Ridgefield Park, NJ – March 17, 2005 – Agfa today announced the appointment of Jack Baraczek to the position of director of Graphic Systems, Canada. Baraczek reports to Tom Saggiomo, Graphic Systems president, North America. Baraczek comes to the Canadian Graphic Systems organization with more than 25 years’ experience in the Graphic Arts industry. For the past six years, Jack has been Agfa Corporations’ mid-west regional manager for Graphic Systems in the U.S. Prior to joining Agfa, Baraczek was the eastern regional sales manager for the Enco Division of Hoechst-Celanese, which was acquired by Agfa in 1996. Previous to Enco, Baraczek spent 17 years in a variety of sales and regional operations management positions with Kodak and Polychrome. “We’re delighted that Jack has accepted the challenge of driving our continued growth in Canada and we are committed to maintaining an organization that reflects the unique requirements of the Canadian market. I am confident that Jack and his team will continue to build on our successes,” said Saggiomo.