DRUPA 2004 -- Gearing Up for the Big Show

In a change of direction from the company's past efforts, Agfa currently sees the real opportunity for digital printing as being in the industrial, or packaging, sector, adds Jan Van Daele, vice president of Imaging Solutions. In order to capitalize on the opportunities, Agfa recently acquired dotrix, a maker of industrial ink-jet printing systems, and formed a partnership with Theime, a maker of conventional screen printing equipment.