Kodak - Timeline

Brownie camera launched creating a mass market for photography

Tennessee Eastman was formed as a wholly owned subsidiary. Its primary purpose was production of chemicals

Kodak was added to the Dow Jones Industrial Average. It was listed as one of the DJIA companies for the next 74 years

Kodachrome introduced It is a colour reversal stock for movie and slide film.

Retina Series 35mm camera launched

Introduced Starmatic camera

Instamatic camera introduced

Digital camera invented

Kodamatic introduced

Kodak scientists created the worlds first megapixel sensor

Kodak buys Sterling Drugs

Stopped selling traditional film cameras in Europe and America

Cut 15,000 jobs - about 1/5 of the workforce

Delisted from the Dow Jones Industrial Average

$137 million fourth-quarter loss Plans to cut up to 4,500 jobs

Stopped selling Kodachrome after 74 years due to rapid decline in sales

Share price dropped to all time low - $0.54 a share During 2011, shares fell by more than 80%

Filed for bankruptcy

Digital business image would phase out but would continue with printing

From 2014 to 2018, Kodak began to introduce new products such as its first phone and bringing back Ektachrome