Sectra expands internationally with new UK office
10/28/2002 4:02 AM EST
The Swedish IT and medical technology company Sectra continues its
international expansion by opening an office in the UK. The background
is the growing demand from British hospitals for IT support to process
digital radiology images, which is a result of the British government's
increased focus on health and medical care. Great Britain is also a
potential future market for Sectra's digital mammography system.
"Establishing an UK office is a natural step in our international
expansion," says Torbjörn Kronander, President of Sectra Imtec AB. "The
British market for IT support in the medical-care sector is growing
strongly and many hospitals are currently planning to digitize their
radiology operations. To cope with the increased demand, we need to have
our own personnel in place to handle local contacts with partners and
end customers."
Sectra has already installed its Picture Archiving and Communication
System (PACS) at a number of UK hospitals in collaboration with Philips
Medical Systems. Sales in Great Britain will continue to be handled
through partners.
"In Great Britain, there is a very strong commitment to offer
mammography examinations to women," Torbjörn Kronander continues. "We
see Great Britain as a significant potential market for our new digital
mammography system, Sectra MicroDose MammographyTM".
Sectra already has sales offices in Sweden, the USA, Germany, Italy,
Denmark and Norway.
Sectra is one of today's major PACS providers with more than 300 PACS
installations worldwide. The Swedish based company operates through
partners in most of the world, but delivers directly to end customers in
Northern Europe. The core business is to deliver top-of-the-line high-
availability, robust enterprise PACS for 24/7 operation. In Sweden and
Norway, which are currently the countries with the largest penetration
of PACS in the world, Sectra holds a dominant market leadership with
more than 50% of all film free installations. The company has its
largest number of installed systems in Sweden, Norway and the US
(through partners), but has also an installed base in Germany, Finland,
UK, Italy, Spain, The Netherlands, Turkey, Portugal, Switzerland and the
Far East.
For further information, please contact:
Sectra Imtec AB, Torbjörn Kronander, President,
+46 705 23 52 27,
or
Sectra AB, Jan-Olof Brüer, President and CEO,
+46 13 23 52 09,
Visit our website http://www.sectra.com
Sectra's operations
Sectra has its roots in Linköping Technical University and is one of
Sweden's fastest growing high-tech companies in the IT area. Since the
mid-1980s, Sectra has successfully conducted development and sales of
high-technology medical IT and telecommunications products. Today, the
business includes products in medical systems, secure communication
systems and wireless information systems.
Sectra's medical business is conducted in Sectra Imtec AB, which is a
wholly owned subsidiary of Sectra AB. Internationally, Sectra PACS is
marketed and sold through different partners. Sectra MicroDose
MammographyTM is developed in partnership with Mamea Imaging AB.
Business is conducted in six countries with a total of 250 employees.
Sales for the fiscal year May 2001-April 2002 reached SEK 426 million.
Since March 1999, Sectra's shares have been quoted on the O list of the
Stockholm Exchange.