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| 1/19/2012 11:39:14 AM |
| Kodak (owner of the Scitex Graphic Arts)- in Chapter 11 |
On January 19, 2012, Eastman Kodak Company and its U.S. subsidiaries filed voluntary petitions for Chapter 11 business reorganization in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York.
The business reorganization will enable Kodak to bolster liquidity in the U.S. and abroad, monetize non-strategic intellectual property, fairly resolve legacy liabilities, and enable the Company to focus on its most valuable business lines.
See formal press realease here: http://www.kodaktransforms.com |
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| 11/23/2011 8:34:54 AM |
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We were sorry to hear the our friend, the ExScite Guy Alon has passed away.
Guy was a designer, application engineer and product manager at Scitex and Orbotech  both in Israel and in Boston.
We have received this letter from Alon's family:
Dear Friends of the Guy Alon,
After years of bravely struggling with health issues, it is with great sadness we relate the news of Guy’s passing away on November 20, 2011. Guy quietly slipped away from us in the afternoon, with Shoshi and Iris by his side. Words seem inadequate to express the sadness we feel; Guy was a very special person in all of our lives and he will be greatly missed.
Guy was laid to rest on November 22nd, in Needham MA Cemetery.
There will also be a memorial service in Israel, and we will communicate the details once we know more.
We appreciate your friendship, love, and support at this time.
The Alon Family |
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| 10/20/2011 10:24:37 AM |
| More on Steve Jobs/Apple influence on Scitex |
 The ExScite Jacob Aizikowitz wrote us:
Reading the article [posted at ExScite about the passing of Steve Jobs] I felt that there are other dimensions, possible much more dramatic, to Jobs influence on Scitex.
Between Jobs (Apple — Mac and Laserwriter), Warnock and Geschke (Adobe) (Postscript, RIP), and Paul Brainerd (Aldus) (Pagemaker), the desktop publishing revolution came to be (1984; I left Mini (Scitex) at the summer of ’83 to pursue graduate studies at Cornell).
Scitex could not see the tsunami that would eventually ruin it 10 or fifteen years later. Its “normal” — it’s the exact phenomena described by Harvard’s Clayton Christensen in his Innovator’s Dilemma theses. The incumbent leader cannot see the threat that emerges from a newcomer that addresses the market with a much lower-scale offering that lacks significant elements of what the industry (and the leader) now consider essential. It’s just that the “industry” does not represent the emerging market… a market that can leverage simpler, lower end solutions… then grow fast and engulf everything. (Click to continue reading) |
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Scitex "Smart Terminal"- the first R-800 prototype user terminal.
The R-800 system was designed for imaging of the data-intensive geophysics research, and was in fact a Pixet platform, with HP-150 mini-computer in the back.
This brochure says:
".....this HP-150 personal(?) computer [is] used instead of alphanumeric terminal to control the Scitex host processor....the smart terminal has touch sensitive screen [well in fact, what they wanted to say- a mouse on a tablet in the table]. Certain major system options are presented on the screen as menu...."
Oh, those were the days (early 1980's). The flyer was sent to us by Eldad Weiss. (Click on the image to see a full size flyer). |
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This week I've bought 1TB hard drive for less than $100 (that is:
1,000,000,000,000 byte).
Well, this week, I have also received this historical picture (circa 1985) from James F. in Australia. What a contrast….
The picture shows a 64k memory board, which had been developed and manufactured by Scitex (that is: 64,000 bytes). If I remember correctly, the sales price for such a board was several thousands of dollars!!!!
The boards were sold as performance enhancement part for the HP 1000 mini computer family.
Also in the picture is an Ampex hard disc servo head, a magtape (SCOD- used for diagnostics) and a nice caricature of Shmulik Succary. |
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To add some ambiance for the Jewish Holidays, here is a picture of Uri Leibowitz (left) and Hanan Gilutz (Right). The picture was taken in the great synagogue of Moscow, when
Uri and Hanan than working already for Orbot participated at an exhibition in
Moscow by the early 90s… |
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February 4, 2012 |
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 Arnon Dror has been appointed VP CFO and Treasurer at Presstek in New Hampshire.
