Agfa acquires Pitman and boosts industrial inkjet offering

Agfa acquires Pitman and boosts industrial inkjet offering

Agfa Graphics has signed an agreement to buy the assets of the Harold M. Pitman Company, a US supplier of prepress, industrial inkjet, pressroom and packaging printing products and systems. Via the acquisition Agfa Graphics will add a vast range of media, new inks and wide format-printing systems to complement its own developed industrial inkjet offering.

Based in Totowa, New Jersey, the Pitman Company counts 502 employees and 16 locations throughout the USA. The acquisition will enable Agfa Graphics to significantly strengthen its position in the US printing industry - it is expected to increases Agfa Graphics' revenue in the US to more than $500 million.?

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