Agfa-Gevaert : Agfa Graphics' Low-Migration Inks Honored with essenscia Innovation Award 2014
(Thomson Reuters ONE) -
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.
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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.
Please visit us at www.agfa.com
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
Contact:
Paul Adriaensen
Agfa Graphics Press Relations Manager
tel. ++32 (0)3/444.3940
e-mail: mailto:paul.adriaensen(at)agfa.com
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