Carestream Health, Inc., formerly Eastman Kodak Company's Health Group, is an American medical imaging company, owned by Canadian investment firm Onex Corporation.[3]
History
In 2007, the Kodak Health Group was sold to Onex Corporation for $2.35 billion in cash.[4][5] Around 8,100 employees transferred to Onex, and Kodak Health Group was renamed Carestream Health. In April 2017, Carestream Health announced an agreement to sell its Dental Digital business to private equity firms Clayton, Dubilier & Rice and the Hillhouse Capital Management group, part of CareCapital Advisors Limited. Carestream Dental provides imaging systems and practice management software for general and specialist dental practices. The dental X-ray film and anesthetics business were not included in the agreement and remain with Carestream Health.[6]
Products
Products include: photothermographic laser imagers, photothermographic imaging film, computed radiography systems, digital radiography systems,[7] and other diagnostic imaging systems for the medical and dental imaging fields. Carestream Health owns more than 800 patents for medical and dental imaging technology. Digital imaging technologies include the DRX-1 series, which allows a wireless connection between the digital X-ray detector and computer system (whether part of their static system or a mobile/portable radiography system).[8][9]
Medical and Dental Products
Non-Medical Products
- Radiology department products for X-ray products and digital image processing, including: Digital radiography rooms and mobile/portable X-ray for general X-ray; Computed Radiography for general X-ray and mammography applications; and X-ray film for general and mammography applications.[7][10]
- Medical printing products , including: photothermographic printers using dry film technology.[11]
- Contract manufacturer / Precision coating offerings, including coating; pilot coating and development; hard coating; PET manufacturing; TPU film manufacturing; solution preparation and delivery; analytical and quality testing; and converting and packaging.[12]
- Non Destructive Testing Products, including: Computed Radiography and X-ray film.[13]
References
- History of Innovation Carestream, retrieved March 11, 2026^
- Carestream – About us – LinkedIn linkedin.com^
- Medical Imaging Company Carestream Health to sell its Healthcare Information Systems to Philips 2019-03-11, retrieved 2024-04-30^
- Kodak to Sell Health Group to Onex for up to $2.55 billion Eastman Kodak, 10 January 2007, retrieved 7 January 2008^
- Kodak Completes Sale of Health Group to Onex Eastman Kodak, 1 May 2007, retrieved 7 January 2008^
- Carestream Agrees to Sell Dental Digital Business to Clayton, Dubilier & Rice and Hillhouse/CareCapital carestream.com, retrieved 2017-07-25^
- Lahman: Carestream our best kept secret Rochester Democrat and Chronicle, 23 January 2015^
- Mobile X-Ray – DRX-Mobile Retrofit Kits – Carestream^
- Wireless Detector – DRX-1 System – Carestream^
- Carestream - Home www.carestream.com, retrieved 2026-03-11^
- Medical Printing Systems – Medical Laser Imagers – Carestream carestream.com, retrieved 2 April 2015^
- Carestream Contract Manufacturing Tollcoating by Carestream^
- Non-Destructive Testing – Radiographic Testing – Carestream carestream.com, retrieved 1 April 2015^