Re: FPC orders now go through Kodak

From: Allen Glass II (email suppressed)
Date: Sun Oct 30 2005 - 13:28:14 PST


This has been happening since September 1st. It's actually easier dealing
with Kodak.

Just as a note: 35mm neg pitch clear acetate leader is no longer made. And
we bought the rest of it. Just opaque light struck from now on . . . pricey.

Allen
US Computamatch

>From: 40 Frames Directory <email suppressed>
>Reply-To: Experimental Film Discussion List <email suppressed>
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>Subject: FPC orders now go through Kodak
>Date: Sun, 30 Oct 2005 09:03:40 -0800
>
>Asleep at the wheel again...
>
>Anyone notice that FPC is no longer the company to order the following
>editorial/archival supplies from: leader, mag, cans, cores, splice tape,
>molecular seives, etc?
>
>Now everything is ordered directly from Kodak. Latest Kodak product
>catalogue (March 2005) does not list items that FPC previously carried,
>and the variety of 16mm mag has now been reduced to 810PB (.5mil, sold in
>1200' and 2400' lengths).
>
>I guess its not that surprising as I recall talking to a sales rep at FPC
>about 5 years ago and he predicted the company would last another 1-2
>years.
>
>
>Alain LeTourneau
>
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