That was the Agfa year that was … 2005; John Shore's Christmas message
As the end of the 2005 year approaches I, no doubt like you, ask myself how has it gone so fast. Maybe there is truth in the sense that "the older you get the faster the years go."
Myself and the whole team at Agfa Graphics can look back on 2005 with satisfaction and for that I thank our customers and distributors for their contribution.
As we have come to expect, each year delivers new challenges, opportunities and demands. During the past year we saw the release in the Oceania Region at the PacPrint exhibition in May of the :Azura chemistry free plate product, which has seen significant new business written in both Australia and New Zealand and provided a list of healthy prospects for our sales teams to begin their campaigns for the 06 year.
We will see during the next year significant releases to both the equipment and consumable products portfolios that will cement Agfa's position as the premium supplier to the Australia and New Zealand print industries.
An example of such releases is the Q1 release of another plate from the ThermoFuse family, :Amigo. Like its stablemate :Azura, :Amigo will offer significant reductions in chemistry and water with the added advantage of it being a best in class plate in terms of chemical resistance and run length.
Of course 2006 is an IPEX year and Agfa plans to make this show a watershed event in terms of productivity and innovation. On the productivity side we will enhance the JDF functionality of both :ApogeeX and :Delano offering the industry automated solutions in terms of process control and computer aided manufacturer.
In the area of innovation our new Inkjet products will begin to come on stream. The :Anapurna (pictured above) will be a high speed hybrid roll/flat-bed device for the large format display markets, whilst the M-Press (below) (developed in conjunction with Thieme) will be a true digital press based on Agfa's new high resolution inkjet heads. 
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products will introduce Agfa Graphics into new and exciting market opportunities that we do not currently participate in and, in doing so, these new markets will demand that our business equip its resources to enable the maximum gains to be obtained from this new technology venture.
I wish you all the very best for the festive season and convey to you my best wishes for a prosperous and enjoyable holiday period.
Regards & Compliments of the Season
John Shore
General Manager
Agfa Graphics
Oceania Region
Myself and the whole team at Agfa Graphics can look back on 2005 with satisfaction and for that I thank our customers and distributors for their contribution.
Of course 2006 is an IPEX year and Agfa plans to make this show a watershed event in terms of productivity and innovation. On the productivity side we will enhance the JDF functionality of both :ApogeeX and :Delano offering the industry automated solutions in terms of process control and computer aided manufacturer. 
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