Sectra: Sectra wins strategic contract in the Netherlands...

Sectra wins strategic contract in the Netherlands worth EUR 2.4 million Leiden University Medical Center (LUMC) has signed a contract with the IT and medical-technology company Sectra. The order value, excluding hardware options, amounts to EUR 2.4 million (including VAT). The contract comprises Sectra's digital solutions for radiology: radiology information system (RIS) and picture archiving and communications system (PACS). LUMC will be the first major hospital to install Sectra's fully integrated RIS/PACS solution in the Netherlands. "Sectra PACS is already installed in a large number of sites in the Netherlands and we are now entering the Dutch market with our RIS solution. LUMC represents a strategic win for us since we gain an important reference for our combined RIS/PACS solution enabling us to show existing users the benefit of a fully integrated system," says Wim Schuur, Vice President Sales of Sectra's medical operations in the Benelux region. LUMC performs approximately 175,000 radiology examinations per year. With Sectra's solution LUMC will be able to handle radiology images and related information throughout the hospital more efficiently than today. The radiology department is scheduled to take the system into clinical operation in July and the rest of the hospital will start using the system in October 2007. "Among many vendors, we chose Sectra because we believe they are best fit to provide an integrated IT solution with related service and support that meet our needs. A very important factor was also the way Sectra manages the data explosion that currently takes place. Fast retrieval and display of the really large datasets that modern radiology equipment generates are of great essence," says Prof Dr. J.L. Bloem, head of radiology department at LUMC. For further information, please contact: Dr. Torbjörn Kronander, President Sectra Imtec AB, ph +46 13 23 52 27 Dr. Jan-Olof Brüer, President and CEO Sectra AB, ph +46 13 23 52 09 About Sectra's medical operations Sectra is one of the world's major diagnostic imaging system (PACS) providers. More than 900 hospitals worldwide use the system daily and more than 40 million radiology examinations are diagnosed in Sectra's system annually. Sectra's systems have been installed in North America, Scandinavia and most major countries in Europe and the Far East. In Scandinavia, Sectra is the market leader with more than 50% of all film-free installations. 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 eleven countries and operates through partners worldwide. Sales in the 2005/2006 fiscal year totaled SEK 564 million. Since 1999, Sectra shares have been listed on the Nordic Exchange. For more information about Sectra visit http://www.sectra.com. ------------------------------------------------------------ This information was brought to you by Waymaker http://www.waymaker.net The following files are available for download: http://wpy.waymaker.net/client/waymaker1/f.aspx?id=358714&fn=wkr0001.pdf Press release n PDF format