Oct. 20, 2000

Kodak Taiwan announced last week that it has teamed up with Avision Inc., a Taiwan manufacturer of scanner modules and digital scanners/copiers, to turn out small-volume low-speed scanners which scan less than 30 sheets per minute.

Kodak Taiwan said that Kodak supplies 75 - 80 percent of the world's high speed scanners, which can process 60 sheets per minute. Last year, Kodak introduced medium-speed scanners capable of handling 42-85 sheets per minute with a global share of this segment already having reached 40 - 50 percent.

The predominance of small and medium-sized companies in Taiwan encouraged Kodak to introduce low-end scanners to meet the need of smaller scale businesses, the spokesman said.