Agfa-Gevaert N.V. (Agfa) is a

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that develops, manufactures, and distributes analogue and digital imaging products, software, and systems. It has three divisions: * Agfa Graphics, which offers integrated prepress and industrial inkjet systems to the printing and graphics industries. * Agfa HealthCare, which supplies hospitals and other care organisations with imaging products and systems, and information systems. * Agfa Specialty Products, which supplies products to various industrial markets. It is part of the Agfa Materials organization. In addition to the Agfa Specialty Products activities, Agfa Materials supplies film and related products to Agfa Graphics and Agfa HealthCare. Agfa

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and film cameras were once prominent consumer products. However, in 2004, the consumer imaging division was sold to a company founded via

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. AgfaPhoto GmbH, as the new company was called, filed for

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after just one year,AgfaPhoto files for insolvency
dpreview.com. Article dated 2005-05-27, retrieved 2007-03-04. and its brands are now licensed to other companies by AgfaPhoto Holding GmbH, a holding firm. Today Agfa-Gevaert's commerce is 100% business-to-business.

History

Female foreign workers from Stadelheim prison work in a factory owned by the AGFA camera company

* 1867 The company Aktiengesellschaft für Anilinfabrikation ''(Corporation for

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Production)'' was founded in

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(now in the

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borough of

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) as a manufacturer of dyes and stains. It became a

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in 1873. The founders were

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(son of composer

Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy Jakob Ludwig Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy (3 February 18094 November 1847), born and widely known as Felix Mendelssohn, was a German composer, pianist, organist and conductor of the early Romantic period. Mendelssohn's compositions include sy ...

) and

Carl Alexander von Martius Carl Alexander von Martius (born January 19, 1838, in Munich; died February 26, 1920, in Nonn by Bad Reichenhall) was a German chemist and entrepreneur. Life His father was botanist and explorer Carl Friedrich Philipp von Martius (1794–18 ...

. * 1894 The company L. Gevaert & Cie was founded in

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, Belgium, arising from the workshop for the manufacture of

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belonging to

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. * 1897 Appearance of the ''Agfa'' trade mark. * 1898 Introduction of

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plates and film products. * 1903 Production of first cinematographic film. * 1925 As part of the consolidation of the German chemical industry, Agfa became part of

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. The photographic activities are combined with those of

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, including a

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factory in

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. * 1928 Acquired

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, an American photographic manufacturer, whose products were sold under the Agfa-Ansco brand name. * 1936

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Neu a pioneering color film for amateurs and professionals. * 1940 Agfacolor negative-positive color material is used for the first time for a feature film ''

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'' (''Women make the best Diplomats'') by the German

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film studios. * 1941 American assets were seized during

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as enemy property and became General Aniline and Film Corp., whose photographic products reverted to the

brand name. * 1942 Introduction of intensifying screen products. * 1945 When the

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broke up IG Farben to reduce the size of German chemical industry, Agfa reappeared as an individual business. An Agfa plant located in what was to become

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became the foundation of

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. * 1952 Re-establishment of Agfa AG as a wholly owned subsidiary of Bayer in Leverkusen. * 1964 Merger of Agfa AG and Gevaert Photo-Producten N.V. with Bayer AG and Gevaert each holding a 50% interest in the new operating company. * 1970 Introduction of

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Sheet Film. * 1972 Introduction of

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film / screen products. * 1981 Bayer buys out Gevaert and becomes 100% owner. * 1988 Acquisition of

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Corporation (prepress systems). * 1990 ** Sale of

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business. ** Introduction of Computed Radiography (CR) products. * 1994 Introduction of PACS products. * 1996 Acquisition of Hoechst's printing plate and proofing business. * 1997 Sale of the company's film recorder division to German CCG Digital Image Technology.About CCG Digital Image Technology
, definity35mm.com, retrieved 2009-01-11. * 1998 ** Acquisition of

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's offset printing and graphic arts film business. ** Sale of the company's Copier Systems business to Lanier Worldwide Inc. ** Acquisition of CEA AB (X-ray film products). ** Acquisition of Monotype Typography Inc. * 1999 ** Acquisition of Sterling Diagnostic Imaging (X-ray film and equipment). ** Separation of Agfa from

