abbreviation for Aktien-Gesellschaft f?r Anilin-Fabrikation, meaning "
Corporation for Aniline Manufacture" (aniline is a chemical used in making dyes). Agfa was founded in the
late 1800s in
Germany as a dye
company. It later began to
develop and
produce a wide
range of photographic
materials, including photographic
plates and papers, cameras, lenses, films and various
accessories.