Agfa-Gevaert

Summary

Agfa-Gevaert is a business^[1]. Agfa-Gevaert ranks in the top 3% of business entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (475 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Agfa-Gevaert's field of work was printmaking^[3].
• Agfa-Gevaert is in the country of Germany^[4].
• Agfa-Gevaert is in the country of BE^[5].
• Agfa-Gevaert's instance of is recorded as business^[6].
• Agfa-Gevaert's instance of is recorded as trademark^[7].
• Agfa-Gevaert's headquarters location is recorded as Mortsel^[8].
• Agfa-Gevaert's headquarters location is recorded as Leverkusen^[9].
• Agfa-Gevaert's chief executive officer is recorded as Hendrik Cappuyns^[10].
• Agfa-Gevaert's child organization or unit is recorded as Agfa-Gevaert (United States)^[11].
• Agfa-Gevaert's child organization or unit is recorded as Agfa-Gevaert (Canada)^[12].
• Agfa-Gevaert's Commons category is recorded as Agfa-Gevaert^[13].
• Agfa-Gevaert's industry is recorded as photo industry^[14].
• Agfa-Gevaert's industry is recorded as Precision engineering and optical industry^[15].
• Agfa-Gevaert's archives at is recorded as Lieven Gevaertarchief^[16].
• Agfa-Gevaert's archives at is recorded as State Archives of Ronse^[17].
• Agfa-Gevaert's archives at is recorded as National archives of the world of work^[18].
• July 21, 1873 marks the founding of Agfa-Gevaert^[19].
• 1867 marks the founding of Agfa-Gevaert^[20].
• April 15, 1897 marks the founding of Agfa-Gevaert^[21].
• April 18, 1952 marks the founding of Agfa-Gevaert^[22].
• 1964 marks the founding of Agfa-Gevaert^[23].
• 1964-06-10 marks the founding of Agfa-Gevaert^[24].
• Agfa-Gevaert's parent organization or unit is recorded as Bayer^[25].
• Agfa-Gevaert's significant event is recorded as divestment^[26].
• Agfa-Gevaert's official website is recorded as http://www.agfa.com/^[27].

Product Details

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GLEIF Golden Copy — Level 1 entity data

• Legal Entity Identifier (LEI): 549300IHBDUTUNQJJB79^[28]

• Registered legal name: Agfa-Gevaert^[29]

• Legal jurisdiction: BE^[30]

• GLEIF entity category: GENERAL^[31]

• Legal form (ISO 20275 ELF): R85P^[32]

• Entity status: ACTIVE^[33]

• LEI registration status: ISSUED^[34]

• Entity created: 1964-06-10^[35]

• LEI first registered: 2014-01-07^[36]

• LEI last updated: 2026-01-07^[37]

• LEI next renewal: 2027-03-04^[38]

• Managing LOU: 213800WAVVOPS85N2205^[39]

• Registration authority: RA000025^[40]

• Authority entity ID: 0404.021.727^[41]

• Conformity flag: CONFORMING^[42]

MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia

• MusicBrainz ID: ff873a04-1ffe-48db-8977-a4a0165cdb56^[43]

Body

Founding

Recorded inception include July 21, 1873^[19], 1867^[20], April 15, 1897^[21], April 18, 1952^[22], 1964^[23], and 1964-06-10^[24].

Leadership

Agfa-Gevaert's chief executive officer is recorded as Hendrik Cappuyns^[10].

Operations

Headquarters locations include Mortsel^[8], a municipality of Belgium^[44], in Belgium^[45] and Leverkusen^[9], a big city^[46], in Germany^[47], founded in 1930^[48]. Agfa-Gevaert's parent organization or unit is recorded as Bayer^[25]. Subsidiaries include Agfa-Gevaert (United States)^[11] and Agfa-Gevaert (Canada)^[12], a business^[49], in Canada^[50], headquartered in Mississauga^[51].

Industry

Industries include photo industry^[14] and Precision engineering and optical industry^[15]. Agfa-Gevaert's field of work was printmaking^[3].

Why It Matters

Agfa-Gevaert ranks in the top 3% of business entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (475 views/month).^[2] Agfa-Gevaert has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[52] Agfa-Gevaert is known by 43 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[53]