Sectra: Invitation to Press Conference

The Women of Helsingborg, Sweden, Will Have the Lowest Exposure to X-Ray Radiation in the World


LINKOPING, Sweden, Feb. 1, 2002 (PRIMEZONE) -- Helsingborg Hospital has ordered a revolutionary digital mammography system from Sectra that will give Helsingborg women 1/5 of the radiation.

Henrik Mansfeld, business area manager at Sectra Imtec AB, presents the new Sectra MicroDose Mammography system.

Stefan Sallerfors, CEO of Helsingborg Hospital explains why the hospital has decided for the new technology and why this is important for the women of Helsingborg.

Time and place:


 Friday February 1, at 12.00 noon CET. A light meal will be served.
 
 Styrelserummet, 3rd floor of Olympiahuset, Helsingborg Hospital

Welcome!

Helsingborg Hospital

Helsingborg Hospital, in North-West Skane, is one of Sweden's largest privatized emergency hospitals and has 2400 employees. The hospital is the most advanced healthcare provider in its geographic area and offers healthcare to the inhabitants within most specialities.

Helsingborg Hospital is a private limited company, owned by Region Skane. The hospital is organised into eight business areas that each consist of closely related specialities. For the patients this means that examinations and treatments are efficiently co-ordinated.

Private ownership has made it possible for the hospital to commit to specialities and equipment within fields that normally demand a larger catchment area. Thereby the inhabitants of North-West Skane have access to advanced medical equipment locally.

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. The medical business of Sectra in US is conducted in Sectra North America Inc, which is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Sectra Imtec AB. Internationally, Sectra PACS is marketed and sold through different partners.

The technology that the new mammography system is based on is developed and produced by Mamea Imaging AB, Stockholm, Sweden, a company that is co-owned by Sectra Imtec AB, Skandia and a number of researchers from the Royal Institue of Technlogy. All sales of Mamea Imaging AB are exclusively done through Sectra.

Business is conducted in six countries with a total of 218 employees. Sales for the fiscal year May 2000-April 2001 reached SEK 292 million. Since March 1999, Sectra's shares have been quoted on the O list of the Stockholm Exchange.

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