Agfa Gevaert Limited
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:Anapurna Mv opens the door for Print Graphics Displays 
Tuesday, 18 November 2008
A visit to drupa was responsible for transforming Adelaide-based business Print Graphics Displays.
Opening the door to inkjet opportunity
Wednesday, 15 October 2008
The boundaries are blurring between businesses and technologies in the graphic arts. Printers who once confined themselves to offset have made the move into digital, opening up a new array of market opportunities. Now many commercial printers are exploring the next frontier – commercial inkjet.
New :Anapurna XLS enables flexible production of quality signage and displays
Wednesday, 03 September 2008
Quite quickly the Agfa :Anapurna family of UV-curable inkjet printers has become synonymous to indoor and outdoor digital printing that lets you easily print a variety of eye-popping displays, point-of-purchase materials, billboards, vehicle graphics and backlight signage up to 100 inches wide.
Agfa Palladio ticks all the boxes at Chrysalis Printing
Tuesday, 22 July 2008
Agfa Graphics might be well-known for its market-leading CTP technologies at the big end of town, but it is also providing CTP solutions for smaller printers via its national network of dealers.
Agfa get busy with Dotrix at drupa
Wednesday, 21 May 2008
Agfa Graphics used drupa as the lynch-pin for the local release of its high speed industrial digital press the Dotrix Modular.
Agfa Graphics New :Apogee Suite Offers Integrated Publishing, Collaborative Portal, Complete Prepress and End-to-End Quality and Color Management Production Solutions
Monday, 07 April 2008
Unique, integrated workflow solutions build upon Agfa Graphics industry-leading technologies ApogeeX, Delano and ColorTune; take connectivity in graphic arts production to a higher level.
Agfa's InkSave, achieving more with less ink
Wednesday, 13 February 2008
InkSave is a newly released option of the :ApogeeX product family, which allows printing documents with less ink while preserving the colour quality of the jobs.
Strength in numbers - new Agfa :Anapurna distributors join forces to support customers
Wednesday, 19 December 2007
Three of Agfa Graphics' newest :Anapurna printer distributors have teamed together to provide support to wide format printing customers across the country. The recently-formed alliance of leading sign industry suppliers iMedia, Project Engraving and Digital, and Sign Essentials, has strengthened Agfa's :Anapurna sales channel and allows the distributors to share technical information, product knowledge, and marketing strategies. While the companies remain individually owned and operated, the cooperative arrangement will strengthen their local sales and service support.
WA newspaper goes Agfa no-water, no-chemistry CTP
Wednesday, 12 December 2007
The commercial print enterprise of the South Western Times in Bunbury, Western Australia has made the move to processless plate production.
Frederik Dehing joins Agfa Graphics Oceania
Tuesday, 20 November 2007
Former head of finance and administration to head up Australian and New Zealand operations for Global Graphic Giant.
Agfa Graphics product debuts, including workflow and plates, to highlight exhibit at IFRA
Wednesday, 10 October 2007
Agfa Graphics announced this week that it has demonstrated more than a dozen of its latest products and software solutions, including the first-ever public demonstrations of the :Arkitex Core 6.0 workflow system and :N92v plates.
Agfa expands imaging award to PICAs
Wednesday, 05 September 2007
At next year's National Print Awards Agfa will celebrate a sponsorship as old as the NPA itself.
Agfa expands CTP plate support across the region
Monday, 06 August 2007
Following on from its recent management reorganisation, Agfa has also bolstered support of its large consumable business by expanding its technical support for the new ranges of digital plate technologies that the company has released.
Agfa's eco-friendly :Amigo plates help Printgraphics go green
Monday, 30 July 2007
One of the early adopters of Agfa's new developer-free :Amigo thermal plates is Melbourne magazine and periodical printer Printgraphics.
Management Reorganisation at Agfa Graphics
Monday, 23 July 2007
Agfa today announce a reorganisation of its regional management team, to come into effect during the second quarter of 2007.
