Mortsel, Belgium - July 9, 2013, 5.40 p.m. CET
Agfa Graphics announced today that it plans to close down its printing plate factory in Manerbio, Italy.
The Manerbio plant produces analogue offset plates and negative CtCP plates, both product lines for which market demand is in decline.
'''This decision is part of our strategy to improve our operational efficiency, margins and competitive position in the highly competitive prepress market,'' says Stefaan Vanhooren, President of Agfa Graphics.
After having considered all options, Agfa Graphics has now informed Manerbio's employees as well as the trade unions that it intends to close down the factory impacting 123 employee positions. A redundancy plan will be developed for the employees that currently work in Manerbio.
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About Agfa
The Agfa-Gevaert Group is one of the world's leading companies in imaging and information technology. Agfa develops, manufactures and markets analogue and digital systems for the printing industry (Agfa Graphics), for the healthcare sector (Agfa HealthCare), and for specific industrial applications (Agfa SpecialtyProducts). Agfa is headquartered in Mortsel, Belgium. The company is present in 40 countries and has agents in another 100 countries around the globe. The Agfa-Gevaert Group achieved a turnover of 3,091 million Euro in 2012.
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