Agfa-Gevaert N.V. is a Europe

Europe

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an multinational corporation

Multinational corporation

A multi national corporation or enterprise , is a corporation or an enterprise that manages production or delivers services in more than one country. It can also be referred to as an international corporation...

 that develops, manufactures, and distributes analogue and digital imaging products and systems, as well as IT solutions. The company has three divisions. Agfa Graphics offers integrated prepress and industrial inkjet systems to the printing and graphics industries. Agfa HealthCare supplies hospitals and other care organizations with imaging products and systems, as well as information systems. Agfa Specialty Products supplies products to various industrial markets. It is part of the Agfa Materials organization. In addition to the Agfa Specialty Products activities, Agfa Materials also supplies film and related products to Agfa Graphics and Agfa HealthCare.

In the past, Agfa film and cameras were prominent consumer products. However, in 2004, the consumer imaging division was sold to a company founded via management buyout

Management buyout

A management buyout is a form of acquisition where a company's existing managers acquire a large part or all of the company.- Overview :Management buyouts are similar in all major legal aspects to any other acquisition of a company...

. AgfaPhoto GmbH

AgfaPhoto

AgfaPhoto GmbH is a European photographic company, formed in 2004 when Agfa-Gevaert sold their Consumer Imaging division. Agfa had for many years been well known as a producer of consumer-oriented photographic products including films, photographic papers and cameras...

, as the new company was called, filed for bankruptcy after just one year. The brands are now licensed to other companies by AgfaPhoto Holding GmbH, a holding firm. Following this sale, Agfa-Gevaert's commerce today is 100% business-to-business.

Company structure

Headquartered in Mortsel

Mortsel

Mortsel is a city and municipality close to the city of Antwerp located in the Belgian province of Antwerp. The municipality only comprises the city of Mortsel proper. On January 1, 2006 Mortsel had a total population of 24,427 people. The total area is 7.78 km² which gives a population density of...

, Belgium

Belgium

Belgium , officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a federal state in Western Europe. It is a founding member of the European Union and hosts the EU's headquarters, and those of several other major international organisations such as NATO.Belgium is also a member of, or affiliated to, many...

, Agfa has sales organizations in 40 countries. In countries where Agfa does not have its own sales organization, the market is served by a network of agents and representatives. At the end of 2010, the company had 11,766 employees (full time equivalent permanent) worldwide. Agfa has manufacturing plants around the world. The largest production and research centers are based in Belgium, the United States, Canada, Germany, France, Italy and China. Net sales for 2010 totaled 2,948 million euro

Euro

The euro is the official currency of the eurozone: 17 of the 27 member states of the European Union. It is also the currency used by the Institutions of the European Union. The eurozone consists of Austria, Belgium, Cyprus, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg,...

s.

Agfa is organized into three business groups as follows:

Agfa Graphics

Digital and analogue prepress

Prepress

Prepress is the term used in the printing and publishing industries for the processes and procedures that occur between the creation of a print layout and the final printing...

 systems, software, and consumables.

• Computer-to-film and computer-to-plate
  Computer to plate
  Computer to plate is an imaging technology used in modern printing processes. In this technology, an image created in a Desktop Publishing application is output directly to a printing plate....
  
   equipment.
• Prepress & publish workflow software.
• Consumables: graphic film, analogue and digital printing plates.
• Digital proofing systems.
• Technical services.

Industrial inkjet systems and solutions.

• Wide format printing systems.
  • :Anapurna and :Jeti printer families: typically used to produce posters, banners and displays.
  • :M-Press family: high-end flatbed presses, designed to replace traditional equipment for all possible screen printing jobs.
  • Wide format media.
• Inkjet presses.
  • :Dotrix Modular: designed for applications including packaging, plastic bags, labels and point-of-purchase advertizing.

Agfa HealthCare

Medical Imaging

Medical imaging

Medical imaging is the technique and process used to create images of the human body for clinical purposes or medical science...

 systems.

• Conventional radiography.
  • Screen films (conventional X-ray films).
  • Developing equipment.
  • Chemistry.
• Digital radiography.
  • Integrated computed radiography
    Computed radiography
    Computed Radiography uses very similar equipment to conventional radiography except that in place of a film to create the image, an imaging plate made of photostimulable phosphor is used. The imaging plate housed in a special cassette and placed under the body part or object to be examined and...
    
     solutions.
  • Integrated direct radiography solutions.
  • Hardcopy printers and film.

