Financial details of the buy have not been disclosed since it was first announced on 16 November 2009, when it was still subject to court and regulatory approval.

The grand-format Canadian inkjet specialist had been trading under creditor protection since May 2009.

The deal includes the majority of the assets of the various Gandi businesses, such as the staff and manufacturing facilities, but not some of the companies from which, historically, Gandi was formed, such as Superwide Connection.

A spokesperson for Gandi said production and manufacturing had been continuing as normal.

Gandi products sit within Agfa's range of inkjet presses, between the likes of the high-end M-Press Tiger industrial flatbed inkjet press and the newly launched printing engines in the Anapurna large-format range.

Agfa said the purchase would not have any material impact on its debt.