Agfa's eco-friendly :Amigo plates help Printgraphics go green
Monday, 16 July 2007
One of the early adopters of Agfa's new developer-free :Amigo thermal plates is Melbourne magazine and periodical printer Printgraphics.
Agfa Graphics ramps up inkjet infrastructure in Australia & New Zealand
Monday, 09 July 2007
Agfa Graphics hails the initial success of its new UV-curable :Anapurna L and XL printers at the Visual Impact Image Expo.
Agfa's :Sublima - magazine quality screening at newspaper speeds
Monday, 02 July 2007
Agfa's :Sublima cross-modulation screening technology has made significant inroads into the commercial print market, with over 1000 installations worldwide.
Agfa inket takes a techno leap
Monday, 25 June 2007
When Agfa hitched its imaging destiny to inkjet it connected with one of the fastest developing technologies in the industry. Long regarded as a poor cousin of digital printing after xerographic toner, inkjet has developed in leaps and bounds in the past few years.
Agfa sets future directions at IPEX with a range of innovations for the printing & graphic arts markets
Monday, 18 June 2007
Next-generation Thermal Plates, Chemical Free Violet Plates, Enhanced JDF Software Integration, World’s First External Drum Violet CTP and Expanded Industrial Inkjet Portfolio Photo: Steve Taylor, Agfa New Zealand; Bruce Lowery and Garry Muratore, Agfa Australia, in front of Quicksilver, the world's
Agfa re-energises thermal plates
Monday, 11 June 2007
Agfa completes its widest range of digital offset plates to meet exact requirements of any printing operation. At a pre-IPEX press conference late last week, Agfa Graphics announced that it will launch a new range of three thermal plates at Ipex (Birmingham, UK, 4-11 April).
Agfa is new player in the label press market in ANZ
Monday, 04 June 2007
Agfa has won the agency for Dutch label press manufacturer MPS (Multi Print Systems) and will sell its range of web presses and print systems in Australia and New Zealand.
That was the Agfa year that was … 2005; John Shore's Christmas message
Monday, 28 May 2007
As the end of the 2005 year approaches I, no doubt like you, ask myself how has it gone so fast. Maybe there is truth in the sense that "the older you get the faster the years go.
Agfa helps map out your graphic enterprise
Monday, 21 May 2007
The world of printing and the graphic arts is changing at breakneck speed, throwing up challenges that were unimaginable only a few years ago. Through the fog of rapid evolution one entity has emerged to claim a central role in the industry - the graphic enterprise.
Agfa delivers on-line demo for ApogeeX demand after Pacprint
Monday, 14 May 2007
JDF & MIS Integration the next step, says Agfa"The investment into workflow demonstration and presentation at the recent PacPrint has paid off," said Garry Muratore, Agfa's Regional Marketing Manager (pictured).
Agfa region wide success for violet CtP-systems in newspaper printing
Monday, 07 May 2007
At the 2005 PANPA Annual Conference this week Agfa promoted a range of newspaper computer-to-plate systems (CtP) based on violet laser diode technology. As the only prepress supplier to take a stand at the Pantech expo, it enjoyed a free kick over the competition.
Victorian printer makes :Azura part of its environmental plan
Monday, 30 April 2007
Agfa's new :Azura plate system, launched to the Oceania region at Pacprint, is already being used in nearly 200 printing sites around the world.
Agfa’s New :Empower CTP Solutions
Monday, 23 April 2007
Agfa is taking the opportunity of PacPrint 05 to launch its new: Empower CTP system solution.
The sun rises first on Agfa's :Advantage
Monday, 16 April 2007
New Zealand printer Printcorp recently installed a full Agfa computer-to-plate prepress system, including the latest Advantage DL platesetter and Arkitex automated workflow.
The dream of processless CTP becomes a reality
Monday, 09 April 2007
After its worldwide debut at DRUPA last May, Agfa’s revolutionary chemical free plate :Azura is already gaining keen interest here in Australia.
