POLAROID : Reply From HARMAN technology Limited

[Photo Engineer]

Well I never said it wouldn't work . . . . . . . . . . .

I'm with you Ian. I never said it would not work.

I merely pointed out the difficulties and expense to remind people that there has to be an ROI.

PE

[AgX]

Why bothering about buying a production plant in the U.S. if there is one fully operational, and of a lesser size, nearby in Enschede/Holland?
Crossing the North sea (by Chunnel) is much easier than the Atlantic ocean...

Philippe

I think in Enschede only converting, pod making, assembling and packaging takes place, no coating.

[AgX]

In this discussion about companies and licensing and machinery I would like to add that Agfa is seemingly already employing these silversalt- and dye-transfer pocesses in their high security ID-card business…

[markbb]

I think in Enschede only converting, pod making, assembling and packaging takes place, no coating.

I would have thought that this is where the USP of Polaroid is created? surely coating film and paper is more generic?

[hka]

I think in Enschede only converting, pod making, assembling and packaging takes place, no coating.

That's true.

[gr82bart]

Hang about lads, Simon says Ilford are looking at the possibilities and are talking to Poloroid and here you are pontificating on why it wont work. Why in the name of God do you not just wait and see, it is Ilfords money and their decision.
There are too many pessamistic I told you so mechants here whom seem out to try and impress people with how much they know about how difficult it is to do anything. If Ilford had thought like that they would never of reserected themselves, give them some credit for knowing what they are doing.

I had a CEO that thought like you. He lost the company billions and terminated tens of thousands of employees in the end. An example is entire $300M factory built specifically for a product everyone under him said wouldn't work and was too difficult to produce was recently shut down and flattened 6 months after it was built. 300 people hired specifically to run the facilities and relocated to the area were laid off.

You are right that there some here trying to impress, but there some who what they are talking about too. That said, I don't think in this case Ilford is going out on a limb and I would welcome Ilford's foray into Polaroid's market, assuming they will perform the requisite due dilligence exploration and evaluation of the manufacturing technology.

Regards, Art.