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Agfa-Gevaert Splits Businesses
MORTSEL, BELGIUM—Agfa-Gevaert has been split into three independent businesses: Graphics, Healthcare and Materials. The new business, Materials, will group all of the film manufacturing activities with the niche products of Specialty Products and will be positioned as an independent supplier of film and related products. Agfa-Gevaert anticipates annual cost savings of an estimated 250 million Euro by 2008.