Agfa just announced that it sold its consumer imaging division. The new owner are a trio are one German and two American holdings, with the Germans assuming the management. The new company, that will have about 2800 employees, will take charge of all the photo related activities of Agfa under the name of AgfaPhoto - the name change should be effective in 18 months.
Here's the press release: http://news.agfa.com/corporate/news.nsf/news/F07C0210ECC86EA9C1256EF3004D27CE?opendocument
A I the only one to consider this good news? Instead of the film divison being a small declining one in a large group, it will be the core activity of a new company, who will no doubt try to make it thrive.
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