官网日期：01-20-2012 09:03 BJT
原文标题：Kodak files for bankruptcy protection

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US
Eastman Kodak
130-year-old
Citgroup
Oscar-wining Neil Armstrong
Rochester
New York
"necessary step"
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U.S. film and camera giant, Eastman Kodak, has filed for bankruptcy. The company which once dominated the photographic and film industry, has been on a downward spiral, failing to keep pace with changing technology. They were film pioneers and invented the hand-held camera, but Kodak's future is looking grim. Eastman Kodak has filed for bankruptcy protection, following a long and slow plunge in fortunes. The 130-year-old firm said it had obtained a $950 million credit facility from Citgroup to keep it going for 18 months. The action will buy Kodak time to reshape its business and possibly find buyers for some of its 1,100 digital patents. They are the key to its remaining value. At the end of September the group had assets worth around $5 billion with liabilities of almost 7 billion. Kodak once dominated its industry -- 80 Oscar-wining movies were shot on its film. And Neil Armstrong even took a Kodak camera to the moon in 1969. The firm invented the digital camera six years later but ironically failed to embrace modern technologies quickly enough. Kodak's demise hit its home town of Rochester in New York. 60,000 people were once employed there -- around 7,000 remain with a further 10,000 workers elsewhere. The company's market value is now below 150 million -- 15 years ago it was worth $31 billion. In recent years Kodak has focused on consumer and commerical printers. It said the bankruptcy ruling was a "necessary step".
美国相机和胶片行业龙头伊士曼柯达公司已申请破产保护。该公司一度主导摄影和胶片产业，如今不断滑坡，已跟不上瞬息万变的科技时代步伐。 柯达可谓胶片行业的开拓者，他们开发出了便携手持相机，但时至今日柯达的前途不容乐观。在经历了长期的财力滞缓之后，伊士曼柯达公司现已申请了破产保护。 这家拥有130多年历史的公司称，他们已接受了花旗集团9亿5千万美元的贷款，以帮助公司度过未来的一年半。此举让柯达公司有充足的时间去重整业务，并寻找公司1100多项产品专利的买家。这些专利是对公司来说至关重要。 至九月末，柯达公司的资产已达50亿美元，而负债高达近70亿美元。 柯达在胶片行业曾一度辉煌，有80部获得奥斯卡奖的电影就是用柯达的胶片拍摄的。1969年宇航员尼尔·阿姆斯特朗还曾将柯达相机带到月球上。六年后公司开发除了数码相机，但却还是没法跟上科技时代的步伐。 柯达的陨落对其起源地罗彻斯特影响颇大。曾有6万多人受雇于柯达公司，如今此地只留下7千多人，其余的1万员工分散在其他地方。柯达的市值如今已不到1亿5千万，而15年前的市值曾高达310亿美元。近年来，柯达已将重心转移到了个人和商业打印机上。公司表示申请破差是势在必行。