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Kodak Alaris is actively looking to sell off its paper and film unit for an estimated $34M

06 Feb

A surprising report has revealed that Kodak Alaris, specifically its film unit responsible for bringing back Ektachrome 35mm film products, is up for sale. The business move was revealed by Inside Imaging, which reports that at least part of Kodak Alaris may be split off and sold as soon as next month.

Though the company had not publicly revealed its plans, some details emerged from a recently discovered financial report lodged with the UK’s Companies House in December 2018. According to the report, which covers a time period of January 1 to March 31, 2017, Kodak Alaris’ Paper, Photochemicals and Film (PPF) unit has been up for sale since January 2018 following the board’s decision to ‘actively divest the business to a buyer with greater market synergies.’

The report indicates the unit has a conservatively estimated value of $ 34 million and that ‘advanced discussions with a bidder’ for the PPF unit are currently underway. Kodak Alaris, at least based on the financial report, anticipates the sale will happen by March 31, 2019, but with the potential for spilling over to a later date.

Kodak Alaris’ sole shareholder is the Kodak Pension Plan, a UK pension fund referred to as KPP2 that acquired Kodak Alaris from Eastman Kodak for $ 325 million in 2013. With Kodak Alaris came £1.5 billion / $ 2.7b in debt, and though Kodak Alaris is a profitable business, its bottom line after taxes has seen huge losses.

Kodak Alaris CEO Marc Jourlait confirmed to Inside Imaging that the company has ‘privately briefed’ potential customers on its intention to ‘explore sale of some or all of our assets.’ The PPF unit is already ‘at an advanced stage of negotiations with a potential buyers [sic].’

Articles: Digital Photography Review (dpreview.com)

 
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The cameras inside the iPhone Xs and Xs Max are estimated to cost $51.10

02 Oct

The cost benchmarking team at analyst firm IHS Markit has dissected an iPhone Xs Max in order to estimate the cost of components. For the 64GB version the team has calculated an estimated total bill of material (BOM) $ 390, a $ 20 increase from the smaller, previous-generation iPhone X.

With a starting price of $ 1,099 at the retail end of the supply chain this $ 20 increase in component cost translates into a $ 100 increase of retail pricing, however. As a comparison, Samsung’s Galaxy S9+ with 64GB of RAM has a BOM of $ 375.80 and retails at around $ 840.

The total cost of camera components inside the new iPhone models (the iPhone Xs and Xs Max use the exact same camera components) amounts to $ 51.10. This estimated total includes the two cameras on the rear of the device, the front-facing camera and the TrueDepth sensor used for FaceID, Apple’s face recognition feature. Without the TrueDepth module, the cost of the two 12-megapixel cameras on the rear of the camera and the 7-megapixel front-facing camera comes out to an estimated price tag of $ 37.60.

Combined, all of the camera components inside iPhone Xs and Xs Max devices represent approximately 13 percent of the total BOM, showing camera technology is becoming even more important on newer smartphones. On the single-camera iPhone 7 from 2016 the total cost of all camera components was only 9.6 percent of the total.

Articles: Digital Photography Review (dpreview.com)

 
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Sony owns an estimated 40.2 percent share of the image sensor market

05 May

According to market research estimates, in 2014 Sony made 40.2 percent of all image sensors, leaving its rivals in the sector far behind. There’s no doubt that a lucrative Apple contract has helped put Sony ahead of the competition, as it earns approximately $ 20 for each iPhone sold. Read more

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