Kodak Corporation

In 1986, a process to produce 1 by the continuous, vapor phase oxidation of 1,3-butadiene over a silver on alumina catalyst was discovered by Monnier and Muehlbauer of the Kodak Corporate Research Laboratories (10). The process was further developed and commercialized by Eastman Chemical Company at its Longview, Texas plant (11). Following this discovery of an economical process for 1, the production of 2,5-DHF was once again of commercial interest. 

The major problem that I had as the vice president for research is that I often entered into a legal corporate agreement between, for example, the University of Utah Corporation and Eastman Kodak Corporation, for the performance of certain tasks and certain activities. These tasks were wholly dependent on the activities of the university faculty, in whose interest I was signing this contract. If that contract were not fulfilled, I had no recourse as a corporate officer in trying to resolve that difficulty with my faculty. 

Kodak Corporation was offered and turned down both the xerographic process and the instant camera. Consequently, Kodak lost their copy market to the newly formed Xerox Corporation. They gained a formidable competitor in the photographic business from the newly formed Polaroid Corporation. Now both of these corporations. Xerox and Polaroid, are them selves having problems because they did not keep up with the changing times in their respective industries. 

Dinitrochlorobenzene is used primarily in the manufacture of azo dyes other areas include the manufacture of fungicides, mbber chemicals, and explosives. It is produced by Eastman Kodak Company and Sandoz Chemical Corporation and its bulk fob price is 2.73/kg. 2,4-Dinitrochlorobenzene is more toxic than nitrobenzene. It is an extremely powerful skin irritant and must be handled with great cate. 

Eastman Kodak has identified 10 core competencies and developed a process for their management and utilization within the company (29). Similarly, Eaton Corporation selected seven core technical competencies, ranked them in importance, assessed their importance vs the known state-of-the-art for the industry, and developed action plans to extend the life of each (30). Eaton subsequently found the company could bring to market products designed with proven building blocks, thus minimizing risk and the need for additional capital equipment. In addition, the competencies were found to be reservoirs of proprietary advantage that had not previously been put to work. 

The Batch Reaction Subcommittee was chaired by Walter L. Lrank of EQE International. Current members of the subcommittee, listed alphabetically are David J. Christensen, Union Carbide Corporation Warren Greenfield, International Specialty Products Philip P. Malkewicz, Nalco Chemical Company Peter L. McGrath, Olin Corporation Louisa A. Nara, Bayer Corporation Leslie A. Seller, CCPS Staff Consultant Robert Schisla, Eastman Chemical Company Anthony Torres, Eastman Kodak Company Dr. Jan C. Windhorst, Nova Chemicals and Paul Wood, Eli Lilly Company. Eormer subcommittee members who contributed much in getting this project started were Eelix Ereiheiter, CCPS Staff Consultant (deceased) A1 Noren, Monsanto Company-Searle (deceased) John Noronha, Eastman Kodak Company (retired) and Robert Stankovich, Eli Lilly Company. 

John Eerris, Environmental Protection Agency Albert Ness, Rohm and Haas Company David Riggs, Anderson Development Company Robert Rosen, BASF Corporation Kevin Shaughnessy, The Dow Chemical Company Laszio Takaco, Occidental Chemical Corporation Anthony Thompson, Monsanto Company Anthony Torres, Eastman Kodak Company RickYabroff, United Agri Products, Inc. 

In the USA producers included Eastman Kodak (Tenite PTMT), General Electric Corporation of America (Valox), and American Celanese (Celanex). In Europe major producers by the end of the decade were AKZO (Amite PBTP), BASF (Ultradur), Bayer (Pocan) and Ciba-Geigy (Crastin). Other producers included ATO, Hills, Montedison and Dynamit Nobel. With the total Western European market at the end of the decade only about 7000 tonnes other companies at one time involved in the market such as ICI (Deroton) withdrew. 

Sodium from Ethyl Corporation, pyridine from Eastman Kodak, and c.p. ethylene from Matheson are suitable. 

Corporate Research Laboratories, Eastman Kodak Company, Rochester,... 

The most recent report available on di- -octylphthalate lists three commercial producers Vista Chemical Company, Houston, Texas Aristech Chemical Corporation, Neville Island, Pennsylvania and Teknor Apex Company, Hebronville, Massachusetts and Brownsville, Texas (EPA 1993a). Additional reported producers include Eastman Kodak Company, Rochester, New York (USITC 1994) Tenneco Chemical, Inc., Chestertown, Maryland (EPA 1987a) Alfa Products, Morton Thiokol, Inc., Danvers, Massachusetts Primachem, Inc., Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey and GCA Chemical Corp., Stamford, Connecticut (HSDB 1995). Table 4-1 lists the U.S. facilities that manufacture or process di-w-octylphthalate. 

The use of trade, firm, or corporation names in this publication is for the information and convenience of the reader. Such use does not constitute an official endorsement or approval by the Mississippi Forest Products Utilization Laboratory (MFPUL), Mississippi State University, or the Eastman Kodak Company of any product or service to the exclusion of others which may be suitable. 

Incorporated, Chembond Corporation, Eastman Kodak Company, Georgia Pacific Corporation, Louisiana Pacific Corporation, and Southeastern Reduction Company. This work was supported by two research grants from Eastman Kodak Company. 

Amersham Corporation Commonwealth Edison Consolidated Edison Duke Power Company Eastman Kodak Company Florida Power Corporation Landauer, Inc. 

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