>From an agfa press release - the rest is online somwhere - just search for
Agfa and discontinued on google I think....
"Agfa announced it will discontinue the sale of its digital camera and
desktop scanner products in North America, as of December 31, 2001. This
includes all markets in Canada, the United States and Mexico. “This
decision is part of a regional strategy to create a renewed focus on Agfa’s
core competencies in the areas of photography, graphic arts prepress, and
medical and technical imaging,” said Heikki Koskimies, President and CEO,
Agfa Corporation."
Tim A
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> From: filmscanners_owner@halftone.co.uk
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> TonySleep@halftone.co.uk
> Sent: January 2, 2002 9:34 AM
> To: tim@KairosPhoto.com
> Subject: [filmscanners] Agfa woes
>
>
> It seems Polaroid is not the only manufacturer struggling with the
> unpleasant realities of C21st photographic industry :(
>
> A source within Agfa UK tells me they have stopped making and
> selling their
> entire range of prosumer flatbed scanners, the Studio range etc
> which a lot
> of people use for RF and MF. These excellent scanners apparently
> just don't
> turn a profit in today's ruthless market because low-end scanners are so
> much cheaper, if not so good. Agfa can't now sell enough to keep the
> product line viable. If you want one, be quick; there are still units in
> the distribution chain.
>
> Agfa got out of consumer digicams last year, and classic papers like the
> beautiful Portriga and Record Rapid have been discontinued in
> recent years.
> This leaves Agfa majoring on scientific, lab and reprographic products -
> the latter is also an industry with problems. Employees have
> allegedly been
> told to expect redundancies during 2002 at Agfa UK :(
>
>
> Regards
>
> Tony Sleep
> - Online portfolio & exhibit; + film
> scanner info
> & comparisons
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