柯达公司宣布它将以近2 千5百万美元的价格收购大幅面喷墨打印机的主要制造商ENCAD公司。ENCAD公司将成为柯达全资子公司。这次收购使柯达成为最主要的三家大幅面喷墨设备销售商之一。大幅面喷墨设备拥有24亿美元的市场,并以每年近15％的速度增长。据柯达公司预测,这次收购有希望到2003年初为公司贡献收益。这次收购同时也为用户提供了获取各种数字图像打印技术的一个来源,包括各种大幅面喷墨打印 Kodak announced that it will acquire ENCAD, a major manufacturer of large-format inkjet printers, for nearly US$25 million. ENCAD will become a wholly-owned subsidiary of Kodak. The acquisition made Ke reach one of the top three large-format inkjet device vendors. Large-format inkjet devices have a $2.4 billion market and grow at a rate of nearly 15% per year. According to Kodak’s forecast, the acquisition hopes to contribute to the company in early 2003. The acquisition also provides users with a source for a variety of digital image printing technologies, including a variety of large format inkjet printing.