Carestream Health

Carestream Health

Company type	Private
Industry	Medical and dental imaging systems; contract manufacturer/tollcoating; and non-destructive testing (NDT) products
Founded	2007
Headquarters	Rochester, New York, USA
Key people	Todd Clegg, Chairman, President and CEO
Revenue	$1.5 Billion USD (2024) [1]
Owner	Onex Corporation
Number of employees	5,000 (2020). [2]
Website	http://www.carestream.com/

Carestream Health, formerly Eastman Kodak Company's Health Group, is an American medical device company,operating as an independent subsidiary of Privately held Onex Corporation corporations. ^[3]

Headquarters in Rochester, New York

History

In 2007, the Kodak Health Group was sold to Onex Corporation for $2.35 billion in cash. ^{[4] [5]} Around 8,100 employees transferred to Onex, and Kodak Health Group was renamed Carestream Health. In April 2017, Carestream Health announced an agreement to sell its Dental Digital business to private equity firms Clayton, Dubilier & Rice and the Hillhouse Capital Management group, part of CareCapital Advisors Limited. Carestream Dental provides imaging systems and practice management software for general and specialist dental practices. The dental X-ray film and anesthetics business were not included in the agreement and remain with Carestream Health. ^[6]

Products

Products include: photothermographic laser imagers, photothermographic imaging film, computed radiography systems, digital radiography systems, ^[7] and other diagnostic imaging systems for the medical and dental imaging fields. Carestream Health owns more than 800 patents for medical and dental imaging technology. Digital imaging technologies include the DRX-1 series, which allows a wireless connection between the digital X-ray detector and computer system (whether part of their static system or a mobile/portable radiography system). ^{[8] [9]}

Medical and Dental Products

• Radiology department products for X-ray products and digital image processing , including: Digital radiography rooms and mobile/portable X-ray for general X-ray; Computed Radiography for general X-ray and mammography applications; and X-ray film for general and mammography applications. ^{[7] [10]}
• Medical printing products , including: photothermographic printers using dry film technology. ^[11]

Non-Medical Products

• Contract manufacturer / Precision coating offerings, including coating; pilot coating and development; hard coating; PET manufacturing; TPU film manufacturing; solution preparation and delivery; analytical and quality testing; and converting and packaging. ^[12]
• Non Destructive Testing Products, including: Computed Radiography and X-ray film. ^[13]

References

1. https://www.carestream.com/en/us/contract-manufacturing/history-of-innovation
2. "Carestream – About us – LinkedIn". linkedin.com.
3. "Medical Imaging Company Carestream Health to sell its Healthcare Information Systems to Philips | The Healthcare Technology Report". 11 March 2019. Retrieved 30 April 2024.
4. "Kodak to Sell Health Group to Onex for up to $2.55 billion". Eastman Kodak. 10 January 2007. Archived from the original on 13 October 2007. Retrieved 7 January 2008.
5. "Kodak Completes Sale of Health Group to Onex". Eastman Kodak. 1 May 2007. Archived from the original on 13 October 2007. Retrieved 7 January 2008.
6. "Carestream Agrees to Sell Dental Digital Business to Clayton, Dubilier & Rice and Hillhouse/CareCapital". carestream.com. Archived from the original on 1 July 2017. Retrieved 25 July 2017.
7. "Lahman: Carestream our best kept secret". Rochester Democrat and Chronicle. 23 January 2015.
8. "Mobile X-Ray – DRX-Mobile Retrofit Kits – Carestream".
9. "Wireless Detector – DRX-1 System – Carestream".
10. "Medical Imaging – Healthcare Information Technology – Carestream".
11. "Medical Printing Systems – Medical Laser Imagers – Carestream". carestream.com. Archived from the original on 5 April 2015. Retrieved 2 April 2015.
12. "Carestream Contract Manufacturing". Tollcoating by Carestream.
13. "Non-Destructive Testing – Radiographic Testing – Carestream". carestream.com. Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 1 April 2015.