Carestream Health

Carestream Health is an American medical imaging company whose business originated in Eastman Kodak Company's Health Group. The company became independent in 2007, when Kodak sold the Health Group to the Canadian investment firm Onex Corporation for cash. Approximately 8,100 employees transferred as part of the transaction, and the business was renamed Carestream Health. Carestream's activities have centered on imaging technologies used in hospitals, radiology departments, dental practices, and selected industrial inspection applications. Its portfolio has included computed radiography systems, digital radiography systems, X-ray film, photothermographic imaging film, dry-film medical printers, and related diagnostic-imaging products. The company has also developed digital image-processing and workflow technologies intended to connect image acquisition, review, printing, and clinical or practice-management processes. A significant part of the portfolio has been directed toward general radiography, mobile and portable X-ray, mammography, and dental imaging. The DRX-1 family is an example of Carestream's digital radiography approach: its detectors were designed to communicate wirelessly with a computer system in either a fixed radiography installation or a mobile or portable X-ray configuration. This type of product positioned the company around workflow flexibility and the transition from film-based imaging to digital acquisition. Carestream has also operated in dental imaging and dental practice software. Its dental activities have included imaging systems and practice-management software for general and specialist dental practices. In April 2017, Carestream announced an agreement to sell its Dental Digital business to Clayton, Dubilier & Rice and the Hillhouse Capital Management group, acting as part of CareCapital Advisors Limited. The dental X-ray film and anesthetics businesses were excluded from that agreement and remained with Carestream Health according to the referenced account. Beyond healthcare, Carestream's capabilities have included contract manufacturing and precision-coating services. These activities have covered coating development, pilot coating, hard coating, polyethylene terephthalate manufacturing, thermoplastic polyurethane film manufacturing, solution preparation and delivery, analytical and quality testing, converting, and packaging. The company has also supplied computed radiography and X-ray film products for non-destructive testing. Carestream has stated or been described as holding more than 800 patents related to medical and dental imaging technology. Its identity therefore combines the legacy of Kodak's imaging materials and manufacturing expertise with digital radiography, medical printing, dental systems, software, and specialized production services. The company is privately owned through Onex rather than publicly traded, and no public ticker is associated with the brand in the supplied reference material. Carestream is a global provider of medical imaging systems, X-ray imaging systems for non-destructive testing (NDT), and precision contract coating services. Its business spans healthcare and industrial applications, supported by sales, service, and support operations around the world. The company describes medical imaging, non-destructive testing, and contract manufacturing as its principal markets. In healthcare, Carestream offers imaging technology and related services intended to support radiology workflows and patient care. Its service organization provides technical and professional assistance, equipment service plans, training, documentation, and product security and support resources. One highlighted capability is Smart Noise Cancellation, which the company says can help reduce image noise and support lower radiation dose while retaining image quality. In industrial markets, Carestream’s NDT products support inspection applications including aircraft, assemblies, castings, and forensics. Its contract manufacturing business applies precision roll-to-roll coating processes and large-scale manufacturing facilities to opportunities such as energy storage, electronics, displays, and automotive components. The company presents customer service, innovation, quality, and trust as central themes in its positioning. Carestream is active internationally; the supplied company information describes a global workforce and worldwide operations. The available sources do not specify its founding date, founder, ownership, or headquarters. Beyond healthcare, Carestream's capabilities include contract manufacturing and precision coating services. These activities cover coating development, pilot coating, hard coating, polyethylene terephthalate (PET) manufacturing, thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU) film manufacturing, solution preparation and delivery, analytical and quality testing, converting, and packaging. The contract manufacturing operation applies precision roll-to-roll coating processes and large-scale manufacturing facilities to markets that include energy storage, electronics, displays, and automotive components. The company also provides computed radiography and X-ray film products for non-destructive testing, supporting inspection applications such as aircraft, assemblies, castings, and forensics. Carestream has stated or been described as holding more than 800 patents related to medical and dental imaging technology. Its identity therefore combines the legacy of Kodak's imaging-materials and manufacturing expertise with digital radiography, medical printing, dental systems, software, and specialized production services. The company is privately owned through Onex rather than publicly traded, and no public stock ticker associated with the brand appears in the referenced materials. Its service organization provides technical and professional assistance, equipment service plans, training, documentation, and product security and support resources, and the company describes a global workforce and worldwide operations. Carestream presents itself as a worldwide provider of medical imaging systems, X-ray imaging systems for non-destructive testing, and precision contract coating services, with operations around the world supported through a global service network. In healthcare, it serves professionals with radiology products and support intended to help improve patient care and manage radiology investments. Its service organization provides technical and professional assistance, equipment service plans, training, documentation, and product security and support resources, with worldwide technical and professional services teams working with customers to maintain equipment performance. The company promotes Smart Noise Cancellation, describing it as a way to improve image clarity and support lower radiation dose while preserving image quality. Carestream describes customer focus, innovation, quality, and trust as guiding themes. A company news item dated May 21, 2026, reports continued business momentum and refers to a refinancing earlier that year. Beyond those details, the supplied sources do not establish a more specific chronology of the company's formation or changes in ownership.

