Kodak, Kingsbury Announce Agreement on Touch Screen Sensors

Under the agreement, Kingsbury will open a new manufacturing facility in Bldg. 318 at Eastman Business Park in Rochester later this year to produce touch screen sensors utilizing Kodak's silver halide technologies. Kingsbury will also work with customers who wish to integrate this technology into their own manufacturing facilities to produce sensors.

Under the agreement announced Thursday, Kodak will open a manufacturing facility in Eastman Business Park’s Building 318 later this year to turn out the touch screen sensors.

Kingsbury’s CEO Bill Pollock estimates nearly 40-50 new production jobs involved with the deal and expects that need to expand to nearly 200 positions over the next few years.

In January 2012, Eastman Kodak filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. Since the company’s financial struggles, Kodak has turned its attention to providing customers with advanced technology with a competitive edge over similar companies. This focus includes services within entertainment imaging and commercial films.

The partnership between Kingsbury and Kodak will help Rochester meet the global need for sensor technology. Kodak will provide chemicals, substrates and the thin film technology necessary to produce the touch sensors in cheaper and faster ways.

Kodak officials say this partnership represents growth for Kodak and will raise Rochester’s status as a location of technology production normally done in Asia.