Mortsel (Belgium) - January 5, 2004 - Agfa-Gevaert announces today that it has reached an agreement with Barco to acquire the assets and all staff of dotrix NV, a Belgian based company which develops, manufactures and sells digital colour printing solutions for industrial applications. The price of the transaction is around 6 million Euros.

On 1 July 2004, Bruce Blythe, Regional Director of Finance for ASPAC, became Managing Director Oceania after the retirement of former MD, Gerry Paulusz.

Provides cleaner, longer-lasting product, lower costs and reduced production downtime

Major upgrade release provides scalability and connectivity features

Melbourne, Australia - 9 July, 2004 - Leading Queensland regional daily newspaper, the Gold Coast Bulletin, has chosen Agfa's :Polaris XTV computer-to-plate systems for their new printing plant at Molendinar. The plant, which includes a new Koenig and Bauer nine-unit printing press and Ferag mailroom, has been fully operational since July.

Agfa has taken a high profile in the promotion of the JDF standard for communication and interoperability of production devices and processesacross the print industry.