Sectra Continues Its Expansion in the Middle East

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The Swedish IT and medical-technology company Sectra (STO:SECTB) has signed a distribution agreement with Emitac Healthcare, a leading medical technology company in the United Arab Emirates and Qatar.

The agreement is a continuation of the company’s expansion in the Middle East, where a partnership was recently established in Saudi Arabia. Emitac Healthcare represents several internationally recognized manufacturers of a broad range of technologically advanced medical and IT equipment. Through this partnership, Emitac Healthcare will become a distributor of Sectra’s medical systems in the United Arab Emirates and Qatar.

Together, the United Arab Emirates and Qatar have a population of approximately six million and the modernization of the healthcare market is progressing rapidly.

“With this agreement, we are well-positioned to take advantage of one of the major hubs in the Middle East,” says Brian Selman, Vice President, International Operations at Sectra. “Emitac has a very well-established and highly respected position in the United Arab Emirates market within both the IT and medical fields,” he continues.

“Our healthcare market is expanding, and so is the demand for efficient digital mammography systems and medical IT solutions,” says Raghavan Srinivasan, CEO of Emitac Healthcare Group. “Our agreement with Sectra will allow us to provide our customers with internationally well-proven solutions to enhance the efficiency of their operations.”

About Emitac Healthcare
Emitac Healthcare is a leading provider of information, communication technology and healthcare products, solutions and services to diversified sectors in the Middle East region. Emitac clients are assured of a transparent business partner with best-in-class processes, execution capabilities and support services. For more information, visit www.emitac.ae.

About Sectra’s medical operations
Sectra develops and sells IT-systems and products for radiology, mammography and orthopaedic departments. More than 1,000 hospitals worldwide use the system daily, together performing over 50 million radiology examinations annually. This makes Sectra one of the world leading companies within systems for handling digital radiology images (PACS). In Scandinavia, Sectra is the market leader with more than 50% of all film-free installations. Outside Scandinavia, Sectra’s system is installed at customers in North America and most major countries in Europe and the Far East.

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About the Sectra Group
Sectra successfully develops and sells cutting-edge products in the expansive niche segments of medical systems and secure communication systems. The company was founded in 1978 and has its roots in the Linköping Institute of Technology in Sweden. Today, Sectra has offices in twelve countries and operates through partners worldwide. Sales in the 2008/2009 fiscal year totaled SEK 863 million. The Sectra share is quoted on the NASDAQ OMX Stockholm AB exchange. For more information, visit www.sectra.com.

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