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Bankruptcy is not the same as going out of business. They restructured and still produce color film and slide film, but not Kodachrome. It was a very sophisticated film which could only be processed in a specialized lab and they couldn't stay open with low film demand.

There's a documentary about the last Kodachrome roll developed: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DUL6MBVKVLI . Very sad.




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