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  The Land List -- Instant Links
Polaroid Transfer Photography and SX-70 Manipulations: A gallery of Polaroid transfers and photomanipulations by Kathleen Carr, many of which are available for sale on her site as limited-edition prints.
Hand-Altered Polaroid Photographs: Cynthia Davis's gallery of SX-70 manipulations, many of which are available for sale as prints in a wide variety of sizes.
NPC Corporation: Manufactures Polaroid film backs for a variety of medium format and 35mm cameras, and is producing a new Polaroid folding pack camera loosely based on the old Model 195 design.
www.rwhirled.com /landlist/landlink.htm   (0 words)

  
  Stylemark To Acquire Polaroid Eyewear International; Creates New Global Sunglass Power
Polaroid Corporation, a Petters Group Worldwide company, designs, develops and manufactures instant, digital imaging and consumer electronics products, which are marketed worldwide.
The historical leader in instant cameras and film, Polaroid is rapidly expanding its leadership in consumer electronics and other commercial and consumer categories.
Polaroid was the inventor of polarizing lens technology and Polaroid Eyewear remains a market leader in manufacturing high quality polarizing lenses and distributing fashionable polarized sunglasses around the world.
www.pettersgroup.com /EN/press/20070306_PolaroidEyewearSale.html   (701 words)

  
 Identification Systems @ Polaroid.com
For years, Polaroid has been the world leader in providing identification systems to hundreds of businesses and organizations - just like yours.
Millions of ID cards are issued every year by someone using a Polaroid ID system.
Polaroid's Entry Edition Photo ID System is ideal for small businesses and any other organization requiring a very affordable, easy to use all inclusive system to create photo ID Cards in house.
www.polaroid-id.com   (0 words)

  
 Jesseca Ferguson, Polaroid Corporation
Because the 20x24 camera could not travel to my studio, I once brought some of my collection of objects to Polaroid's 20x24 studio.
Using a fl velvet backdrop to cover institutional walls, I created a stage set for my objects.
In the resulting photographs, the viewer can then enter the world of the objects and participate without distractions in the objects' visual dialogue.
www.polaroid.co.uk /studio/artists/ferguson/page3.html   (0 words)

  
 RMagick - The Polaroid Effect
Kelby calls it "The Polaroid Effect," and so shall I. Here's an example of the effect.
Polaroid prints always had a narrow white border.
*Polaroid and the other names of products of Polaroid Corporation are trademarks of Polaroid Corporation.
rmagick.rubyforge.org /Polaroid/polaroid.html   (1514 words)

  
  Elite Eyewear Press Releases
Polaroid Eyewear is the recognized leader in polarized sunglass lens technology and the original inventor of the synthetic polarizer for sunglass applications.
Because Polaroid does not have distribution in the United States, this agreement will allow Polaroid to offer their advanced lens technology in sunglasses through a well known eyewear distributor, and leader in advanced magnetic frame technology, Elite Eyewear.
Through this agreement, Polaroid is expanding its long-standing successful sunglass business in Europe to the U.S. Market research surveys conducted throughout Europe confirm that Polaroid brand awareness amongst consumers is high ranging from 86% to as high as 95%.
www.eliteeyewear.com /index.asp?pageid=106   (1645 words)

  
  EDWARD P. FOLEY & another1 vs. POLAROID CORPORATION.   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Polaroid appealed from the judgments entered for the plaintiffs on the claims of false imprisonment, defamation, and loss of consortium, and Foley appealed from the allowance of Polaroid's motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict on his claim for malicious prosecution.
Polaroid contends that its confinement of Foley was reasonable as a matter of law, thus entitling it to judgment on the false imprisonment claim.
Polaroid's next argument relative to Foley's claim of false imprisonment is that the judge erred by instructing the jury that "physical force, placement of physical barriers, threats of physical harm, or threats of other harm" may be the means of effectuating an unlawful confinement.
www.certworthy.com /foley.htm   (8672 words)

