Is AGFA (photo company) for sale? If so why? In either case, what is
their current financial condition (brief overview - from something
like Yahoo finance)

Mark

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Request for Question Clarification by pafalafa-ga on 12 Jun 2004 17:03 PDT

AGFA as a whole isn't for sale, as far as I know.  But the company is
considering spinning-off its Consumer Imaging unit, which is the part
of the company that markets film and photo paper.

If this is what you had in mind, I can provide a link or two to
articles that discuss the proposed spin-off, along with the general
business conditions of the company.

Let me know.

pafalafa-ga

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Clarification of Question by mark800-ga on 13 Jun 2004 01:53 PDT

Yes, this is helpful. Please provide links.

Hello again, Mark.

Here are the key links I mentioned:


http://www.companynewsgroup.com/communique.asp?co_id=88459

AGFA analyses business model options for Consumer Imaging 
(5/31/04

In view of the uncertainties characterizing the 
markets of Consumer Imaging, Agfa-Gevaert already 
previously announced that it intends to run 
Consumer Imaging as a separate unit, enabling it to 
react with maximum flexibility to the rapidly 
changing market circumstances...

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http://bourse.lci.fr/detail_actualite.phtml?news=158069

Agfa-Gevaert's results after 3 months in 2004

Recovery after a slow start

. Stronger March after weak January and February

. Cost savings program continues to pay off

. Consumer Imaging to be run as a separate entity



May 13, 2004 - The first quarter's revenues and 
results were characterized by the slow start of the 
first two months, while March showed considerable 
improvement. April's revenues confirmed this 
encouraging trend...


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These articles should provide you the overview you 
were lookin for.  The link to Google News, below, 
includes quite a number of additional, recent 
articles, in case you are interested.

Before rating this answer, please let me know if 
you need any additional information.  Just post a 
Request for Clarification, and I'll be happy to 
assist you further.  

pafalafa-ga



search strategy:  Searched Google News for Agfa:
http://news.google.com/news?sourceid=navclient&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&q=agfa

Thanks . Sorry for the delay.