IT solutions.

• Radiology IT (brand name IMPAX).
  • Picture Archiving and Communication Systems
    Picture archiving and communication system
    A picture archiving and communication system is a medical imaging technology which provides economical storage of, and convenient access to, images from multiple modalities . Electronic images and reports are transmitted digitally via PACS; this eliminates the need to manually file, retrieve, or...
    
    (PACS).
  • Radiology Information Systems
    Radiology Information System
    A radiology information system is a computerized database used by radiology departments to store, manipulate and distribute patient radiological data and imagery. The system generally consists of patient tracking and scheduling, result reporting and image tracking capabilities...
    
     (RIS).
  • Speech recognition.
  • Imaging repositories.
• Cardiology IT.
  • PACS for cardiology IT and CardioVascular Information Systems.
  • ECG management systems.
• Enterprise IT (main brand name: ORBIS).
  • Hospital Information Systems
    Hospital information system
    There are various titles and acronyms which all declare similar approaches to managing the information flow and storage in hospital routine services, as*Hospital Information System , or*Healthcare Information System, or...
    
     (HIS).
  • Clinical Information Systems (CIS).
  • Laboratory Information Systems
    Laboratory information system
    A lab information system is a class of software that receives, processes, and stores information generated by medical laboratory processes. These systems often must interface with instruments and other information systems such as hospital information systems...
    
     (LIS).
  • Document Management Systems.

Agfa Specialty Products

Agfa Specialty Products supplies products to a variety of industries.

• Traditional film products
  • Sound recording film and print film for the movie industry.
  • Films, chemicals, photo paper and software for aerial photography.
  • Microfilm
  • Photo-tooling films for the production of Printed Circuit Boards
    Printed circuit board
    A printed circuit board, or PCB, is used to mechanically support and electrically connect electronic components using conductive pathways, tracks or signal traces etched from copper sheets laminated onto a non-conductive substrate. It is also referred to as printed wiring board or etched wiring...
    
    .
  • Nondestructive testing
    Nondestructive testing
    Nondestructive testing or Non-destructive testing is a wide group of analysis techniques used in science and industry to evaluate the properties of a material, component or system without causing damage....
    
     (NDT) film (as the exclusive manufacturer of General Electric's
    General Electric
    General Electric Company , or GE, is an American multinational conglomerate corporation incorporated in Schenectady, New York and headquartered in Fairfield, Connecticut, United States...
    
     NDT X-ray films and related chemistry.
• New developments
  • Synthetic paper (SYNAPS brand).
  • Materials and consumables for the production of ID-documents.
  • Conductive polymer materials (printing inks, pastes and emulsions) for the production of transparent electrodes used in compact electronic devices (Orgacon brand).
  • Industrial inkjet inks.
  • Membranes for the electrolysis of water (Zirfon Perl brand).

History

• 1867 The company Aktiengesellschaft für Anilinfabrikation (Corporation for Aniline
  Aniline
  Aniline, phenylamine or aminobenzene is an organic compound with the formula C6H5NH2. Consisting of a phenyl group attached to an amino group, aniline is the prototypical aromatic amine. Being a precursor to many industrial chemicals, its main use is in the manufacture of precursors to polyurethane...
  
   Production) was founded in Rummelsburg (now in the Lichtenberg
  Lichtenberg
  Lichtenberg is the eleventh borough of Berlin, Germany. In Berlin's 2001 administrative reform it absorbed the former borough of Hohenschönhausen.-Overview:...
  
   borough of Berlin
  Berlin
  Berlin is the capital city of Germany and is one of the 16 states of Germany. With a population of 3.45 million people, Berlin is Germany's largest city. It is the second most populous city proper and the seventh most populous urban area in the European Union...
  
