Agfa Quitting Film Business

For those interested (copy and paste if needed):

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/latestnewsstory.cfm?storyID=3586014&thesectio
n=business&thesubsection=latest.html

>From the New Zealand Herald:

>Agfa-Gevaert quits camera film business
>
> 23.08.2004 6.40 am
>
>
>One of the best-known names in camera film, Agfa-Gevaert, is quitting the
>industry due to the booming popularity of digital cameras.
>
> While international rivals Eastman Kodak and Fuji Photo Film revamp their
>film divisions to cope with the digital camera craze, Agfa is abandoning
>its historic roots and selling its consumer photography unit to managers
>for 175.5 million euros ($331.5 million).
>
> Agfa made almost one in 10 of the rolls of film sold throughout the world
>last year.

At least someone's buying the film end of their business so there is hope.

Dan
www.danburkholder.com
Received on Wed Aug 25 15:05:24 2004