and Chief Operating Officer. In September, the company launched a new digital growth strategy to accelerate the growth rate of expanding into a series of commercial businesses. The company is organized according to five main business projects: commercial printing, display screens and components, medical imaging, digital and film imaging and commercial imaging.
●2004: In the 2004 digital camera satisfaction survey conducted by J.D. Power and Associates, Kodak EASYSHARE digital cameras obtained the highest customer satisfaction of 200-399 dollars and 400-599 dollars respectively. Kodak expanded its graphic communication business and became the sole owner of NexPress (the provider of high-end on-demand color printing system and black-and-white variable data printing system) and Scitex digital printing (the leader of high-speed variable data inkjet printing). The latter was renamed Kodak Versamark, Inc. The company also bought the remaining shares of digital camera manufacturer Chinon Industries, acquired the imaging sensor business of National Semiconductor Corporation of the United States, and formed an alliance with IBM to produce CMOS image sensors. In order to further focus on the growth field, Kodak sold the remote sensing system business of defense and aerospace customers to ITT Industries. Kodak and seven other camera manufacturers announced the new IMAGELINK specification, which allows all types of cameras to connect and use EASYSHARE multifunction printers. Kodak also introduced an enhanced version of EASYSHARE multifunctional base printer, which can print photos of digital cameras, memory cards and wireless transmission. Started to build a manufacturing plant in Kodak Windsor, Colorado to expand the production capacity of thermal media. This will help to meet the growing demand of Kodak's popular Picture Maker digital photo fast printing system, EASYSHARE multifunctional base printer and professional 1400 digital photo printer for high-quality thermal sublimation printing. With the increasing demand for digital images, Kodak stripped off the production and operation of film and photographic paper, closed its factory in Coburg, Australia, and reduced the scale of operations in several other locations. The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved Kodak's new computer-aided detection system for mammography. The system can help identify suspicious areas in digital mammograms and help radiologists find breast cancer early. Kodak royal advanced inkjet photographic paper with COLORLAST technology came out. When the latest ink is used, the photos printed on this kind of ink-jet photographic paper can be kept for more than 100 years in the general home exhibition environment.
●2005: Kodak's new EASYSHARE-ONE digital camera won many industry honors. It can save as many as 1500 photos for instant playback as never before, and can transmit images wirelessly for printing, e-mail or online viewing. Other new EASYSHARE cameras include V series and P series models. P series cameras provide advanced functions for demanding photographers. V-series cameras are smaller than playing cards, but they realize the integration of photography and video recording functions-they can get printed still images from videos or record audio and television videos for up to 80 minutes continuously. Based on the success of Kodak's award-winning series of digital cameras and multifunction printers, the company's OFOTO online photo service was renamed Kodak EASYSHARE Gallery. Kodak acquired Orex Computer X-ray Photography Y Co., Ltd., which is the leader of small digital X-ray photography system and obtains X-ray images in digital form. With the continuous growth of graphic communication business, the company has become a leading product and service provider in the graphic communication market and the sole owner of the original joint venture Kodak Polaroid Imaging Company. And acquired Creo Inc, the world's leading supplier of prepress and workflow systems for commercial printing. Kodak has launched a new product, Kodak Enterprise Management Solution (EMS), which is a complete business process solution for the printing industry. And Kodak VERSAMARK VX5000e printing system, the effective resolution is twice that of previous generations of continuous inkjet nozzles. Antonio Perez is the CEO and President of Kodak. Kodak announced the launch of the first batch of CMOS image sensor (CIS) devices jointly manufactured with IBM. Kodak has introduced a molecular imaging system, which can identify molecular abnormalities with signs of pathological changes at an early stage through a non-invasive process. At present, the system can't be used in humans, but they will help laboratory researchers in areas such as cancer research. Kodak has introduced new home printing products, including EASYSHARE photo printer 500, which can be used for almost any brand of digital cameras and the latest models of camera phones. Kodak began to transform its brand into a digital world on a global scale. Actions include advertising in art galleries, describing the importance of personal, historical and medical images, and emphasizing Kodak's responsibility to create, share and protect these images. The Kodak KAF-39000 image sensor with the highest resolution in the world is introduced. Kodak launched KODAK Picture Kiosk G4, which provides faster image uploading and printing speed and consolidates its leading position in the retail printing industry. Kodak's medical team won the largest contract from Scottish National Service Company, involving image archiving and communication system (PACS) and information management solution (IMS).
●2006 (April): Antonio Perez served as chairman and CEO of Kodak. Launched the world's first dual-lens static digital camera-the stylish and compact Kodak EASYSHARE V570 zoom digital camera. Then the Kodak EASYSHARE V6 10 dual-lens digital camera with the smallest optical zoom in the world was introduced. Kodak updated its brand slogan to show the new modern features of today's digital world. Kodak and Motorola have formed a global product, reciprocal licensing and marketing alliance around mobile images. Introduce Kodak scanning station 100. This product allows two office workers to scan, store and * * * share files on the office network at the same time, and send them anywhere-without a computer.