RE: [APML] Lumicon out of business

[Philip Perkins <philip@astrocruise.com>]

I am sure that Sept 11 had some effect but I think it was relatively 
minor.  I think there are two main reasons for their decline.  The first 
was when Dr Jack Marling started losing interest and moved out of the 
business.  From that point the business lost his inspiration and 
leadership.  The second main reason (probably connected to the first) was 
that they did not move with the times.  A huge proportion of their original 
success was bound up with the film world, and of course there has been huge 
shrinkage in that market.  The writing was on the wall from about 1995 
onwards and somehow or other they needed to start shifting their business 
towards the CCD world and to try to re-discover some of their original 
innovation in that market.  I am sure they had thought about this, but 
without Jack Marling's innovation and leadership I suspect they couldn't 
find a way.  A sign that things were going wrong was when they became a 
dealership for other products.

It's very sad because they were an excellent company, always gave excellent 
service, and had a range of truly innovative products.

--Philip


At 08:40 29/09/02 -0700, you wrote:
>How did Sept 11 cause them to go out of business as they state on their web
>page?  I am just wondering how big a role it could have played and how they
>can actually pin it down as a cause.


Philip Perkins - philip@astrocruise.com
Wiltshire UK & Luberon France
Astrocruise - http://www.astrocruise.com


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