Peter Wilkens

DuPont Packaging Graphics and Pitman, an Agfa company and supplier of prepress, industrial inkjet, pressroom and packaging printing products and systems, have signed a distribution agreement for the DuPont Cyrel portfolio of flexographic products in the United States. As a result of the agreement, DuPont and Pitman are extending their market reach and Pitman is combining sales and technical specialist resources to more effectively support Cyrel customers. “Pitman is a distribution powerhouse in printing and has been strengthened with the resources Agfa Graphics has added since the acquisition,” says Wendy Andrushko, North American sales director – DuPont Packaging Graphics.

Agfa Corporation and xpedx announced a joint decision to end their long-standing relationship on December 2, 2010, after xpedx terminated their dealer agreement. Effective on February 28, 2011, xpedx will end its distribution of Agfa-branded graphics products in the United States.

TOTOWA, N.J.—Pitman Company, a supplier for the graphics communications industry for more than 100 years, has affirmed its commitment to its customer base in response to Kodak’s announcement about distribution realignment. Servicing customers remains Pitman’s number one focus.