2008-01-29 Manufacturing News

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Agfa Graphics to close down equipment factory

Agfa Graphics announces that it plans to stop the development and production of computer-to-plate equipment in Wilmington, MA, USA.

"This decision is part of our strategy to substantially improve our operational efficiency and competitive position in the highly competitive market of prepress equipment" says Stefaan Vanhooren, President of Agfa Graphics.

Agfa Graphics will continue to distribute total solutions to its customers (including a new range of printing plates, equipment, software and service) and has therefore extended its OEM relationship with one of the main manufacturers of commercial Computer-to-Plate equipment. The new wider range of innovative platesetters, replacing Agfa's high-end equipment portfolio :Avalon, will be available at the Drupa* World Exhibition in June.

After having considered all options, Agfa Graphics has now informed its employees that it intends to phase out the Wilmington's factory workload. A redundancy plan has been developed for the approximately 150 employees involved, mainly in R&D, production and related departments. Other Agfa Graphics operations in the US such as service, IT, sales and marketing will continue to operate from the Wilmington site.

Agfa Graphics is a world leader in prepress solutions for the printing and publishing industries. Agfa Graphics provides commercial, newspaper and packaging printers with the most extensive range of workflow automation, project management, computer-to-film, computer-to-plate and proofing solutions. As the world’s largest plate supplier, Agfa Graphics produces analog plates as well as thermal, visible light, and chemistry-free digital plates to offer advanced solutions for different printing applications.

Agfa also serves the indoor and outdoor display market with wide-format inkjet printing systems, and the short-run printing market.

Agfa Graphics is Agfa's largest business unit with dedicated manufacturing facilities in Europe, United States, Asia and South America.

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