  ) as a manufacturer of dyes and stains. It became a public
  Public company
  This is not the same as a Government-owned corporation.A public company or publicly traded company is a limited liability company that offers its securities for sale to the general public, typically through a stock exchange, or through market makers operating in over the counter markets...
  
   limited company
  Limited company
  A limited company is a company in which the liability of the members or subscribers of the company is limited to what they have invested or guaranteed to the company. Limited companies may be limited by shares or by guarantee. And the former of these, a limited company limited by shares, may be...
  
   in 1873. The founders were Paul Mendelssohn Bartholdy
  Paul Mendelssohn Bartholdy
  Paul Mendelssohn Bartholdy was a German chemist and a pioneer in the manufacture of aniline dye. He co-founded the Aktien-Gesellschaft für Anilin-Fabrikation , a German chemical company.-Life:...
  
   (son of composer Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy) and Carl Alexander von Martius.

• 1894 The company L. Gevaert & Cie was founded in Antwerp, Belgium
  Belgium
  Belgium , officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a federal state in Western Europe. It is a founding member of the European Union and hosts the EU's headquarters, and those of several other major international organisations such as NATO.Belgium is also a member of, or affiliated to, many...
  
  , arising from the workshop for the manufacture of photographic paper belonging to Lieven Gevaert
  Lieven Gevaert
  Lieven Gevaert was a Flemish industrialist. His father died when he was only three years old. He started his career in the company he founded together with his mother in 1889, which produced photographic paper according to traditional methods...
  
  .

• 1897 Appearance of the Agfa trade mark.

• 1898 Introduction of X-ray
  X-ray
  X-radiation is a form of electromagnetic radiation. X-rays have a wavelength in the range of 0.01 to 10 nanometers, corresponding to frequencies in the range 30 petahertz to 30 exahertz and energies in the range 120 eV to 120 keV. They are shorter in wavelength than UV rays and longer than gamma...
  
   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 IG Farben. The photographic activities are combined with those of Bayer, including a camera
  Camera
  A camera is a device that records and stores images. These images may be still photographs or moving images such as videos or movies. The term camera comes from the camera obscura , an early mechanism for projecting images...
  
   factory in Munich
  Munich
  Munich The city's motto is "" . Before 2006, it was "Weltstadt mit Herz" . Its native name, , is derived from the Old High German Munichen, meaning "by the monks' place". The city's name derives from the monks of the Benedictine order who founded the city; hence the monk depicted on the city's coat...
  
  .

• 1940 Agfacolor negative-positive color material is used for the first time for a feature film "Frauen sind doch bessere Diplomaten" (Women are the better diplomats) by the German UFA
  Universum Film AG
  Universum Film AG, better known as UFA or Ufa, is a film company that was the principal film studio in Germany, home of the German film industry during the Weimar Republic and through World War II, and a major force in world cinema from 1917 to 1945...
  
   production company.

• 1941 American assets were seized as enemy property and became Ansco
  Ansco
  Ansco was the name of a photographic company based in Binghamton, New York, which produced inexpensive cameras for most of the 20th century. It also sold rebadged versions of cameras made by other manufacturers, including Agfa and Chinon...
  
  .

• 1942 Introduction of intensifying screen products.

• 1945 When the Allies
  Allies of World War II
  The Allies of World War II were the countries that opposed the Axis powers during the Second World War . Former Axis states contributing to the Allied victory are not considered Allied states...
  
   broke up IG Farben, Agfa reappeared as an individual business. An Agfa plant located in what was to become East Germany became the foundation of ORWO
  ORWO
  ORWO was an East German manufacturer of photographic film and magnetic tape. The basis for ORWO was the Agfa Wolfen plant, where the first modern colour film with incorporated colour couplers, Agfacolor, was developed in 1936....
  
  .

• 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.

• 1972 Introduction of mammography
  Mammography
  Mammography is the process of using low-energy-X-rays to examine the human breast and is used as a diagnostic and a screening tool....
  
   film / screen products.

• 1981 Bayer buys out Gevaert and becomes 100% owner.

• 1988 Acquisition
  Takeover
  In business, a takeover is the purchase of one company by another . In the UK, the term refers to the acquisition of a public company whose shares are listed on a stock exchange, in contrast to the acquisition of a private company.- Friendly takeovers :Before a bidder makes an offer for another...
  
   of Compugraphic
  Compugraphic
  Compugraphic Corporation was an American producer of typesetting systems and phototypesetting equipment, based, at the time of the Agfa merger, in Wilmington, Massachusetts, just a few miles from where it was founded...
  