Carestream Health traces its corporate origin to Eastman Kodak Company's Health Group. Kodak had developed a substantial healthcare imaging business around radiographic film, medical printing, imaging materials, and systems used by hospitals, radiology departments, dental practices, and other professional users. As healthcare imaging moved from conventional film toward computed and digital radiography, the Health Group combined established materials expertise with newer image-acquisition and processing technologies. In 2007, Kodak sold the Health Group to Onex Corporation for $2.35 billion in cash. The transaction transferred approximately 8,100 employees to Onex. Following the sale, the acquired business was renamed Carestream Health, creating a standalone medical imaging company under Canadian investment ownership. The new company retained product lines associated with radiographic film and printing while expanding its emphasis on computed radiography, digital radiography, wireless detectors, mobile imaging, and related workflow technologies. Carestream's medical portfolio has included fixed radiography rooms, mobile and portable X-ray systems, computed radiography equipment for general radiography and mammography, digital radiography systems, X-ray film, and photothermographic dry-film printers. The DRX-1 series illustrates the company's focus on digital workflow modernization: the system enabled a wireless connection between a digital X-ray detector and a computer, whether used in a static radiography installation or a mobile or portable platform. Carestream has also developed products for dental imaging and software used in dental practice operations. The business has not been limited to clinical imaging. Carestream has supplied computed radiography and X-ray film for non-destructive testing, extending imaging-materials expertise into industrial inspection. It has also offered contract manufacturing and precision-coating capabilities, including coating development, pilot coating, hard coating, PET manufacturing, TPU film manufacturing, solution preparation and delivery, analytical and quality testing, converting, and packaging. These activities reflect the manufacturing infrastructure inherited from its imaging-materials heritage. In April 2017, Carestream announced an agreement to sell its Dental Digital business to Clayton, Dubilier & Rice and the Hillhouse Capital Management group, operating as part of CareCapital Advisors Limited. The transaction concerned the digital dental activities, including the type of imaging systems and practice-management software used by general and specialist dental practices. The dental X-ray film and anesthetics businesses were not included and remained with Carestream Health according to the referenced material. The company's intellectual-property base has been described as exceeding 800 patents in medical and dental imaging technology. Across its history, Carestream has therefore occupied an intermediate position between an imaging-equipment manufacturer, a healthcare workflow technology provider, and a specialized materials and manufacturing business. Its corporate development has been shaped by the separation from Kodak, continued movement from analog film to digital imaging, and portfolio restructuring in dental technology. Carestream remains associated with medical imaging, dental imaging, medical printing, radiographic film, non-destructive testing, and precision production services. Carestream presents itself as a worldwide provider of medical imaging systems, X-ray imaging systems for non-destructive testing, and precision contract coating services. Its stated history is centered on imaging technology, customer support, and adaptation to the needs of the markets it serves. The company says it has operations around the world and supports its offerings through a global service network. Carestream’s current business spans three areas identified on its company history page: medical imaging, non-destructive testing, and contract manufacturing. In medical imaging, it serves healthcare professionals with radiology products and support intended to help improve patient care and manage radiology investments. Its support activities include equipment service, training, customer resources, and product security information. The company also promotes Smart Noise Cancellation, describing it as a way to improve image clarity and support lower radiation dose while preserving image quality. In industrial non-destructive testing, Carestream supplies imaging products used in inspection applications such as aircraft, assemblies, castings, and forensics. Its contract manufacturing operation applies precision roll-to-roll coating and large-scale manufacturing capabilities to markets that include energy storage, electronics, displays, and automotive components. Carestream describes customer focus, innovation, quality, and trust as guiding themes, and says its worldwide technical and professional services teams work with customers to maintain equipment performance. The available company-history material does not provide dated founding or ownership milestones. A company news item dated May 21, 2026, reports continued business momentum and refers to a refinancing earlier that year. Beyond those details, the supplied sources do not establish a more specific chronology of the company’s formation or changes in ownership. The business has not been limited to clinical imaging. Carestream has supplied computed radiography and X-ray film for non-destructive testing, extending imaging-materials expertise into industrial inspection applications such as aircraft, assemblies, castings, and forensics. It has also offered contract manufacturing and precision-coating capabilities, including coating development, pilot coating, hard coating, PET manufacturing, TPU film manufacturing, solution preparation and delivery, analytical and quality testing, converting, and packaging. The contract manufacturing operation applies precision roll-to-roll coating processes and large-scale manufacturing facilities to markets that include energy storage, electronics, displays, and automotive components. These activities reflect the manufacturing infrastructure inherited from its imaging-materials heritage. Carestream presents itself as a worldwide provider of medical imaging systems, X-ray imaging systems for non-destructive testing, and precision contract coating services, with operations around the world supported through a global service network. Its support activities include equipment service, training, customer resources, and product security information, and the company promotes Smart Noise Cancellation, describing it as a way to improve image clarity and support lower radiation dose while preserving image quality. Carestream describes customer focus, innovation, quality, and trust as guiding themes, and says its worldwide technical and professional services teams work with customers to maintain equipment performance. A company news item dated May 21, 2026, reports continued business momentum and refers to a refinancing earlier that year. Carestream presents itself as a worldwide provider of medical imaging systems, X-ray imaging systems for non-destructive testing, and precision contract coating services, with operations around the world supported through a global service network. Its stated history is centered on imaging technology, customer support, and adaptation to the needs of the markets it serves. In medical imaging, it serves healthcare professionals with radiology products and support intended to help improve patient care and manage radiology investments. Its support activities include equipment service, training, customer resources, and product security information. The company also promotes Smart Noise Cancellation, describing it as a way to improve image clarity and support lower radiation dose while preserving image quality. Carestream describes customer focus, innovation, quality, and trust as guiding themes, and says its worldwide technical and professional services teams work with customers to maintain equipment performance. The available company-history material does not provide dated founding or ownership milestones beyond those above. A company news item dated May 21, 2026, reports continued business momentum and refers to a refinancing earlier that year.

