Agfa

All,

There was a news article on the German news today how Agfa has sold off
it's film division. I only caught a short portion of the rather quick story
(why is it wives know exactly the worse time to ask you what you want to
have for dinner?), but the story alluded to digital being the future and
Agfa did not see a future in film.

This pains me deeply as I am a strict analog picture taker. If I catch
the whole story later on, I'll post more. No they didn't say who the buyer
was...

Jim

"Jim Phelps" wrote in message
...
All,

There was a news article on the German news today how Agfa has sold off
it's film division. I only caught a short portion of the rather quick
story
(why is it wives know exactly the worse time to ask you what you want to
have for dinner?), but the story alluded to digital being the future and
Agfa did not see a future in film.

This pains me deeply as I am a strict analog picture taker. If I catch
the whole story later on, I'll post more. No they didn't say who the
buyer
was...

Jim


I found a bit more on this on a German News Website. www.n24.de Seems it
was a management buyout with cooperation from Abrams Capital and Highland
Capital (both US captial investment firms). The plan is to continue to
produce photographic material and continue to play a roll in the photgraphic
industry. Whew!

Here's some of the original German text from the n24 web site:

" Diese Gesellschaft ist gemeinsam mit dem bisherigen Management und den
US-Investoren Abrams Capital und Highfields Capital neue Eigentümerin des
Unternehmens. Eddie Rottie, der bisherige Leiter des Fotobereichs und
künftige Chef des Unternehmens, erklärte: "AgfaPhoto wird weiter eine
führende Rolle in der fotografischen Industrie spielen."

Now, what's for dinner again???

"Jim Phelps" wrote in message
...
All,

There was a news article on the German news today how Agfa has sold off
it's film division. I only caught a short portion of the rather quick
story
(why is it wives know exactly the worse time to ask you what you want to
have for dinner?), but the story alluded to digital being the future and
Agfa did not see a future in film.

This pains me deeply as I am a strict analog picture taker. If I catch
the whole story later on, I'll post more. No they didn't say who the
buyer
was...

Jim


I found a bit more on this on a German News Website. www.n24.de Seems it
was a management buyout with cooperation from Abrams Capital and Highland
Capital (both US captial investment firms). The plan is to continue to
produce photographic material and continue to play a roll in the photgraphic
industry. Whew!

Here's some of the original German text from the n24 web site:

" Diese Gesellschaft ist gemeinsam mit dem bisherigen Management und den
US-Investoren Abrams Capital und Highfields Capital neue Eigentümerin des
Unternehmens. Eddie Rottie, der bisherige Leiter des Fotobereichs und
künftige Chef des Unternehmens, erklärte: "AgfaPhoto wird weiter eine
führende Rolle in der fotografischen Industrie spielen."

Now, what's for dinner again???

"Jim Phelps" wrote in message
...

I found a bit more on this on a German News Website. www.n24.de [...]

Now, what's for dinner again???

Crow? Again?

"Jim Phelps" wrote in message
...

I found a bit more on this on a German News Website. www.n24.de [...]

Now, what's for dinner again???

Crow? Again?

Jim Phelps wrote:

" Diese Gesellschaft ist gemeinsam mit dem bisherigen Management und den
US-Investoren Abrams Capital und Highfields Capital neue Eigentümerin des
Unternehmens."

I love the bit about the *management* buy-out with two employees and
some multi-billion-dollar US investment groups. Wonder how much those
two guys have contributed to the deal after breaking their piggy banks.

Reminds me of the joke about Bush, the six million Arabs and the
dentist.

Ralf

--
Ralf R. Radermacher - DL9KCG - Köln/Cologne, Germany
private homepage: http://www.fotoralf.de
manual cameras and photo galleries - updated April 29, 2004
Contarex - Kiev 60 - Horizon 202 - P6 mount lenses

Jim Phelps wrote:

" Diese Gesellschaft ist gemeinsam mit dem bisherigen Management und den
US-Investoren Abrams Capital und Highfields Capital neue Eigentümerin des
Unternehmens."

I love the bit about the *management* buy-out with two employees and
some multi-billion-dollar US investment groups. Wonder how much those
two guys have contributed to the deal after breaking their piggy banks.

Reminds me of the joke about Bush, the six million Arabs and the
dentist.

Ralf

--
Ralf R. Radermacher - DL9KCG - Köln/Cologne, Germany
private homepage: http://www.fotoralf.de
manual cameras and photo galleries - updated April 29, 2004
Contarex - Kiev 60 - Horizon 202 - P6 mount lenses

Jim Phelps wrote:

" Diese Gesellschaft ist gemeinsam mit dem bisherigen Management und den
US-Investoren Abrams Capital und Highfields Capital neue Eigentümerin des
Unternehmens."

I love the bit about the *management* buy-out with two employees and
some multi-billion-dollar US investment groups. Wonder how much those
two guys have contributed to the deal after breaking their piggy banks.

Reminds me of the joke about Bush, the six million Arabs and the
dentist.

Ralf

--
Ralf R. Radermacher - DL9KCG - Köln/Cologne, Germany
private homepage: http://www.fotoralf.de
manual cameras and photo galleries - updated April 29, 2004
Contarex - Kiev 60 - Horizon 202 - P6 mount lenses

"Ralf R. Radermacher" wrote in message
...

Reminds me of the joke about Bush, the six million Arabs and the
dentist.

In the original, it was not a dentist, but a Busty Blond.

"Bush and Powell announce they'll solve the Middle East crisis by killing a
million Arabs and one busty blond. So someone asks: 'Why the blonde, and
Bush tells Powell: 'See, I told you nobody would ask about the Arabs."'

"Ralf R. Radermacher" wrote in message
...

Reminds me of the joke about Bush, the six million Arabs and the
dentist.

In the original, it was not a dentist, but a Busty Blond.

"Bush and Powell announce they'll solve the Middle East crisis by killing a
million Arabs and one busty blond. So someone asks: 'Why the blonde, and
Bush tells Powell: 'See, I told you nobody would ask about the Arabs."'