Fuji Announces it Will Stop Production of Film Stock by Spring 2013

  • Fuji Film has announced that it will stop producing film stock for theatrical movies by spring of next year.
  • The company has been producing film stock since 1934, and is currently taking final orders for its only remaining plant still making the product.
  • “Fuji will continue to produce its Eterna-RDS archive film for film preservation work, however, while halting production of film stock used for shooting, editing and screening pics,” notes Variety.
  • “The three biggest makers of film stock globally are Eastman Kodak with a 55 percent share, followed by Fuji with 35 percent and Agfa with 10 percent,” explains the article.
  • With the shift from film to digital, worldwide demand for film stock dropped 70 percent from 2007 to 2011.

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