Kodak sells camera sensor-branch

Kodak Image Sensor Solutions division sold to Platinum Equity. Unknown how much the venture capitalist, for the acquisition has been paid. A factory in New York is part of the agreement.

Kodak has the news about the sale is published. With the sale, the company wants its financial position improve. Kodak stressed that the company also after the acquisition will still have access to the beeldsensortechnologie of the division. A manufacturing facility in the Eastman Business Park, with an area of 24.433m2, in Rochester, New York is part of the sale. Kodak has the consideration not being disclosed.

Thursday warned Kodak in the presentation of its quarterly results that its survival of a number of things depended. Important conditions were the sale of a portfolio of camerapatenten and attracting additional loans. The company made in the third quarter, which ended on 30 september, a loss of 222 million dollars.

The Image Sensor Solutions division develops and produces ccd image sensors for applications in the industrial, medical and scientific sector. Also, the division responsible for the ccd image sensors that in a large number of middenformaatcamera of, for example, Hasselblad and Pentax sitting. Also, Leica makes a number of cameras using a Kodak ccd image sensor. Kodak has, among others, the Bayer filter, developed in the most of the digital cameras used.