KODAK kiosks, scanners contribute to ScanMyPhotos growth

ROCHESTER, N.Y. — Mitch Goldstone, president and CEO of ScanMyPhotos International, credits the quality of prints from Eastman KODAK technology for an uptick in business during the economic downturn.

According to a news release, ScanMyPhotos International provides photo scanning services, specialized photo services and photo printing from digital files via an Internet site, ScanMyPhotos.com, and has a brick-and-mortar store in Irvine, Calif., for closer-to-home business.

"My sales this year have exceeded any other since founding my company in 1990," said Goldstone. "Today, I have three times the number of people employed compared to a year ago and we are all working 20-hour shifts, not because of the holidays, as my business model is not reliant on seasonal fluctuations. I owe it all to KODAK Technology."

Goldstone recently purchase two additional KODAK i660 Scanners to supplement his one original. Recently, he has started offering KODAK Picture Movie DVD services online.

For the walkup self-service side of his business, Goldstone purchased Kodak's new modular, thermal dry lab system for making digital prints, the KODAK Adaptive Picture Exchange (APEX). It is connected to a bank of self-service KODAK Picture Kiosk G4s at the Irvine location.

Goldstone said his business has grown largely through online orders.