LINKOPING, Sweden, Feb. 7, 2003 (PRIMEZONE) -- The Swedish IT and medical technology company Sectra (Other OTC:SSBBF) (Stockholm:SECTb) announces the opening of a new office in Sydney, Australia. This move will allow Sectra to give local service to its partners and users in the Australian and New Zealand diagnostic imaging market
"Establishing an Australian office is a natural step in our international expansion," said Georg Sellman, Vice President Operations at Sectra Imtec AB. "The Australian market for IT support in the medical-care sector is growing and many hospitals are currently planning to digitize their radiology operations. To cope with the increased demand, we need to have our own personnel on site to handle local contacts with partners and end customers."
Sectra has installed systems at a number of Australian hospitals in collaboration with Philips Medical Systems among others. Sales in Australia will continue to be handled through partners.
Sectra has sales offices in Sweden, the USA, Germany, Great Britain, Italy, Denmark and Norway.
Sectra is one of today's major diagnostic imaging providers with more than 300 installations worldwide. The Swedish-based company operates through partners in most of the world, but delivers directly to end-customers in some markets. Sectra's core business is to deliver top-of-the-line high-availability, robust enterprise diagnostic imaging for 24/7 operation. In Sweden and Norway, which are currently the countries with the largest penetration of diagnostic imaging systems in the world, Sectra holds a dominant market leadership with more than 50 percent of all film-free installations. The company has its largest number of installed systems in Sweden, Norway, Finland and Denmark but has also, through partnerships, systems installed in most major countries in Europe, Far East, Canada and the U.S. For more information, visit www.sectra.com.
Sectra's operations Sectra has its roots in Linkoping 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(TM) is marketed and sold through different partners.
Business is conducted in six countries with a total of 260 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.
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