. Initial public offering of Agfa-Gevaert shares on June 1. Agfa listed on Brussels and Frankfurt stock exchanges. * 2000 ** Acquisition of Krautkramer, a producer of

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systems for non-destructive testing. ** Acquisition of Quadrat, a Ghent-based European producer of radiology information systems. * 2001 ** Acquisition of Autologic, an American producer of systems for prepress automation. ** Acquisition of Talk Technology, a producer of medical voice recognition systems. ** Acquisition of the German company Seifert and the American company Pantak, producers of industrial

equipment for non-destructive testing applications. ** Acquisition of a minority interest in MediVision, a developer and manufacturer of

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systems for

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. ** Agfa stopped its desktop scanners and digital camera business in September 2001. Agfa does not provide any further support. * 2002 ** Acquisition of Mitra Imaging Inc., a developer of

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and information systems for

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. ** Bayer sells its remaining 30% stake in Agfa. * 2003 ** Opening of new printing plate factory in

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, China. ** Sale of non-destructive testing business to

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. * 2004 ** Acquisition of Dotrix, a Belgian producer of digital colour printing systems for industrial applications. ** Acquisition of Lastra, an Italian manufacturer of plates, chemicals and equipment for the

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industry. ** Sale of the consumer imaging division to a company founded via management buy out, named

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, and held by an investment company. After one year, AgfaPhoto files for bankruptcy. ** Acquisition of ProImage, an Israeli developer of browser-based digital workflow solutions for the newspaper and printing industries. ** Acquisition of Symphonie On Line, a French

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company and developer of EPR (

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) systems. ** Sale of Agfa Monotype Corporation, a provider of

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and font-related software technology, to

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-based private equity investor

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. * 2005 ** Acquisition of GWI, a German developer of healthcare

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s for

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, and facility

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. ** Acquisition of Heartlab, Inc., a

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developer of cardiology image and information management systems. ** Acquisition of Med2Rad an Italian developer of radiology information systems. ** Introduction of industrial

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products. * 2009 ** Acquisition of Insight Agents, a European developer and producer of contrast media. ** Acquisition of Gandi Innovations, a producer of large-format inkjet systems. * 2010 ** Agfa Graphics and Shenzhen Brothers create the Agfa Graphics Asia joint venture to reinforce their position in the

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and

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region. ** Acquisition of the Harold M. Pitman Company a US supplier of products and systems for the graphic industry. * 2011 Acquisition of WPD, a Brazilian supplier of healthcare IT systems.

Company structure

Headquartered in

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, Agfa has sales organisations in 40 countries. In countries where Agfa does not have its own sales organisation, the market is served by a network of agents and representatives. At the end of 2011, the company had 11,728 employees (full-time equivalent permanent) worldwide. Agfa has manufacturing plants around the world. The largest production and research centres are based in Belgium, the United States, Canada, Germany, France, Italy and China. Net sales for 2011 totalled 3,023 million

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s. Since January 1, 2019, two new entities emerged within the Agfa-Gevaert Group: Agfa HealthCare (ITCo) and Agfa (MainCo). Agfa HealthCare groups all IT-related activities of the former Agfa HealthCare business group. The newer Agfa includes the activities of the former Agfa Graphics and Agfa Specialty Products business groups, as well as the Imaging activities of the former Agfa HealthCare business group.

Agfa Healthcare

Agfa Healthcare is a developer of medical imaging information systems, with main offices in Mortsel (Belgium), Ghent (Belgium), Waterloo (Ontario Canada), Shanghai (China) and

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Agfa division business groups

The activities of the Agfa division have been subdivided into three groups: Offset Solutions (the prepress business of the former Agfa Graphics business group), Digital Print & Chemicals (the inkjet business of the former Agfa Graphics business group and the activities of the former Agfa Specialty Products business group) and Radiology Solutions (the imaging activities of the former Agfa HealthCare business group).

