Belgian Federation for the Chemical Industry and Life Sciences rewards Agfa Graphics.

Mortsel Belgium - December 3, 2014 - Agfa Graphics is proud to announce that its low-migration inkjet inks have been selected as the winner of the "essenscia Innovation Award 2014". The prestigious award was handed out by her Majesty Princess Astrid from Belgium in the Paleis van Academiën in Brussels. Agfa's inks have been recognized for their innovative strength and contribution to durable and sustainable packaging of food and beverages. This innovative work on low migration inks is a fine example of Agfa's successful strategy to grow further in new business domains such as industrial inkjet and healthcare IT.

"We made a selection based on originality, added value to the Belgian economy, IP protection and sustainable development", said François Cornélis, President of the essenscia Innovation Award jury.

Agfa's low-migration (LM) UV-curable inkjet inks are designed primarily for printing directly on food packaging and on labels, blister foils, lids etc. for food and pharma packaging applications. These low-migration inks are based on specific chemical formulations, compliant with European guidelines on food package printing. They are able to deliver durable solutions and can be customized for specific packaging materials.

"As an innovator in the development of industrial UV inkjet, Agfa defines the most practical and efficient methods available for package printing", said Marc Graindourze, Business Development Manager Industrial Inkjet Inks. "Agfa has worked closely with end users, print head manufacturers and packaging industry experts to launch the low-migration inks."

Agfa Graphics takes a prominent position in the new segments of industrial inkjet. Agfa Graphics designs, develops and manufactures high-performance inkjet inks and fluids for wide-format sign & display printing and for various forms of industrial inkjet printing applications.

Agfa's research and manufacturing center, located at their Mortsel (Belgium) headquarters, builds on Agfa's extensive knowledge and expertise in chemistry, color management and dispersion technology for the development and production of premium-quality inkjet inks. Furthermore, Agfa offers a fully integrated B2B customer approach for developing custom-made inks, fine-tuned to accommodate specific inkjet applications.

For more information, click here:
http://agfagraphics.com/global/en/maings/products_solutions/digital_printing/inkjet-inks/index.jsp. 


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 Materials). 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 2,865 million euros in 2013.

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About Agfa Graphics
 Agfa Graphics offers integrated prepress solutions to the commercial printing industry, the newspaper printing and publishing industry and the sign and display, decoration and industrial inkjet printing industry. These solutions comprise consumables, hardware, software and services for production workflow, project and process management, cloud software and image processing.

Agfa Graphics is a worldwide leader with its computer-to-film, computer-to-plate, digital proofing and security solutions for commercial and packaging printers.

For newspaper markets Agfa Graphics is leading supplier of automation for printed and mobile publishing workflows.

Agfa Graphics has also developed a prominent position in the new segments of industrial inkjet. It offers a wide range of inkjet presses and a complete assortment of high-quality inks.

www.agfagraphics.com:
http://www.agfagraphics.com/

Contact:

Paul Adriaensen

Agfa Graphics Press Relations Manager

tel. ++32 (0)3/444.3940

e-mail: mailto:paul.adriaensen@agfa.com:
mailto:paul.adriaensen@agfa.com

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