It has been announced that Polaroid Corp., pioneer of instant photography back in 1948 is to stop is film manufacturing division and closing plants in the U.S., Mexico and the Netherlands as it focuses on digital photography and flat-panel televisions.
The company plans to make enough instant film to last into 2009, thereafter it plans to license the technology to third-party companies for diehard customers.
``We're trying to help what have been extremely loyal Polaroid customers to make our film categories last as long as we can,'' Tom Beaudoin, chief operating officer of the Concord, Massachusetts- based company, said in an interview today. ``The most popular film is the one everyone recognizes. It's the 600 series with the white border that you see in advertisements. It's become an icon.''
Polaroid also manufactured protective glasses and goggles for the U.S. military during World War II
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