Kodak, a global manufacturer focused on commercial print and advanced materials and chemicals, has been named the winner of a Gold Stevie Award in the Best Business Technology Pivot category in The 22nd Annual American Business Awards. With the award, Kodak is recognized for successfully shifting its digital printing business to focus on inkjet presses. It has positioned also Kodak to capitalize on the future growth of high-speed inkjet production printing.
Kodak’s featured products in this technology pivot are the Kodak Prosper Ultra 520 Press powered by Kodak Ultrastream Technology and the Kodak 7000 Turbo Press, claimed to be the world’s fastest inkjet press. Both presses can deliver offset quality at production speeds and are suitable for a wide range of applications. They offer flexibility for printing on a wide range of substrates including uncoated and coated papers, standard offset papers, newsprint and recycled papers.
”We are delighted that our strategy to focus our digital printing business on our proprietary continuous inkjet technology has been honored with a prestigious Gold Stevie Award,” commented Jim Continenza, executive chairman and CEO, Kodak. “We see this accolade as confirmation that we are on the right track. It also serves as an incentive to continue strengthening our inkjet portfolio so our customers can continue to benefit from the improving capabilities of inkjet.”
The American Business Awards are the USA’s premier business awards program. All organizations operating in the USA are eligible to submit nominations – public and private, for-profit and non-profit, large and small. More than 300 professionals worldwide participated in the judging process to select this year’s Stevie Award winners. Last year, Kodak won a Gold Stevie Award in the ‘Achievement in Organizational Recovery’ category.