  
 Boston.com / Business / KPMG seeks to block release of Polaroid files
After six months of investigating Polaroid Corp. for allegedly improper accounting leading up to its October 2001 bankruptcy, court-appointed examiner Perry Mandarino has run into a last-minute roadblock: Polaroid's former auditor, KPMG LLP, is seeking to block release of parts of Mandarino's report.
The accounting firm, which audited Polaroid's financial statements in the late 1990s through the bankruptcy, last week wrote to a lawyer for Mandarino, saying that documents it provided during his investigation are confidential, and that it does not want them released in his report.
Polaroid Corporation Deferred Tax Assets, Dec. 31, 1999; Meeting Notes of Telephone Conference with Wasserstein 3/24/02; KPMG Corporate Recovery memorandum of March 30, 2001 re: Polaroid; and Polaroid Corporation: Going Concern Assessment Memo, Dec. 31, 2000.
www.boston.com /business/globe/articles/2003/08/21/kpmg_seeks_to_block_release_of_polaroid_files   (744 words)

  
 Polaroid Donates Archives to Harvard’s Baker Library - - PopPhotoOctober 2006
Polaroid Corporation Archives, a unique collection of materials that documents the evolution of one of America’s most famous and innovative companies, has been donated to the Harvard Business School’s Baker Library.
Notable items within the Polaroid Corporation Archives are research and development files and patent records that detail the company’s many innovations, including Dr. Land’s early work with polarizing lenses and the invention of instant photography.
The Polaroid Corporation Archives also contain a vast and comprehensive set of photographs taken by Polaroid employees and professional photographers from 1937 to the 1990s.
www.popphoto.com /photonews/3253/polaroid-donates-archives-to-harvards-baker-library.html   (288 words)

  
 Polaroid Land Camera Model 95   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Over the years Polaroid has provided photography with many innovations including a camera that focused using a sonar type ultrasound mechanism.
Polaroid photography is widely used by amateurs but more important applications are found in science, police work and proofing by professional photographers.
The largest Polaroid film available is 16 x 20 inches and the handful of large format view cameras supporting this size and are mainly used to produce fine art images.
www.clickondavid.com /polaroid.html   (257 words)

  
 Polaroid Corporation - Waltham, MA:Survey Summary
Polaroid advocates community outreach efforts through the Polaroid Foundation, Project Bridge and facility tours; maintains a continuing dialogue on environmental issues at the local, regional, national, and international levels; and supports open communications with environmental groups, government agencies, educational and healthcare institutions, customers, and the public.
Although Polaroid’s cooling towers consume large amounts of water for operation, only about 10% of the water returns to the sewer system while the remaining 90% evaporates from the towers.
Polaroid was one of the first companies to integrate health, safety, and environmental functions, and continues to support its commitment to environmental stewardship.
www.bmpcoe.org /bestpractices/internal/polar/summary.html   (795 words)

  
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Polaroid says that it continues to have high expectations for its Opal and Onyx instant digital printing technologies, and will continue to pursue ways to maximize potential partnership opportunities for the IDP business.
Polaroid also announced that the company and its lenders have agreed to accelerate and intensify its exploration of a possible sale of all or parts of the company.
Polaroid Corporation granted a security interest to the Prepetition Secured Lenders in substantially all of Polaroid Corporation's domestic personal property, accounts receivable and real estate now owned or hereafter acquired by the Debtors.
bankrupt.com /polaroid.txt   (2697 words)

  
 Polaroid Corporation - Waltham, MA:Drum Handling
For its opacification dye intermediate process, Polaroid reduced 192 drums to 40 which resulted in a 79% reduction in drum handling and provided operational/cycle-time, environmental, and safety benefits.
Polaroid has installed two air-operated drum lifters/movers next to fixed mixing vessels which have the greatest drum use.
The apparatus was originally designed by engineers and modified by operators to meet their requirements; thus, the handling risk for these operators has been lessened by 744 drums per year.
www.bmpcoe.org /bestpractices/survey_request.htm/polar/polar_3.html   (431 words)

