Our Mission, Strategyand Value
OurMission You could sum it up in a single word, Success.
Success for our customers. Our customers know where they want to go. Our role is to develop the technology and provide the support that will allow them to get there. We see it this way. By putting all of our resources into our customers’ success, we succeed as well. Success for our industry. While some forms of print are declining, others are growing. We’re providing the technology and know-how that allow our customers to swiftly adjust to new market demands and successfully reach new market segments.
Success is always challenging. It requires focusing on clients’ needs, the tools and talent to fill those needs, the flexibility
to adjust when the needs change, and the support to respond swiftly and skillfully. Success demands the kind of solutions that will help you get ahead and stay ahead.
Success for the environment. We also accept our responsibility to the environment. So that future generations of graphic communicators can also enjoy the rewards of success.
Our Strategy Innovative technology. We learn the intricacies of specific processes such as commercial printing and publishing, newspaper production, and digital printing. Then we develop technology to address each application—technology that speeds the workflow and saves money, while increasing quality. Our suite of workflow software, for example, delivers remarkable levels of efficiency. It allows online client collaboration, swift and accurate softproofing. It even reduces ink consumption without sacrificing quality. Our highly acclaimed chemistry-free and low-chem plate technology is the most widely used in the industry with more than 2500 installations worldwide. Our screening technology allows printers to deliver high-end resolutions with no additional effort. That means they get higher quality that actually saves money. We’ve chosen inkjet technology to power our digital printing presses. That’s because it can print on nearly any substrate making it highly versatile and cost effective while delivering photographic quality.
Complete Solutions. What makes a solution innovative is how comprehensive it is; that is, how many issues it addresses at the same time. We go beyond the technology and look at every angle of every process to make sure our customers have everything they need to succeed. We provide complete integration, complete services and complete benefits. It’s completeness to the power of 3.
Supporting the Power of Print. We support the Power of Print by making it more attractive, more affordable and more profitable. We help our customers demonstrate to print buyers how print is an integral part of the marketing mix, how it supports and strengthens the marketing message.
OurValue Invaluable Experience. • More than 100 years of innovation from the first diffusion transfer film to the first PDF workflow, to the first chemistry-free plate. • Acquisitions that have kept us ahead by gaining electronics expertise, broadening our plate portfolio, and gaining market knowledge. • Partnerships that extend our versatility. As a founding member of CIP4 (Cooperation for the Integration of Processes in Prepress, Press and Postpress) Agfa works with other industry leaders to integrate seamless multi-vendor environments.
About Agfa Graphics. Agfa Graphics offers integrated prepress solutions to the printing industry. These solutions comprise consumables, hardware, software and services for production workflow, project and colour management. Computer-to-film, computer-to-plate and digital proofing systems have earned Agfa Graphics a worldwide leadership position in the commercial and package printing and the newspaper publishing markets. Product and company information can be found on Agfa’s home page on the World Wide Web at:
Complete Solutions. Success is not just about a single piece of technology. It’s about optimizing its efficiency and integrating it into complex workflows to simplify the process. We do more than answer our customers’ questions, we give them real-life solutions that offer long-term benefits. Environmental Responsibility. It has long been part of Agfa’s mission to reduce our impact on the environment. We’ve changed manufacturing processes and developed technology that eliminates toxic chemicals, reduces waste, lowers ink consumption and saves energy.
Agfa Graphics is rapidly expanding its offerings in the growing digital inkjet market. Its experience in both imaging and emulsion technology has provided the expertise required for making an assortment of high-quality UV and solvent-based inks. Joint development and manufacturing partnerships with industry leaders expand its technological reach and allow the company to develop comprehensive digital solutions for printing posters, banners, signage, displays, labels and packaging materials. w w w . a g f a . c o m Agfa Graphics employs approximately 5,300 employees around the world. It has sales organizations in over forty countries, and representations in more than hundred countries. In 2007, turnover of Agfa Graphics amounted to 1,617 million Euro, representing 49% of the turnover of the Agfa-Gevaert Group.
Š Copyright 2008 by Agfa Graphics N.V. All rights reserved. Printed in Belgium. AGFA and the Agfa rhombus are registered trademarks of Agfa-Gevaert AG. All other trademarks are recognized. This brochure was printed with Agfa Graphics’s screening technology :Sublima 280 lpi NGRYV GB 00200804