Sectra enters the Saudi Arabian market

Sectra enters the Saudi Arabian market

The Swedish IT and medical-technology company Sectra has signed a distribution
agreement with Attieh Medico, a leading medical technology company in the
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. 


Attieh Medico represents a number of internationally renowned manufacturers of a
wide range of state-of-the-art medical equipment. Through this partnership,
Attieh Medico has become a distributor of Sectra's medical systems in Saudi
Arabia. The agreement includes all of Sectra's products within medical systems,
including Sectra MicroDose Mammography and Sectra PACS (system for processing
and archiving of digital radiology images). 

“Attieh Medico is a very professional medical equipment distributor with a solid
position and an established customer base in the Saudi Arabian market,” says
Brian Selman, Vice President, International Operations at Sectra. “They will be
an excellent partner for us as we now enter one of the largest and most
technologically advanced markets in the Middle East,” he continues.  

Saudi Arabia has a population of 26 million, and the Saudi Arabian government is
making significant investments in the healthcare sector.  

“There is a rapidly growing demand for more efficient medical IT solutions in
Saudi Arabia,” says Mohammed El-Rass, General Manager of Attieh Medico. “With
Sectra's product portfolio, we will be able to provide new and existing
customers with an internationally well-proven solution to increase their
operational efficiency.”

About Attieh Medico
With its Head Office based in Jeddah, Attieh Medico Ltd. is represented
throughout the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia by its branches in Riyadh, Al Khobar,
Abha, Jizan and Madinah. Over the years, Attieh Medico has established an
excellent reputation for supplying high-quality equipment and services and for
the reliability of its qualified staff. Attieh Medico supplies and maintains
high-quality medical equipment in various medical fields, including diagnostic
imaging, nuclear medicine and oncology, urology and cardiology.

For further information, please contact: 
Dr. Torbjörn Kronander, President, Sectra Imtec AB, +46 705 23 52 27 
Dr. Jan-Olof Brüer, CEO and President, Sectra AB, +46 705 23 52 09

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.