• 2026

  Company reports continued business momentum

  [2]Carestream - Homecarestream.com

  A company news item dated May 21, 2026, reports continued business momentum and refers to a refinancing earlier that year.

• 2017

  Dental Digital sale agreement announced

  [1]Carestream Healthen.wikipedia.org

  Carestream announced an agreement to sell its Dental Digital business to Clayton, Dubilier & Rice and the Hillhouse Capital Management group through CareCapital Advisors Limited.

• 2007

  Kodak Health Group is sold to Onex

  [1]Carestream Healthen.wikipedia.org

  Onex Corporation acquired Eastman Kodak Company's Health Group for $2.35 billion in cash. Approximately 8,100 employees transferred, and the business was renamed Carestream Health.

Carestream Health is positioned as a medical and dental imaging technology provider spanning image acquisition, digital radiography, computed radiography, diagnostic image processing, dry-film printing, and selected imaging-related manufacturing services. Its portfolio reflects both Kodak's historical film and materials expertise and the healthcare industry's migration toward digital, wireless, and mobile imaging workflows. A customer-focused global imaging and technology provider emphasizing innovation, quality, trust, customer service, and practical benefits across healthcare and industrial markets. Carestream Health is positioned as a medical and dental imaging technology provider spanning image acquisition, digital radiography, computed radiography, diagnostic image processing, dry-film printing, and selected imaging-related manufacturing services, while also serving industrial non-destructive testing and precision contract coating markets. Its portfolio reflects both Kodak's historical film and materials expertise and the healthcare industry's migration toward digital, wireless, and mobile imaging workflows, with a customer-focused emphasis on innovation, quality, trust, and customer service.

• Digital radiography

  DRX-1 series

  The DRX-1 series is a digital radiography platform built around wireless communication between a digital X-ray detector and a computer system. The reference material describes it as usable in both fixed radiography rooms and mobile or portable radiography systems. Its role is to support the transition from cassette-based or film-centered imaging toward digitally captured and electronically processed X-ray examinations.

