New Kodak boss comes to town to inspect the troops

Taking over as managing director, INSEAN & vice president of Graphic Communications Group, the Argentine-born Oviedo, who is based in Singapore, said the company was still going through its torrid transformation, but he is confident it is through the worst. He proved circumspect in the face of questioning as to the company’s future, referring to Kodak’s public company status and his representative role.

He did say the company was generating sufficient cash to see it through the costs of restructuring.

He affirmed his belief that Kodak was the company to lead the graphic arts into the digital future, citing the company’s range of products from digital image capture through to output. Without giving anything away he referred to a range of new products that are under development in time for next Drupa.

His ambition is for GCG to be a knowledge transfer vehicle for the industry in the region as the company makes its transition from a manufacturing role to a solutions provider. Because of the spread of Kodak technology he asserted that it is the only company capable of facilitating end-to-end processes.





It's a global business: Gusatvo Oviedo the new managing director of Kodak GCG, with Steve Green, managing director of Australia and New Zealand.