Sectra enters the Greek market

Sectra enters the Greek market

The Swedish IT and medical-technology company Sectra has signed a distribution
agreement with the Greek company Proton S.A., a provider of medical imaging and
security systems based in Athens.

Through this partnership, Proton becomes a distributor of Sectra's medical
systems in Greece and Cyprus. The agreement includes all of Sectra's products
within medical systems. 

“With Proton's large customer base within radiology and existing sales and
service network, we could not look for a better partner,” says Torbjörn
Kronander, President of Sectra Imtec AB. “Proton has solid experience with
products similar to Sectra's, and this will significantly reduce the time for us
to gain traction in the Greek market,” he continues.

In the near term, Proton will focus on sales of Sectra's digital mammography
system, Sectra MicroDose Mammography and Breast Imaging PACS (Picture Archiving
and Communication System). The market for digital mammography in Greece is
rapidly growing, with an increased awareness of the benefits of mammography in
general and low-dose mammography in particular.

“The demand for digital mammography is growing in Greece,” says George Papaetis,
President of Proton S.A. “With Sectra MicroDose Mammography, we can provide our
customers with a highly efficient solution for mammography screening, at half
the dose of competing systems. Moreover, we are positioning ourselves well for
the expected increase in digitization of radiology, with an outstanding PACS
solution in our offering,” he adds.

About Proton S.A.
Proton currently sells and services imaging systems within x-ray, endoscopy and
ultrasound, but also has a product division focused on security systems such as
freight container scanning. Proton has its headquarters in Athens and branch
offices in Thessaloniki and Cyprus. The company was founded in 1992 and has
since then experienced steady growth. 


Dr. Torbjörn Kronander, President, Sectra Imtec AB, +46 705 23 52 27 
Dr. Jan-Olof Brüer, CEO and President, Sectra AB, +46 13 23 52 09

About Sectra's medical operations
Sectra develops and sells IT-systems and products for radiology, mammography and
orthopedic departments. More than 1000 hospitals worldwide use the system daily,
together performing over 45 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.

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 2007/2008 fiscal year totaled SEK 743 million.
The Sectra share is quoted on the NASDAQ OMX Stockholm AB exchange. For more
information, visit www.sectra.com.