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he agreement, which will take effect from 1 October 2014, will
include the full range of products from Agfa including plates and
pressroom chemistry, computer-to-plate solutions and front-end
systems and, the wide-format industrial inkjet printer offering.
‘Agfa Graphics has a strong user base in Southern Africa,’ said Dave Reynolds,
general manager South Africa for Agfa Graphics. ‘By joining forces with
Thunderbolt, we believe that our customers will enjoy the best technical
and after sales support in the industry. We have opted for a partner that has
a wide range of complimentary products. We recognise Thunderbolt’s strong
presence in our market, as well as its technical abilities and top-class
customer service levels.’
Thunderbolt Solutions has built a strong reputation for supplying equipment and
solutions in the printing and post-press sector of the market. Five years ago it
entered the prepress sector with a range of solutions aimed at the commercial
and packaging printing sectors. The agreement with Thunderbolt will strengthen
Agfa Graphics’ sales and service infrastructure in the South African Newspaper,
Commercial and Wide Format Inkjet market alongside its current long-standing
international partnership with Heidelberg.
Thunderbolt has been active in the graphic arts market for 15 years as a major
supplier of equipment and consumables. Peter van der Walt, chairman of
Thunderbolt Solutions said, ‘Thunderbolt Solutions is a leading supplier of
presses and post-press equipment to the South African market. We pride
ourselves on the fact that we have been selected by international leading
companies to represent their product ranges in this market. Adding Agfa
Graphics, as the world’s leading prepress supplier, to our product portfolio
will enable us to offer our clients a fully integrated solution. It also gives us
access to the wide-format inkjet market with, what is arguably, the leading
range of equipment.’
Gerry Baker, financial director of Thunderbolt, Peter van der Walt, chairman of Thunderbolt, Dave Reynolds, general manager of Agfa Graphics South Africa
and Wayne Stevens, managing director designate of Thunderbolt at the announcement of the new strategic alliance.
Agfa Graphics and Thunderbolt Solutions have announced that they have reached a strategic agreement for the distribution,
service and support of the Agfa Graphics range of products in Southern Africa.
Agfa and Thunderbolt
strategic alliance
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