According to Agfa research, inkjet, and in particular UV, is expected to recover the fastest, and should be back to close to previously forecasted levels by the end of 2010. Aggressive solvent inkjet technology is not expected to recover nearly as quickly, if at all.
   
Agfa is launching the :Anapurna M2 to the world at PacPrint. The new :Anapurna is capable of the same quality and colour gamut in output as its M cousin, but can print at twice the speed, with a clocked time of 770 square metres per hour.
   
The company has a significant digtal presence on its stand, starting with its range of ThermoFuse chemistry-free plates, including the :Azura TS, and the new N92vcp violet chemistry-free plate for newspapers. Australian customers should expect to see it in the next three months.
   
Among the company’s other digital offerings on the stand is the lastest version of :Apogee, version 6.0.
   
And it is pulling up stumps at its Burwood headquarters in Melbourne and heading to Scoresby, where its warehouse is, to establish a new national headquarters with all staff together, “where they can see and smell the products as they come and go”, according to Frederik Dehing. The company will be in situ by October this year.

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