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In 2004, Agfa-Gevaert announced that it had reached a definitive agreement to divest the whole of its Consumer Imaging business in a management buyout for a purchase price of €175.5 million. The transaction resulted in a non-cash book loss of €430 million, but was cash positive to the extent of €260 million. While Agfa-Gevaert's HealthCare's and Graphic System's trading environment improved considerably, the group's half year results were heavily affected by the expected book loss on the divestiture of Consumer Imaging in AgfaPhoto GmbH. In finance and economics, divestment or divestiture is the reduction of some kind of asset, for either financial or social goals. ... A buyout is an investment transaction by which the entire stock of a company is sold. ...

This divestment covered the whole of its Consumer Imaging business, including film, finishing products, and lab equipment, grouped in a new company - AgfaPhoto GmbH, as well as the related lease portfolio, in a management buyout. The targeted closing date of the transaction was November 1, 2004.

In the past, Agfa film and cameras were prominent consumer products. However, through the 2004 divestment, the consumer imaging division was sold to a company founded via management buyout. AgfaPhoto GmbH, as the new company was called, filed for bankruptcy after just one year.

Agfa Cameras

Agfa Optima 335 Sensor

Agfa Agfamatic 300 Sensor

Various Agfa Movex Normal 8 home movie cameras

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• Silette
• Isolette
• Jsolette
• Billy
• Record
• Clack
• Agfa Optima 335 Sensor
• Agfa Optima 535 Sensor
• Agfa Optima 1035 Sensor
• Agfa Optima 1535 Sensor
• Agfa Optima Flash Sensor

The Agfa Optima 1535 Sensor is a 35 mm rangefinder camera manufactured by the German company Agfa in 1977. ... The Agfa Optima Flash is a 35 mm camera manufactured by the German company Agfa in 1977. ...

Agfa Consumer and Professional Films

Black & White films :

• Isopan ISS (Super Special)
• Isopan F - Portrait film
• Isopan F
• Isopan Ultra
• Isopan Super Special
• Isopan Fine Grain
• Isopan Record
• Agfa Vario-XL (C-41 process chromogenic film)
• Dia-Direct (reversal film)
• Scala (reversal film)

Colour Reversal (slide) films : C-41 is the name given to the process for developing a specific type of color print film used in photography and often to the type of film itself. ...

• Agfacolor Neue
• Agfa CT18
• Agfachrome 50 S / 50 L
• RSX series

Colour Negative films :

• Agfacolor Negative
• Agfacolor CN17
• Agfa CNS
• Agfacolor Pcket Special
• Agfa Optima
• Agfa Portrait
• Agfa Ultra

Agfa Papers

Agfa photograhic papers were of very high quality and included brands such as:

• Brovira
• Portiga Rapid
• Lupex

See also

• List of Agfa films with specifications
• Agfa-Gevaert
• Agfa digital cameras

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External links

• Process C-22 Processing of discontinued Agfa film