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Kodak has agreed an exclusive five year-contract with St Ives in the U.K. The multi-million pound agreement will ensure St Ives is guaranteed a consistent supply of plates for all its CTP devices and ink for digital inkjet presses across the group. The package also includes comprehensive on-site support from Kodak's dedicated service teams. With a KODAK PROSPER 1000 Press and Timsons T-Press with KODAK PROSPER S-Series Imprinting System supporting book production at Clays in Bungay and multiple CTP devices across the group, St Ives is making provision for the smooth running of its operation. St Ives has strategically positioned itself with a spread of print and marketing capability and the group has significantly grown its portfolio over recent years with the most recent acquisition of digital marketing agency and SEO specialist Branded3. They have also acquired Pragma, retail and consumer market consultancy and Amaze, the international marketing and technology strategist. St Ives has a diversity of KODAK Solutions on different sites including KODAK MAGNUS VLF Platesetters, KODAK LOTEM 800/400 Platesetters, KODAK TRENDSETTER VLF Platesetters, KODAK ELECTRA XD Thermal Plates and KODAK SWORD ULTRA Thermal Plates.

Eastman Kodak Co. has notified 61 workers that they are to be laid off by late August, according to a Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification notice filed with the state Labor Department. The company employs roughly 3,500 in the Rochester region.

Columbia Pictures is shooting sequences of The Amazing Spider-Man 2 in Rochester. Directed by Marc Webb and photographed by Daniel Mindel, ASC, BSC, the Spider-Man sequel is being shot on KODAK VISION3 Color Negative Film. Shooting in Rochester will be done by second unit director of photography Bruce McCleery, who has shot second unit on Star Trek Into Darkness, John Carter, Mission: Impossible-Ghost Protocol and Super 8, among other credits. The Columbia Pictures chosen KODAK VISION3 Color Negative Films 5219, 5213, 5207 and 5203 to capture all the action for the big screen.