  
 Alas, poor Polaroid, I knew them . . .
On October 12, 2001, the Polaroid Corporation announced that it was going to file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.
Polaroid's general administrative and marketing expenses were 37% of sales, almost double that of rival Kodak.
By 2000, Di Camillo was announcing that Polaroid was going to become a "digital imaging company." The only problem was there were already a whole bunch of those, already strong in the market, and good competitors.
www.mondaymemo.net /011022feature.htm   (1462 words)

  
 The New Polaroid: After Chapter 11 - Printing Consumables | ImagingInfo.com:
The news about Polaroid Corporation has been troubling for the past year or more-first the company missed its targets for sales and profits, then it sold off many assets but was still very weak financially, and finally it went into Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.
Polaroid's secured creditors, a group of banks led by JPMorgan Chase, made out well, receiving 93 percent of the money they are owed-$228 million out of a total $244 million, an outstanding recovery for a Chapter 11 situation.
The result for Polaroid bondholders is less clear-cut-instead of having about $950 million in claims against the old Polaroid, they now have 35 percent ownership of the new, post-bankruptcy company, and only time will reveal how much that will be worth.
www.imaginginfo.com /article/article.jsp?id=818&siteSection=27   (1229 words)

  
 POLAROID CORPORATION
Five different scenarios were created and analyzed to represent these decisions, yielding 12-year net present values ranging from -$1.4 million to +$3.4 million.
Polaroid had designed a state-of-the-art, closed-loop, multipurpose batch still solvent recovery system for one of its facilities.
Prior to the analysis of the batch still, Polaroid had looked at compliance without taking into consideration any possible benefits other than compliance itself.
www.p2pays.org /ref/02/01317.htm   (877 words)

  
 Polaroid Corp.
It has been held to be a valid trademark as a coined or invented symbol and not to have lost its right to protection by becoming generic or descriptive, Marks v.
Polaroid had become a well known name as applied to sheet polarizing material and products made therefrom, as well as to optical desk lamps, stereoscopic viewers, etc., long before defendant was organized in 1944.
In contrast, defendant makes no objection to plaintiff's use of Polaroid in the areas of optics, and photography which, so far as defendant knew until the Patent Office interference in 1955, were the only fields where plaintiff employed it.
cyber.law.harvard.edu /metaschool/fisher/domain/tmcases/polaroid.htm   (1868 words)

  
 Polaroid i1032 | Digital Camera Review
Although camera manufacturers almost all stated: "The Megapixel race is over" others like Polaroid see opportunities to enter a digital camera segment where they can be one of the few who have a 10 Megapixel digital camera available.
Polaroid Corporation, a division of Petters Group Worldwide, designs, develops, manufactures and markets instant and digital imaging products and consumer electronics products, which are marketed worldwide.
Polaroid also performs contract manufacturing for and licenses its technology to third parties.
www.letsgodigital.org /en/news/articles/story_8201.html   (309 words)

  
 Polaroid SX-70 - Camerapedia.org
It was the first instant SLR in history, and the first camera to use Polaroid's new integral print film, which developed automatically without the need for intervention from the photographer.
Polaroid's original SX-70 "Time-Zero" film was phased out of production in late 2005 to early 2006 (differing according to regional markets).
Polaroid itself recommends placing a 1-stop ND filter over the lens, and replacing the small ND filter over the electronic eye with a clear piece of plastic (as from a CD case).
www.camerapedia.org /wiki/Polaroid_SX-70   (634 words)

  
 Polaroid Donates Corporate Archives to Harvard Business School's Baker Library
Housed in the library’s Historical Collections, the Polaroid Corporation Archives includes approximately 1.5 million items dating from the company’s founding in 1937 to the present — and chronicling the invention of instant photography by Polaroid founder Dr. Edwin H. Land as well as company press clippings, packaging, employee newsletters, and annual reports.
“Polaroid is among the world’s most recognizable brands, and this record of the company’s history is a notable addition to the School’s Business Manuscripts Collection,” said Mary Lee Kennedy, Executive Director of Baker Library.
Polaroid Corporation, a Petters Group Worldwide company, designs, develops and manufactures instant, digital imaging and consumer electronics products, which are marketed worldwide.
www.hbs.edu /news/releases/102506_polaroid.html   (704 words)