   Corporation (prepress systems).

• 1990
  • Sale of magnetic tape
    Magnetic tape
    Magnetic tape is a medium for magnetic recording, made of a thin magnetizable coating on a long, narrow strip of plastic. It was developed in Germany, based on magnetic wire recording. Devices that record and play back audio and video using magnetic tape are tape recorders and video tape recorders...
    
     business.
  • Introduction of Computed Radiography (CR) products.

• 1994 Introduction of PACS
  Picture archiving and communication system
  A picture archiving and communication system is a medical imaging technology which provides economical storage of, and convenient access to, images from multiple modalities . Electronic images and reports are transmitted digitally via PACS; this eliminates the need to manually file, retrieve, or...
  
  products.

• 1996 Acquisition of Hoechst
  Hoechst AG
  Hoechst AG was a German chemicals then life-sciences company that became Aventis Deutschland after its merger with France's Rhône-Poulenc S.A. in 1999...
  
  's printing plate and proofing business.

• 1997 Sale of the company's film recorder division to German CCG Digital Image Technology.

• 1998
  • Acquisition of Dupont's
    DuPont
    E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company , commonly referred to as DuPont, is an American chemical company that was founded in July 1802 as a gunpowder mill by Eleuthère Irénée du Pont. DuPont was the world's third largest chemical company based on market capitalization and ninth based on revenue in 2009...
    
    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.
    Monotype Corporation
    Monotype Imaging Holdings is a Delaware corporation based in Woburn, Massachusetts and specializing in typesetting and typeface design as well as text and imaging solutions for use with consumer electronics devices. Monotype Imaging Holdings is the owner of Monotype Imaging Inc., Linotype,...
    
    

• 1999
  • Acquisition of Sterling Diagnostic Imaging (X-ray film and equipment).
  • Separation of Agfa from Bayer. 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 ultrasonic
    Ultrasound
    Ultrasound is cyclic sound pressure with a frequency greater than the upper limit of human hearing. Ultrasound is thus not separated from "normal" sound based on differences in physical properties, only the fact that humans cannot hear it. Although this limit varies from person to person, it is...
    
     systems for non-destructive testing.
  • Acquisition of Quadrat, a Ghent based Europe
    Europe
    Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...
    
    an producer of radiology information systems.

• 2001
  • Acquisition of Autologic, an American
    United States
    The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
    
     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 X-ray
    X-ray
    X-radiation is a form of electromagnetic radiation. X-rays have a wavelength in the range of 0.01 to 10 nanometers, corresponding to frequencies in the range 30 petahertz to 30 exahertz and energies in the range 120 eV to 120 keV. They are shorter in wavelength than UV rays and longer than gamma...
    
     equipment for non-destructive testing applications.
  • Acquisition of a minority interest in MediVision, a developer and manufacturer of digital imaging
    Digital imaging
    Digital imaging or digital image acquisition is the creation of digital images, typically from a physical scene. The term is often assumed to imply or include the processing, compression, storage, printing, and display of such images...
    
     systems for ophthalmology
    Ophthalmology
    Ophthalmology is the branch of medicine that deals with the anatomy, physiology and diseases of the eye. An ophthalmologist is a specialist in medical and surgical eye problems...
    
    .
  • 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 medical imaging
    Medical imaging
    Medical imaging is the technique and process used to create images of the human body for clinical purposes or medical science...
    
     and information systems for healthcare.
  • Bayer sells its remaining 30% stake in Agfa.

• 2003
  • Opening of new printing plate factory in Wuxi
    Wuxi
    Wuxi is an old city in Jiangsu province, People's Republic of China. Split in half by Lake Tai, Wuxi borders Changzhou to the west and Suzhou to the east. The northern half looks across to Taizhou across the Yangtze River, while the southern half also borders the province of Zhejiang to the south...
    
    , China.
  • Sale of non-destructive testing business to General Electric
    General Electric
    General Electric Company , or GE, is an American multinational conglomerate corporation incorporated in Schenectady, New York and headquartered in Fairfield, Connecticut, United States...
    