Products

In 2004, Agfa-Gevaert withdrew from the consumer market, including photographic film, cameras and other photographic equipment. Because Agfa-Gevaert still produce photographic films for the aerial photography market, it is still possible to buy fresh, Agfa-produced photographic films for use in consumer cameras. They are sold by the

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Society and

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and are branded accordingly. This is because those companies purchase the aerial photography film from Agfa-Gevaert, and then cut and package it into consumer photographic formats. As of 2012, such products carry a small Agfa logo discreetly on their packaging, but are not sold as Agfa branded products. By contrast,

Agfaphoto AgfaPhoto GmbH is a European photographic company, formed in 2004 when Agfa-Gevaert sold their Consumer Imaging division. Agfa (the former parent company, which merged with film manufacturer Gevaert in 1964) had for many years been well known ...

branded photographic films are not made by Agfa-Gevaert at all, originally having been made by the now closed

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plant in Italy. Agfaphoto films are now produced by

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in Japan for Lupus Imaging Media.

Agfa cameras

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Agfa produced a range of cameras which included: * Agfa Ambiflex, Ambiflex * Silette series *

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* Record *

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* Isola series *

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* Clack * Optima series, e.g. Optima 1A * Optima Sensor series, e.g. Optima 1535 Sensor and Optima Flash Sensor * Selectronic S series * Agfamatic series * Agfamatic Pocket series * Agfa Mini * matching accessories, such as flashguns

SLR

* Agfa Flexilette * Selectronic series (rebranded products of

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Agfa slide projectors

Including, roughly in chronological order: * Agfa Opticus 100 * Agfa Agfacolor 50 automatic * Agfa Diamator series, like models H, m, 1500

Agfa consumer and professional films

Black & White films: * Agfa PD16 * Agfapan 25, 100 and 400 * Agfapan APX 25, 100 and 400 (revivals of 100 and 400 emulsion were announced by Adox) * Isopan ISS (Super Special) * Isopan F (Fine Grain) * Isopan Ultra * Isopan Record * Agfa Vario-XL (

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chromogenic film) * Dia-Direct (reversal film) * Scala (reversal film) * Agfacontour Professional film Colour reversal (slide) films: * Agfacolor Neu * Agfachrome CT 18 and CT 21 * Agfachrome series * Agfachrome R 100 S * Agfachrome 50 S and 50 L Professional * Agfachrome RS and RS Plus Professional series * Agfachrome RSX and RSX II Professional series * Agfachrome CT, CTx and CT Precisa series (excluding New Agfaphoto CT Precisa 100) Colour negative films: * Agfacolor CN14, CN17, CN17M, CN17 Special, CNS and CNS2 * Agfacolor series * Agfacolor XR series * Agfacolor XRG series * Agfacolor XRS Professional series * Agfacolor Optima, Optima II and New Optima Professional series * Agfacolor Portrait 160 Professional * Agfacolor Ultra 50 Professional and Ultra 100 * Agfacolor Vista series (excluding New Agfaphoto Vista 200) While Agfa has retired from the photography branch, and the Agfaphoto brand was sold to a reseller named Lupus Imaging, the surviving Belgian industrial branch of Agfa continues to produce, among other things, B/W, colour negative and colour reversal materials for aerial photography. Some of these are cut to the usual 135 and 120 formats by Maco and distributed under the brand name

. Specifically, these re-branded Agfa materials include Rollei Retro 80S, 200S and 400S, Digibase CN200 and CR200.

Scanners

Agfa produced many

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s in the Arcus, DuoScan, SnapScan, StudioScan and StudioStar ranges. While they have all been discontinued and up-to-date drivers for them are not available from Agfa,

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software supports many Agfa scanners on current computer

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s. Lists 29 Agfa scanners.

Agfa darkroom equipment

* Agfa Varioscop enlargers * Agfa Variomat print easels for automatic exposure * Darkroom safety lights * Agfa Rondinax and Rondix daylight developing tanks

Agfa papers

Agfa photographic papers were of very high quality; lines included: * Brovira * Portriga Rapid * Lupex The production of material identical to the last generation of fibre-based and resin-coated photographic Agfa Multigrade papers has been resumed by Adox.adox.de
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References

External links

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- International website Healthcare IT
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