Agfa Relocates To High Tech Facility
Monday, 02 April 2007
After 40 years at Nunawading a new chapter begins at Burwood.After over forty years at its landmark Nunawading site, Agfa will relocate to a new high tech facility in Burwood as from last Monday (October 11th).
Australian printers trial chemical-free plates
Monday, 26 March 2007
Following its debut at drupa, Agfa’s revolutionary chemical free plate “:Azura” is generating keen interest in Australia, with a number of local printing companies already trialling the plates to their complete satisfaction.
All you ever wanted to know about JDF - Agfa White Paper
Monday, 19 March 2007
JDF is the enabling software technology to move graphic arts production into the digital age. Agfa has taken a high profile in its promotion as the standard for communication and interoperability of production devices and processes.
Agfa unleashes its broad vision for the industry at drupa
Monday, 12 March 2007
An astounding array of new and improved solutions spanning the breadth of the graphic arts from commercial printing through speciality to newspapers ensures Agfa’s position as a seminal supplier to the industry.
Agfa outlines strategies at pre-drupa conference in Belgium
Monday, 05 March 2007
New innovative products and services for the graphic arts industry provided the foundation of a pre-drupa press briefing held at the company’s headquarters in Mortsel, Belgium. During the event, Agfa outlined its plans for 2004.
Agfa releases :Delano Publish and :Delano Production
Monday, 26 February 2007
JDF-powered interactive, collaborative, project-management solution for publishers and printers available in Australia and New Zealand Q1 2004.
Debra Rice is Agfa’s international pin-up
Monday, 19 February 2007
Eastern Studio managing director, Debra Rice (pictured), is the centerfold of the latest issue of Interface, the international graphic arts magazine.
Agfa opens major Asia Pacific plate plant in China
Monday, 12 February 2007
The world-class production facility in Wuxi will supply Australia and New Zealand with both analogue and digital printing plates. The AUD $83 million plant is part of Agfa's response to worldwide capacity problems brought about by the rapid move to CTP.
Breakthrough Improvements in Agfa's Proofing Systems
Monday, 05 February 2007
Following a recent visit to Agfa's Graphic Systems' headquarters in Belgium, Bruce Lowery (pictured right), National Proofing Manager in Australia, is full of enthusiasm for the recent changes to Agfa's proofing systems.
Making the right choice in CTP printing plates - Agfa White Paper.
Monday, 29 January 2007
The heat generated by differing claims as to the best imaging method for computer to plate technology – visible light, photopolymer, or thermal – is made irrelevant by Agfa, which has the widest range of plate technologies in the industry.
Agfa’s :ApogeeX Launch at PrintEx03 a Great Success
Monday, 22 January 2007
Demonstrations of Agfa’s new generation workflow software, :ApogeeX, were so popular with PrintEx03 exhibition visitors that extra demonstrators and workstations were needed before lunchtime on the first day.
Raising the Quality Threshold
Monday, 15 January 2007
Screening Technology – Agfa White PaperThe transition from computer-to-film to computer-to-plate raised the quality bar in plate imaging significantly. Eliminating the film and imaging directly to plate gave pressmen cleaner, more precise dots to work with.
Xcalibur45 CTP makes its Australasian debut.
Monday, 08 January 2007
"We had a great deal of interest in our first showing of the Xcalibur 45 on the PrintEx stand. People came from all over the region to see it. It caused a lot of excitement," said Garry Muratore, marketing manager graphics, Agfa Australia.
ApogeeX More power to meet today's workflow challenges
Monday, 01 January 2007
Agfa has taken the opportunity of PrintEx 03 in Sydney to kick off the regional release of the much-awaited ApogeeX digital workflow. ApogeeX is the most automated, easy-to-use workflow solution on the market.
