Nov 3, 2005, 17:14
Digital technology continues to cut a swathe through the businesses built on traditional chemical-based photography.
First Kodak was forced to sack thousands of workers at its plants around the world as demand for film and chemical processing dropped. Photo processing shops around Australia started to close as amateur photographers printed their own photos or used the internet or CD and DVD as their preferred display media.
Now the photographic firm of Agfa has announced it is bankrupt. The announcement in May that the company AgfaPhoto had filed for bankruptcy protection sent a chill through the company's world operations. It will probably stop operating by the end of the year. - Source: theage.com.au
Further Reading - http://theage.com.au/news/livewire/for-w...11236.html
First Kodak was forced to sack thousands of workers at its plants around the world as demand for film and chemical processing dropped. Photo processing shops around Australia started to close as amateur photographers printed their own photos or used the internet or CD and DVD as their preferred display media.
Now the photographic firm of Agfa has announced it is bankrupt. The announcement in May that the company AgfaPhoto had filed for bankruptcy protection sent a chill through the company's world operations. It will probably stop operating by the end of the year. - Source: theage.com.au
Further Reading - http://theage.com.au/news/livewire/for-w...11236.html
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