    .

• 2004
  • Acquisition of Dotrix, a Belgian
    Belgium
    Belgium , officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a federal state in Western Europe. It is a founding member of the European Union and hosts the EU's headquarters, and those of several other major international organisations such as NATO.Belgium is also a member of, or affiliated to, many...
    
     producer of digital color printing systems for industrial applications.
  • Acquisition of Lastra, an Italian
    Italy
    Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
    
     manufacturer of plates, chemicals and equipment for the offset printing
    Offset printing
    Offset printing is a commonly used printing technique in which the inked image is transferred from a plate to a rubber blanket, then to the printing surface...
    
     industry.
  • Sale of the consumer imaging division to a company founded via management buy out, named AgfaPhoto
    AgfaPhoto
    AgfaPhoto GmbH is a European photographic company, formed in 2004 when Agfa-Gevaert sold their Consumer Imaging division. Agfa had for many years been well known as a producer of consumer-oriented photographic products including films, photographic papers and cameras...
    
    , and held by an investment company. After one year, AgfaPhoto files for bankruptcy.
  • Acquisition of ProImage, an Israel
    Israel
    The State of Israel is a parliamentary republic located in the Middle East, along the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea...
    
    i developer of browser
    Web browser
    A web browser is a software application for retrieving, presenting, and traversing information resources on the World Wide Web. An information resource is identified by a Uniform Resource Identifier and may be a web page, image, video, or other piece of content...
    
    -based digital workflow solutions for the newspaper and printing industries.
  • Acquisition of Symphonie On Line, a French
    France
    The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
    
     information technology
    Information technology
    Information technology is the acquisition, processing, storage and dissemination of vocal, pictorial, textual and numerical information by a microelectronics-based combination of computing and telecommunications...
    
     company and developer of EPR (electronic patient record) systems.
  • Sale of Agfa Monotype Corporation, a provider of fonts
    Typeface
    In typography, a typeface is the artistic representation or interpretation of characters; it is the way the type looks. Each type is designed and there are thousands of different typefaces in existence, with new ones being developed constantly....
    
     and font-related software technology, to Boston
    Boston
    Boston is the capital of and largest city in Massachusetts, and is one of the oldest cities in the United States. The largest city in New England, Boston is regarded as the unofficial "Capital of New England" for its economic and cultural impact on the entire New England region. The city proper had...
    
     based private equity investor TA Associates
    TA Associates
    TA Associates, founded in 1968, is one of the oldest private equity firms in the United States. The firm employs a hybrid strategy making growth capital investments in developing companies and acquiring mature companies through leveraged buyout and recapitalization transactions...
    
    .

• 2005
  • Acquisition of GWI, a German
    Germany
    Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
    
     developer of healthcare information system
    Information system
    An information system - or application landscape - is any combination of information technology and people's activities that support operations, management, and decision making. In a very broad sense, the term information system is frequently used to refer to the interaction between people,...
    
    s for medical records, nursing
    Nursing
    Nursing is a healthcare profession focused on the care of individuals, families, and communities so they may attain, maintain, or recover optimal health and quality of life from conception to death....
    
    , business management, and facility administration.
  • Acquisition of Heartlab, Inc., a U.S.
    United States
    The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
    
     developer of cardiology image and information management systems.
  • Acquisition of Med2Rad an Italian
    Italy
    Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
    
     developer of radiology information systems.
  • Introduction of industrial inkjet 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 Greater China
    Greater China
    Greater China is a term used to refer to mainland China, Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan. As a "phrase of the moment", the precise meaning is not entirely clear, and people may use it for only the commercial ties, only the cultural actions, or even as a euphemism for the Two Chinas, while others may...
    
     and ASEAN 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.

Agfa photographic products

In 2004, Agfa-Gevaert left the consumer market. It no longer sells photo film, cameras, and other photo equipment.

Agfa Cameras

Agfa produced a range of cameras which included:

• Silette
• Clipper
• Isolette
• Billy
• Record
• Clack
  Agfa Clack
  The Agfa Clack is a box camera produced by Agfa from 1954 to 1965. It was sold in North America as the Agfa Weekender.It is a simple camera which was aimed at the mass market...
  
