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    • SYDNEY (AFP) Sep 16, 2004
     Eastman Kodak of the US said Thursday its Australian film manufacturing plant will close later this year because the popularity of digital photography meant there was insufficient demand for traditional film.

    Kodak Australia chairman John Allen said 600 jobs would be lost when the company's film manufacturing and processing plants in Melbourne closes on November 26.

    Allen said the closures were regrettable and in no way reflected on the performance of the plants' employees.

    "These closures have been caused by the findamental change in consumer behaviour driven by the increasing popularity of digital photography in Australia and worldwide," he said in a statement.

    The Melbourne operation is Kodak's only Australian manufacturing facility. It produces photographic products including film, paper and chemicals.

    Unions had been fearful about its future since Kodak announced in January that it would axe 12,000 to 15,000 jobs worldwide -- about 20 percent of its global staff.




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