Mortsel, Belgium — October 30, 2007 – Agfa Graphics announced today a partnership with Technique Group, providing customers and prospects an integrated solution that combines Agfa’s :Delano Project Management Portal and the :ApogeeX range of Prepress Products, with Technique’s modular Management Information System (MIS). The integrated solution, which will be available in the fourth quarter of this year for the UK and North American market, was demonstrated during the GRAPH EXPO exhibition in McCormick Place in Chicago, IL. The partnership enables Agfa to combine the MIS product portfolio and skills from Technique, with the Prepress and Project Management product portfolio and skills from Agfa. The result is a fully JDF/JMF-based integrated solution, providing customers and prospects the benefits of complete job automation and control, from job creation to delivery of the final product.

Technique’s modular MIS solution can include modules for estimating, order management, production scheduling, inventory management, data collection, job costing, and customer relationship management for the sales staff to manage sales inquiries and customer service. It can also span multi-plant facilities.

"A fully integrated MIS and pre-press system is fast becoming an essential tool to allow improved efficiencies, customer service, visibility and interaction,” said Paul Cooper, chief executive officer, Technique Group. “I am absolutely delighted that our partnership with Agfa will provide a first class solution to meet these needs.”

”This solution provides the benefits our mutual customers are looking for,” added Bart De Pelsmaeker, director of Commercial Printing Software, Agfa Graphics. “Through shared know-how, and the extensive product portfolio mix, we can offer customers a fully integrated solution by using ICS compliant JDF/JMF. Jobs defined in Technique, flow to :Delano and :ApogeeX for automatic production of the proofs and plates. In addition, in-house page approvals, or proofing of pages through the web by print buyers using the web-based :Delano StreamProof proofing solution, are automatically picked up by Technique,” explains De Pelsmaeker. “At any stage, production status on the job such as preflight results of delivered pages, approval of pages and plates made, are in real-time communicated back to Technique for tracking and cost calculation purposes. While a job is in progress, Technique MIS can adapt it to accommodate late changes to parameters, pages or press, after which it’s dynamically reprocessed, and this without the need for a :Delano or :ApogeeX operator to intervene.”

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About Technique Group
Technique was established in 1995 and today is a leading provider of Management Information Systems to the Graphic Arts industries worldwide.
Technique has a significant advantage as its products have been developed in conjunction with end users in prominent printing companies and now offers many innovative, modular solutions.
The use of modern technologies, intuitive interface and the significant knowledge and experience of the implementation teams allows Technique to deliver best practice value and benefit to its customers.
Further information is available at www.technique-group.com

About Agfa
The Agfa-Gevaert Group is one of the world’s leading imaging and information technology companies. Agfa develops, manufactures and markets analogue and digital systems for the printing industry (Agfa Graphics), the healthcare sector (Agfa HealthCare) and specific industrial applications (Agfa Materials).
Agfa's headquarters are in Mortsel, Belgium. The company is present in 40 countries and has agents in another 100 countries throughout the world. The Agfa-Gevaert Group achieved a turnover of 3,401 million euro in 2006.

About Agfa Graphics
Agfa Graphics offers integrated prepress solutions to the printing industry. These solutions comprise consumables, hardware, software and services for production workflow, project and colour management. Computer-to-film, computer-to-plate and digital proofing systems have earned Agfa Graphics a worldwide leadership position in the commercial and package printing and the newspaper publishing markets.
Agfa Graphics is rapidly expanding its offerings in the growing digital inkjet market. Its experience in both imaging and emulsion technology has provided the expertise required for making an assortment of high-quality UV and solvent-based inks. Joint development and manufacturing partnerships with industry leaders expand its technological reach and allow the company to develop comprehensive digital solutions for printing posters, banners, signage, displays, labels and packaging materials.
Product and company information can be found on Agfa’s home page on the World Wide Web at: www.agfa.com.