  
 Polaroid announces x530 availability: Digital Photography Review
The 4.5 million-pixel Polaroid x530 is the first point and shoot camera to house the 1/1.8" X3 Direct Image sensor, which captures light on three layers; red, green and blue.
Polaroid's x530 is the first consumer digital camera to incorporate the awarding-winning three-layer Foveon X3 direct image sensor.
The new X3 image sensor is the world's only image sensor which directly captures red, green, and blue light at every pixel location, and in layers similar to methods used in color film.
www.dpreview.com /news/0502/05022202polaroidx530_avail.asp   (349 words)

  
 Polaroid to be sold, 28th June: Digital Photography Review
Polaroid has today announced that, "U.S. Bankruptcy Court has approved procedures for the proposed sale of its business to an investor group led by One Equity Partners -- the private equity arm of Bank One Corporation) - or to a bidder with a higher or better offer.
DiCamillo said, "I feel a responsibility to see Polaroid through this crucial period of its reorganization and to help prepare the company to emerge from Chapter 11 as an independent company ready for new ownership and new growth opportunities.
This is a time of new beginnings both for Polaroid and for me personally as I assume the job of CEO at TAC Worldwide, one of the largest private corporations in the United States.
www.dpreview.com /news/0205/02050701polaroidsale.asp   (549 words)

  
 Polaroid's New Digital Photo Kit Simplifies ID Photo Business and Can Boost Bottom Line
The bundle includes the new Polaroid PDC 5350a digital camera, which features a 5.2 MP CCD with superfine resolution, 3x optical zoom, 4x digital zoom and head size templates to provide an easy solution that is compliant with the standards set forth by the US Department of State for document photography.
Accompanying the 5350a camera is the recently introduced Polaroid PP46d printer, which offers built-in technical features that enable users to alter sharpness and brightness, and print their choice of images in a variety of layouts, including two, four, six, or eight-up formats.
In addition to the Polaroid ID bundle, Polaroid currently offers the widest range of document photography solutions in the industry, including an all-in-one digital model for easy handling, the DMP; a hybrid digital capture model that prints on instant film, the SPd360; and simple point-and-shoot all- instant systems, the 403R and 203R.
www.prnewswire.com /cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/11-09-2004/0002399313&EDATE=   (817 words)

  
 Big Picture Beyond Photos - New York Times
Polaroid shrank, to be sure, but it stuck around.
A. First off, Polaroid still has a multimillion-dollar instant film business that is still profitable, and even has a few pockets of growth in Africa, Mexico and other places where not everyone has a computer or a digital camera.
The old Polaroid would say, "Hey, we've got a new product, let's set up a manufacturing line to produce it." The new Polaroid is the largest seller of portable DVD players, and the fourth-largest seller of plasma TV's.
www.nytimes.com /2005/10/01/business/01interview.html?ex=1285819200&en=7230e0618a7f50e0&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss   (807 words)

  
 Polaroid - Brands - About Concord - Concord
Polaroid is a globally recognized brand name that maintains a highly respected reputation in the imaging industry.
Polaroid, the Polaroid logo trademarks and the Polaroid trade dress are owned by Polaroid Corporation and are used by Concord under license from Polaroid.
Polaroid does not manufacture these products or provide any product warranty or support.  For service, support and warranty information, visit the support section of our website.
www.concord-camera.com /about_brands_polaroid.aspx   (128 words)

  
 A digital son of Polaroid - The Boston Globe
The rise of digital photography spelled doom for the old-fashioned instant film cameras from Polaroid Corp. But now a team of Polaroid veterans plans to make digital cameras more like classic Polaroids, with a device that fits in a shirt pocket and prints digital snapshots in seconds, without using ink.
Veteran Polaroid chemist Steve Telfer said that Zink technology grew out of Polaroid's efforts to market retail store kiosks where people could make printouts of their digital photos.
He noted that in 2000, Polaroid teamed with Japanese digital camera maker Olympus to produce an $800 digital camera that also generated Polaroid prints.
www.boston.com /business/technology/articles/2007/01/30/a_digital_son_of_polaroid   (872 words)

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