Dennis Klimovich wrote:
>> The worlds third largest film manufacturer, Agfa, will stop
>> the production of film. Agfa will gradually fade out film
>> production.
> ???
> They just show a lot of new films on photokina'2000!
> Are shure about stoping?
> Den
The complete story reads like this: Agfa-Gevaert, meanwhile a
european company group with headquarter in Belgium, makes a lot of
things, and classical film is no major business area there anymore.
Nevertheless the photographic film unit earns very well currently.
2000 was one of their best years ever. The top managers of Agfa have
said, the "can imagine" to sell the photographic film unit to someone
who wants to continue it. This has indeed something to do with the
rising digital market. The managers do not expect the film market to
grow in future. Nevertheless, they don't plan to stop or fade out
film production. Quite the opposite: in case they want to sell this
unit, they need it to be active and healthy, and currently this is
the case. A future owner of course would have to invest seriously
into digital imaging, something Agfa-Gevaert as a group of chemical
and pharmaceutical companies is not really interested to do.
So Paal is right in that the rising digital market affects the
classical photo companies in a massive way meanwhile, but it is not
right that Agfa films will disappear anytime in near future.
Ralf
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