Systech Chile Ltda., a subsidiary of Opus Inspection, Inc., has opened its first
vehicle inspection station in the Maule Region, south of Santiago, Chile. Under
an 8-year concession contract with the Ministry of Transportation and
Telecommunication, Systech Chile is providing vehicle emission and road
worthiness inspections in three inspection stations in Curicó, Parral, and
Constitución.
“The opening of the Curicó inspection station, known as “Plantas de Revisión
Técnica” (PRT), is the first of nine stations, in multiple regions, currently
being designed, built and operated by Systech Chile” stated Rigoberto Bahamonde,
Director of Latin American Operations. “The PRT stations contain Opus
Inspection’s fully automated, state-of-the-art, multi-position lanes for both
light and heavy duty vehicles”, Bahamonde continued.
“We are pleased to have obtained approval of the Ministry to open our state-of
-the-art PRT station in Curicó today, said Chris Smith, Opus Inspection’s Vice
President of Operations. “We look forward to providing fast, convenient
inspection services in Maule, and the other regions where we have been selected
to build new PRT stations.”
The Maule Region concession PRTs will conduct approximately 65,000 paid vehicle
inspections a year.
Mölndal, Sweden, September 1, 2016
Opus Group AB (publ)
For additional information, please contact
Magnus Greko
President and CEO
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Investor Relations
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E-mail: peter.stenstrom@opus.se
Opus Group is a leading innovative technology focused growth company in the
vehicle inspection market. The company has a strong focus on customer service
and innovative technology within IT, emission testing and vehicle communication.
The Group had SEK 1,650 million in revenues in 2015 with strong operating cash
flow and good operating profitability. With over 1,500 employees, Opus Group is
headquartered in Mölndal in the Gothenburg region of Sweden and has 25 regional
offices, 20 in the United States and the others in Stockholm, Peru, Chile,
Mexico and Pakistan. Opus Group has production facilities in the U.S. in
Hartford and Ann Arbor. The Opus Group share is listed on Nasdaq Stockholm.