• Medical imaging

  Computed radiography systems

  Carestream's computed radiography products have served general X-ray and mammography applications. These systems belong to the intermediate stage between conventional radiographic film and fully digital detector workflows, using image-processing equipment to convert radiographic exposures into digital information. They formed part of the company's broader offering for radiology departments and other medical imaging users.

• Digital radiography

  Digital radiography rooms and mobile X-ray systems

  This group includes fixed digital radiography rooms as well as mobile and portable X-ray configurations. The systems are intended for general radiography and incorporate digital detectors, image processing, and workflow integration. Mobile and portable configurations extend radiography to settings where a patient cannot easily be moved to a conventional imaging room.

• Medical printing and imaging media

  Photothermographic imaging film and medical printers

  Carestream has supplied photothermographic imaging film and printers using dry-film technology. These products support the production of diagnostic images without conventional wet chemical processing and connect the company's historical imaging-materials expertise with medical printing workflows. The range has included photothermographic laser imagers and related medical printing products.

• Dental technology

  Dental imaging and practice-management solutions

  Carestream Dental has provided imaging systems and practice-management software for general and specialist dental practices. The digital dental activities were the subject of a sale agreement announced in 2017. Dental X-ray film and anesthetics were identified separately from the Dental Digital business and were not included in that agreement.

• Industrial imaging

  Non-destructive testing imaging products

  Carestream has offered computed radiography and X-ray film for non-destructive testing. These products apply radiographic imaging techniques to industrial inspection rather than clinical diagnosis, allowing users to examine materials or structures without destroying the inspected object. Inspection applications include aircraft, assemblies, castings, and forensics. X-ray imaging systems and products for industrial inspection applications.

• Advanced manufacturing

  Precision coating and contract manufacturing services

  The company's non-medical activities have included contract manufacturing and precision-coating services. Listed capabilities include coating, pilot coating and development, hard coating, PET manufacturing, TPU film manufacturing, solution preparation and delivery, analytical and quality testing, converting, and packaging. These services extend Carestream's imaging-materials manufacturing capabilities to other applications. Contract services using precision roll-to-roll coating processes and large-scale manufacturing facilities. The company's non-medical activities have included contract manufacturing and precision-coating services. Listed capabilities include coating, pilot coating and development, hard coating, PET manufacturing, TPU film manufacturing, solution preparation and delivery, analytical and quality testing, converting, and packaging. The contract manufacturing operation applies precision roll-to-roll coating processes and large-scale manufacturing facilities to markets that include energy storage, electronics, displays, and automotive components. These services extend Carestream's imaging-materials manufacturing capabilities to other applications.

• Medical imaging systems

  Imaging systems and radiology solutions for healthcare markets.

• Image processing

  Smart Noise Cancellation

  An image-processing feature the company says improves image clarity and can support lower radiation dose without loss in image quality.

• Services

  Equipment service, training, and support

  Carestream's service organization provides technical and professional assistance, equipment service plans, training, documentation, and product security and support resources, with worldwide technical and professional services teams working with customers to maintain equipment performance.

• 2017

  Agreement to sell Dental Digital businessM&A

  Background

  Carestream restructured part of its dental portfolio while maintaining selected dental activities outside the proposed transaction.

  Action taken

  The company announced an agreement to sell its Dental Digital business to Clayton, Dubilier & Rice and the Hillhouse Capital Management group as part of CareCapital Advisors Limited.

  Aftermath

  The dental X-ray film and anesthetics businesses were excluded from the agreement and remained with Carestream Health according to the referenced material.

  Source

• 2007

  Separation from Kodak through Onex acquisitionM&A

  Background

  Eastman Kodak sold its Health Group as a business transaction that transferred the unit, its employees, and its medical imaging activities to Onex Corporation.

  Action taken

  Onex acquired the Health Group for $2.35 billion in cash, and the business adopted the Carestream Health name.

  Aftermath

  Carestream operated as a standalone medical imaging company under Onex ownership, retaining both film-related activities and digital imaging technologies.

  Acquisition price. $2.35 billion cash transaction (2007)

  Source

• Customer-focused business and service approachOther

  Source

1. 1Carestream Healthen.wikipedia.org
2. 2Carestream - Homecarestream.com
3. 3Corporate History | Carestreamcarestream.com
4. 4Companycarestream.com
5. 5Equipment Services | Carestreamcarestream.com