[pure-silver] Re: Free Kodak Film


----- Original Message ----- From: "Koch, Gerald" <gkoch02@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: <pure-silver@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, October 24, 2006 11:23 AM
Subject: [pure-silver] Re: Free Kodak Film


Good question! I had assumed that there wouldn't be any indication on
the package since Kodak is merely farming out production. This is
different from the Agfa case where A&O is now fully in control.
However, if the package is different then maybe this is the indication.

Jerry

I don't remember exactly when Kodak announced the new type of packaging, maybe a year ago but my sense of time is not good. The original package, the kind in use for many years, was composed of a paper bag with a lining of metalized plastic inside. When put on the market this material was supposed to be as impervious to air and moisture as the former vacuum sealed cans, it turned out not to be. I don't know the failure mode but susepect that the metalized plastic lining developed micro-cracks with handling. In any case, while the formerly used cans were often good for decades the paper packages were suspect after perhaps a year although one occasionally sees one that is very old and still has intact contents. The paper bags were sealed on all four sides. From hints dropped by Kodak at the time of the changeover I suspect the seals may have been a substantial contributor to leaky bags.
The current method is a new, all-plastic, bag which is folded over eliminating one seal. I suspect these are made and filled in a way similar to cigarette manufacture. In any case, Kodak seems to be quite confident that this new bagging method is far superior to the lined paper bags. I can't testify since I have used only a few of them and those were mixed soon after purchase.
I suspect, without any clear evidence, that the old vacuum sealed cans were the best packaging method. Probably that was replaced because of the economics, i.e., the paper bags were cheaper than cans, the packaging method more automatic and therefore cheaper, the packaged products lighter in weight hence cheaper to ship and store.

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Richard Knoppow
Los Angeles, CA, USA
dickburk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 

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