Luxembourg's Foremost Printer Extends Partnership for Digital Prepress Automation and Project Management.
Mortsel, Belgium - 15 January 2007
Agfa Graphics announced today that it has extended its partnership with Imprimerie Centrale, a leading printing company in the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg. Agfa's latest enterprise software for prepress automation and project management will enable Imprimerie Centrale to further improve remote and online customer service while integrating their existing Management Information Systems (MIS) from Gamsys (Spa, Belgium). The new contract includes a full suite of the :Delano project management solution (:Delano Production), linked to the latest version of prepress automation software :ApogeeX 3.5. Digital proofing will use :Sherpaproof for hardcopy and :Delano StreamProof for remote contract softproofing. For digital platemaking, Imprimerie Centrale will install 2 :Avalon LF thermal CtP systems for use with Agfa's digital plates. The Agfa software can also integrate Imprimerie Centrale's digital and offset printing presses for maximum production and service efficiencies.
Imprimerie Centrale is the first printing company in Luxembourg to implement these graphic enterprise solutions. To further grow their business, they target an international and remote customer and prospect base. :Delano's online customer service facilitates, automates and enhances the interaction between the printer and his customers, from file intake to online approvals to finished product, all with the immediacy of an easy-to-use browser-based web application.
"We weren't just looking to automate and digitise prepress and printing," said Imprimerie Centrale's managing director Roland Dernoeden. "Many printers have done so using a wide variety of software packages. Agfa Graphics' solution however was the only one to offer full integration and connectivity for enhanced customer service and easy interaction. Agfa offered us tools that enable us to attract new customers around the corner or hundreds of miles away. We'll collaborate online and save time and cost while reducing error. That's what our business model is all about: our focus on our customers ensures our competitors cannot catch up."
"We are honoured to have been selected by Imprimerie Centrale. They have earned an excellent reputation and their name is well known for quality and service across their entire region. The whole Agfa Graphics team is looking forward to widening the scope of our partnership so we can help Imprimerie Centrale Stay Ahead," said Agfa Graphics director of sales for the Benelux, Kris Vangeel.
About Agfa.
The Agfa-Gevaert Group is one of the world's leading imaging and information technology companies. Agfa develops, manufactures and markets analogue and digital systems for the printing industry (Agfa Graphics), the healthcare sector (Agfa HealthCare) and specific industrial applications (Agfa Materials).
Agfa's headquarters are in Mortsel, Belgium. The company is present in 40 countries and has agents in another 100 countries throughout the world. The Agfa-Gevaert Group achieved a turnover of 3,308 million euro in 2005.
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.
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.
Product and company information can be found on Agfa's home page on the World Wide Web at: www.agfa.com.
Editor contact:
Marc Verbiest
PR Manager
Agfa Graphics
+32-3-444 4101