  
• Agfa Optima 1a
  Agfa Optima 1a
  First produced in 1962, the Agfa Optima 1a was one of the first fully automatic 35mm film cameras. The successor to German camera manufacturer Agfa's Optima 1 camera, the camera employed a selenium cell, which provided the power required to read the light level for the automatic calculation of...
  
  
• Agfa Optima 200 Sensor
• Agfa Optima 335 Sensor
• Agfa Optima 535 Sensor
• Agfa Optima 1035 Sensor
• Agfa Optima 1535 Sensor
  Agfa Optima 1535 Sensor
  The Agfa Optima 1535 Sensor is a 35 mm rangefinder camera manufactured by the German company Agfa in 1977.It has the typical Optimas' big finder, but combined with a superimposed coupled rangefinder. Shutter speed is controlled electronically by a CdS meter, with speeds from 15 sec. to 1/1000 sec....
  
  
• Agfa Optima Flash Sensor
  Agfa Optima Flash Sensor
  The Agfa Optima Flash is a 35 mm camera manufactured by the German company Agfa in 1977. It belongs to the Agfa Optima series, features the same big red Sensor shutter release and a large viewfinder as any other in the series, with some improvements and a built-in flash.-Specifications:* Lens: Agfa...
  
  
• Agfamatic IIS

Agfa Slide Projectors

Roughly in temporal order, including:

• Agfa Opticus 100
• Agfa Agfacolor 50 automatic
• Agfa DIAMATOR H
• Agfa DIAMATOR m
• Agfa DIAMATOR 1500 autofocus
• Agfa DIAMATOR 1500 reflecta CS System

Agfa Consumer and Professional Films

Black & White films :

• Agfa PD16
• Agfapan AP 100
• Agfapan AP 400
• Agfapan APX 25
• Agfapan APX 100. A revival of this emulsion has been announced by ADOX
• Agfapan APX 400. The production of a virtually identical material was started in 2010 by ADOX
• Isopan ISS (Super Special)
• Isopan F - Portrait film
• Isopan F
• Isopan Ultra
• Isopan Super Special
• Isopan Fine Grain
• Isopan Record
• Agfa Vario-XL (C-41 process
  C-41 process
  C-41 is a chromogenic color print film developing process. C-41, also known as CN-16 by Fuji, CNK-4 by Konica, and AP-70 by AGFA, is the most popular film process in use, with most photofinishing labs devoting at least one machine to this development process....
  
   chromogenic film)
• Dia-Direct (reversal film)
• Scala (reversal film)
• AGFACONTOUR Professional film

Colour Reversal (slide) films :

• Agfacolor Neue
• Agfa CT18
• Agfachrome 50 S / 50 L
• RSX series.
• Precisa

Colour Negative films :

• Agfacolor Negative
• Agfacolor CN17
• Agfa CNS
• Agfacolor Pcket Special
• Agfa Optima
• Agfa Portrait
• Agfa Ultra

While former AGFAPHOTO, has disappeared, the surviving Belgian 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 PHOTO and distributed under the brand name ROLLEI. Specifically, these re-branded AGFA materials include ROLLEI RETRO 80S, 200S and 400S, DIGIBASE CN200 and CR200.

Agfa Papers

Agfa photographic papers were of very high quality and included brands such as:

• Brovira
• Portiga 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.

See also

• André Leysen
  André Leysen
  André Leysen is a Belgian businessman. In 1951, he married Anne Ahlers, daughter of a shipping family from Bremen, Germany. Together they have four children: Bettina, Christian, Thomas, and Sabina...
  
  
• Christian Reinaudo
  Christian Reinaudo
  Christian Reinaudo is a French businessman. Since 1 January 2008, he is President of the Agfa HealthCare business group and member of the Executive Committee of Agfa-Gevaert.-Education:...
  
  
• List of photographic equipment makers
• AgfaPhoto
  AgfaPhoto
  AgfaPhoto GmbH is a European photographic company, formed in 2004 when Agfa-Gevaert sold their Consumer Imaging division. Agfa had for many years been well known as a producer of consumer-oriented photographic products including films, photographic papers and cameras...
  
  

External links

• Official website
• AgfaPhoto GmbH - Consumer imaging division which was sold off.