ROCHESTER, N.Y. - Carestream Health, Inc., formerly Eastman Kodak Company's Health Group, announces the launch of Tollcoating.com-a new contract manufacturing business that provides solvent and aqueous coating services using state-of-the-art technologies for medical, display, electronics and imaging products. Based at the company's world-class manufacturing facilities in White City, Ore., and Windsor, Colo., Tollcoating.com leverages its worldwide network of manufacturing resources to deliver specialized high-speed, multi-layer, precision coatings.

Tollcoating.com is already serving the needs of Fortune 100 customers as well as smaller companies. Its services are ideally suited for a variety of applications that require "clean" high-precision coating including: medical and imaging devices; display and touchscreens; flexible electronics; security devices; solar, battery and fuel cell assemblies; membranes and specialty tape applications.

"We deliver safe, efficient production and high-quality products using lean manufacturing principles. With planning, logistics, finance and purchasing competencies available on site, we offer a full supply-chain solution," said Bruno Merry, Director of Manufacturing Business Development, Carestream Health. "Our advanced processes and capabilities enable us to bring new products into production quickly and cost effectively."
He added that the Tollcoating.com staff applies the extensive knowledge gained during decades of experience with Kodak's medical film production into the manufacture of other high-technology products that require a clean environment, extremely high standards and tight tolerances.

"Tollcoating.com brings a great deal of coating expertise to customers, which is not surprising given its long heritage with Kodak," said Larry Gogolin, of Gogolin & Associates and a member of the AIMCAL (Association of Industrial Metallizers, Coaters and Laminators) Technical Advisory Panel. "Based on my direct experience working with Tollcoating.com's Oregon coating plant, it's clear that their development capabilities, technical support staff and operations group, and equipment are exceptional."

Tollcoating.com offers the following advanced capabilities:

-Single or multi-layer coating on paper, film, cloth and other substrates at widths from 20-74 inches

-Ability to handle organic solvents at high concentrations

-Line speeds of up to 1,800 feet per minute

-Long dryer lengths and multiple options for drying and curing

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