- Qualex
Qualex Inc. is the largest wholesale and on-site
photographic processing company in the world. It was formed in March 1988 as a joint venture betweenEastman Kodak and Fuqua Industries, but became a wholly owned subsidiary of Kodak in 1994. [ [http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m3374/is_n14_v16/ai_15761188 "Kodak acquires balance of Qualex", Drug Store News, Aug. 29, 1994] ] It is headquartered inDurham, North Carolina . Qualex operates a large network of commercial and in-store labs throughout the United States and Canada.Qualex's business has suffered from the overall decline in traditional film photography in favor of
digital photography . Qualex once operated 53 photo processing laboratories; that number had shrunk to 22 as of June 2004, and the company was expecting further consolidation. Qualex, however, continued to service over 13,000 on-site retail processing locations. [ [http://www.imaginginfo.com/print/PTN/Hurt-By-Lost-Rolls--Qualex-Readjusts-To-Digital-Explosion/2$1002 "Hurt By Lost Rolls, Qualex Readjusts To Digital Explosion", PTN, June 2004] ]References
External links
* [http://www.qualexjobs.com/ Official site]
* [http://www.bizjournals.com/triangle/stories/2004/11/01/daily36.html "Qualex to shutter Durham site, lay off 300", Triangle Business Journal, Nov. 4, 2004]
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