Most recently the ExScite Arnon served as Director of Worldwide Channel Management for Eastman Kodak Company and has held several other executive level operations positions at Kodak. He previously served as Vice President-Finance for Creo, Inc Presstek, Inc. is a supplier of digital offset printing solutions to the printing and communications industries. Presstek’s DI digital offset solutions bridge the gap between toner and conventional offset printing, enabling printers to cost effectively meet increasing customer demand for high quality, short run color printing with a fast turnaround time while providing improved profit margins. The Company’s CTP portfolio ranges from two-page to eight-page systems, many of which are fully automated. These systems support Presstek’s line of chemistry-free plates as well as Aeon, a no preheat thermal plate which offers run lengths up to one million impressions. www.presstek. |
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November 18, 2011 |
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 To those of you interested in how Scitex of today (errrr... Kodak, Israel) looks like, here is a picture of the main space.
Zohar reports that there is no real manufacturing at Kodak, Israel- all the work is done by overseas subcontractors.
The picture (summer 2011) was sent by Zohar.
In the picture: Dudu Shamir, Zohar Elovitz and in the back we can recognize Shosh Komemi. |
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September 27, 2011 |
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 Among the many ExScite's seen at a recent GraphExpo show, we could get these four to pose for the camera and take a picture of (from left to right): Aharon Nizani , Eitan Varon, Rick Littrel, Moshe Keydar |
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August 22, 2011 |
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 Last June a group of ExScitex friends got together at Renee and Hohey Salzman's home to honor the memory of Yvonne Sanua. In a very touching meeting, Yvonne was warmly remembered by all who knew her or worked with her in Scitex Europe.
In the picture, from left to right:
Rami Liron, Eva Duvdevani, Jacob Rothschild, Shula Rothschild, Doron Neev, Avi Rabi, Mendi Szabo, Betti Szabo and Hohey Salzman. Missing from the picture – among many others who came – Itzik Sanua. |
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July 18, 2011 |
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 Israeli
volume measurement innovator APM (APM Automation Solutions Ltd.) -
home to several Scitex veterans APM’s
patented level and volume measurement technology is being applied to a broad
spectrum of industries – food and beverages, power, plastics, chemicals,
aggregates and cement, metals – where effective production management, process
and inventory control are important bottom-line considerations. Scitex veterans
hold key management positions with the company, including Uzi
Ish-Hurwitz
who has been the firm’s active Chairman from the very beginning, CFO Yossi
Rahima
and
Executive Sales Director EMEA Mordi
Perl.
Founded in 2005 by Mordi’s son, APM CEO Ofir Perl and CTO Yossi Zlotnick, the
company introduced its flagship product, the 3DLevelScanner™,
in 2007. This milestone represented a new approach to accurately measuring the
volume of bulk solid materials stored inside silos, open bins and large
warehouses while providing 3D mapping of the surface of the contents. APM’s
offerings include inventory-savings solutions for a range of industrial
applications across multiple sites that meet the needs of corporate as well
production managers. APM products are sold and supported by a network of
distributors in Europe, the United States, Asia Pacific and elsewhere.
Other
connections to Scitex include Board member Eli
Davidai,
APM’s Regional Sales Manager Adi Goldman (son of Scitex’s Yaron
Goldman),
and consultants Dan
Zetland
(marcom services), Dana
Kontes
(human resources) and Shelagh
Hammer
(marketing). APM’s VP Business Development Eyal
Cohen
worked part-time at Scitex while he was a student, and Scitex vet Israel
Amir
managed the mechanical design team at ARAN for the first model of the
3DLevelScanner.
In
the picture (from left to right): Yossi Rahima, Eli Davidai, Uzi Ish-Hurwitz,
Ofir Perl, and Mordi Perl.
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