Sectra signs partnership agreement with leading Spanish medical distributor


Sectra signs partnership agreement with leading Spanish medical distributor

Sectra has signed a partnership agreement with the Spanish company Fundación
García Muñoz S.L. Founded in 1920, Fundación García Muñoz is a leading supplier
of medical equipment and has an extensive customer base in both the private and
public healthcare sectors in Spain. 

Through this partnership, Fundación García Muñoz has become a distributor of
complete system for digital mammography including Sectra MicroDose Mammography
and breast imaging PACS (system for handling digital radiology images).

“Fundación García Muñoz is a highly reputed company, and this partnership
significantly strengthens Sectra's sales force in the large Spanish healthcare
market,” says Jesper Söderqvist, President of Sectra's mammography operations.

“Spain has a national screening program and the demand for efficient digital
mammography systems is growing,” says Francisco García Montagud, Managing
Director of Fundación García Muñoz. “With Sectra MicroDose Mammography, we can
offer a unique high-volume screening solution with less than 50% of the dose
level of other systems in the market without any compromise in image quality.”

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 13 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.

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.

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