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[filmscanners] Re: Agfa woes


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  • Subject: [filmscanners] Re: Agfa woes
  • From: "Ned Nurk" <ned_nurk@hotmail.com>
  • Date: Thu, 03 Jan 2002 12:13:06 +0000
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well when I was working for agfa r&d they were making a loss on every
scanner sold, trying to build market share.

>From: TonySleep@halftone.co.uk
>Reply-To: filmscanners@halftone.co.uk
>To: ned_nurk@hotmail.com
>Subject: [filmscanners] Agfa woes
>Date: Wed, 2 Jan 2002 16:34 +0000 (GMT)
>
>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
>http://www.halftone.co.uk - Online portfolio & exhibit; + film scanner info
>& comparisons
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