sensitized photographic film, paper, and plates; photocopy equipment; prepared photographic chemicals; still picture equipment; microfilming equipment; and motion picture equipment
Growth in the photographic equipment and supplies industry was usually fueled by the introduction of new products that featured innovative technology
there were 19,672 people engaged in manufacturing photographic and photocopying equipment, including 11,068 production workers who earned an average hourly wage of $17.26.
Approximately 800 companies were involved in manufacturing photographic equipment and supplies in the United States in the mid-1990s.
Many of the technological achievements that eventually led to this growth surge were accomplished by Eastman Kodak Company.
These companies together recorded an estimated $24.4 billion in shipments for products included in the classification
a significant increase in consumers' disposable income, the emergence of photocopying and microfilming products as lucrative components within the industry, and the development of still cameras that were easy to operate.
Ernest Mytum has written: 'An introduction to photographic materials' -- subject(s): Equipment and supplies, Photographic chemistry, Photography
This classification includes establishments primarily engaged in manufacturing photographic apparatus, equipment, parts, attachments, and accessories utilized in both still and motion photography.
Entering the 1980s, manufacturers of conventional film, paper, and cameras began to suffer the effects of a saturated market and foreign competition. Nearly every industry leader reorganized extensivel
The driving factor in this sector in the early 2000s was digital, with digital cameras getting ever smaller, simpler, more powerful, and less expensive.
This new technology used semiconductor sensors instead of film to record images and then displayed the images on television screens or computer monitors rather than paper.
Manufacturers of dental equipment and dental supplies first emerged as an appreciable component of American industry in the 1890s,