In September 2013, the company emerged from bankruptcy, having shed its large legacy liabilities, restructured, and exited several businesses. These strategies failed to improve the company's finances, and in January 2012, Kodak filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York. Attempts to diversify its chemical operations failed, and as a turnaround strategy in the 2000s, Kodak instead made an aggressive turn to digital photography and digital printing. The company also struggled with the transition from film to digital photography, although Kodak had developed the first self-contained digital camera. Kodak began to struggle financially in the late 1990s as a result of increasing competition from Fujifilm. The company's ubiquity was such that its " Kodak moment" tagline entered the common lexicon to describe a personal event that deserved to be recorded for posterity. Kodak produced some of the most popular camera models of the 20th century, including the Brownie and Instamatic. During most of the 20th century, Kodak held a dominant position in photographic film, and produced a number of technological innovations through heavy investment in research and development at Kodak Research Laboratories.
Under Eastman's direction, the company became one of the world's largest film and camera manufacturers, and also developed a model of welfare capitalism and a close relationship with the city of Rochester.
After the release of the Kodak camera, Eastman Kodak was incorporated on May 23, 1892. Kodak began as a partnership between George Eastman and Henry A. It is best known for photographic film products, which it brought to a mass market for the first time. The company is headquartered in Rochester, New York, and is incorporated in New Jersey. The Eastman Kodak Company (referred to simply as Kodak / ˈ k oʊ d æ k/) is an American public company that produces various products related to its historic basis in analogue photography. Kodacolor II 126 film cartridge, expiration year 1980. The shift from film to digital greatly affected Kodak's business. Kodak 35mm film cartridge alongside Asahi Pentax film camera.
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