Eastman Kodak Begins Multimillion-Dollar Expansion at Columbus Plant

Eastman Kodak Co. has begun a project that will give the Columbus (GA) plant the ability to manufacture advanced digital printing plates. The cost for construction, which began in mid-December, is $3.7 million, according to Columbus building permits. But the total expenditure will be higher, Chris Veronda, spokesman for Rochester, N.Y.-based Kodak, said today.

“That’s just for the building,” he said. “It’s certainly north of that for the total project because there’s going to be a substantial amount of equipment that goes in there, too.