Acquisition in digital printing boosts Agfa Gevaert shares

Agfa Gevaert NV

20/04/2022 08:18

** Shares in imaging systems maker Agfa Gevaert  AGFB.BR 
rise around 4% on its planned acquisition of Inca Digital
Printers 
    ** UK-based Inca Digital Printers manufactures advanced high
speed printing, production technologies for sign, display
applications, and packaging
    ** "Digital printing is a profitable growth engine for the
Group with a tremendous potential that will be further
accelerated by the addition of Inca," Pascal Juery, President
and CEO of the Agfa-Gevaert Group said in a statement
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    ** KBC analyst Guy Sips welcomes the deal as a next step in
Agfa's transformation process
    ** The stock touches highest price since end-September 
    

 (Reporting by Piotr Lipinski)
 ((piotr.lipinski@tr.com))