Zupan said the company also has been developing an alternative for a key composite used in the production of touch-screen display screens.
The connection with consumers is gone, though. “Kodak no longer will have any of the core businesses that once defined it,” Burley said.
Earlier this year, the company said it would sell its personalized and document-imaging businesses to its U.K. pension plan for $650 million as part of a deal that settles $2.8 billion in claims that the retirement fund had sought from the photography pioneer.
It also sold its document imaging assets, digital imaging patents and online photo service, while shutting down other divisions.