Two young Australians win gold in Agfa’s global design contest
Monday, 25 December 2006
Australian graphic arts students Sarah Birks, from Ballarat University, and Andrew Koch, from Southbank Institute in Queensland, are among ten Gold and four Platinum award recipients chosen from over 1000 entries in Agfa’s Young Creatives Contest.
Market opens up for ApogeeX
Monday, 18 December 2006
With the pending introduction of ApogeeX – Agfa's new PDF workflow tool – the company sees two very distinct market opportunities in the months ahead."Agfa ApogeeX is the most automated, easy-to-use workflow solution on the market," says Garry Muratore, Agfa's Oceania Marketing Manager (pictured).
Eastern Studios installs the 1st Agfa VLF
Monday, 11 December 2006
CTP for large offset presses is now a reality for packaging printers as leading Melbourne prepress supplier graduates to outputting full size plates at the required .5 thickness. “Most of the large presses, especially the older ones, use the thicker plates.
Agfa moves up in VLF
Monday, 04 December 2006
Xcalibur VLF is Agfa's family of innovative thermal platesetters for very large format (VLF) platemaking. This system brings new simplicity and quality to the demands of VLF computer-to-plate.
New Solutions for Large-Format Colour Printing
Monday, 27 November 2006
At the Photokina exhibition held last month in Cologne, Agfa took the opportunity to present its latest innovations in large-format colour printing. On show were the Grand Sherpa 64 and Sherpa 24m, Agfa Editions of the Onyx PosterShop and ProductionHouse and the latest AgfaJet materials.
FREE Agfa JDF Seminars in Sydney & Melbourne
Monday, 20 November 2006
Agfa Graphic Systems and DataBasics invite all Apogee Users to an important seminar event.
Focus on Automation at Apogee Users Group
Monday, 13 November 2006
Computer integrated manufacturing (CIM) for the printing industry moves a step closer to realisation at last week’s Agfa Apogee Users Conference in Belgium. Patrick Howard went over to find out what is new in the rapidly changing world of automated workflows.
Worldwide Apogee User Group Conference
Monday, 06 November 2006
September 15-18, 2002International Congress Centre Ghent, BelgiumThis Year's conference, in Europe for the first time, takes the theme of Automation, and will include in-depth discussions on Apogee Series3 and the new ApogeeX.
Agfa Sublima - Innovative hybrid screening technology
Monday, 30 October 2006
Agfa Sublima is a hybrid screening technology for newspaper or commercial printing. It combines stochastic screening (frequency modulation) techniques and conventional (amplitude modulation) screening to give photo-quality screening not normally achievable in an offset printing environment.
Xcalibur 45 - Breakthrough technology for exceptional printability
Monday, 23 October 2006
Xcalibur 45 is a next-generation, high-speed thermal platesetter designed for fast throughput, uncompromising image quality, and maximum convenience - all in a 45inch (1160 mm) format.
Agfa to showcase new CTP products at show
Monday, 16 October 2006
As a major provider of computer-to-plate systems and consumables, Agfa will help to run IPEX PrintCity at April’s IPEX exhibition in Birmingham, UK. The PrintCity hall (no. 17 - 18) is divided into two main areas - the Virtual Print Factory (VPF) and the main booths of the PrintCity partners.
Providing Automation For Today’s Printers
Monday, 09 October 2006
The first Agfa Palladio is being installed in Sydney this month, signalling a move by Australian small- to medium-size print companies towards a more ‘hands-off’ operation for CTP production.
Agfa makes its grand entrance into industrial inkjet
Monday, 02 October 2006
Anapurna UV wide-format printer launched in the region at Visual Impact expo this week, marking Agfa's assault on the industrial signage market.
Agfa connects @ drupa 2004
Monday, 25 September 2006
It’s the largest graphic arts show of them all with 1,957 exhibitors from 49 countries, attracting an expected 420,000 visitors through the doors of the Düsseldorf Trade Fair Centre from 6th to 19th of this month.