Agfa-Gevaert N.V. (Agfa):
The Agfa Camera History can be traced all the way back to 1867 when the company Aktiengesellschaft für Anilinfabrikation was founded in Rummelsburg.
In those days it manufactured dyes.
In 1873, it became a public limited company.
The Agfa trade mark appeared in 1897.
In 1925, Agfa took control of the Rietzschel camera works in Munich from Bayer.
In 1926 it introduced the "Standard", the first real Agfa canera.
In 1940, Agfacolor negative-positive color material is used for the first time for a feature film.
During the Second World War Agfa became part of IG Farben.
But after the war, Agfa again became an individual business.
In 1952 Agfa AG became a wholly owned subsidiary of Bayer in Leverkusen.
In 1964, Agfa AG and Gevaert Photo-Producten N.V. merged.
By 1981 Bayer buys out Gevaert to take full control.
Agfa produced its last cameras during the early 1980`s.
Later Agfa cameras were OEM products.
During the 1990`s and early 2000`s Agfa embarked on a series of Acquisitions.
However, in 2006 Agfa announced a worldwide restructuring.
In 2007, Agfa-Gevaert announced its intention to split into three independent publicly-traded companies.
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