Sectra AB is a Swedish company founded in 1978 active within
medical technology
Health technology is defined by the World Health Organization as the "application of organized knowledge and skills in the form of devices, medicines, vaccines, procedures, and systems developed to solve a health problem and improve quality of liv ...
and
encrypted communication
Secure communication is when two entities are communicating and do not want a third party to listen in. For this to be the case, the entities need to communicate in a way that is unsusceptible to eavesdropping or interception. Secure communicati ...
systems. Notable products include the communication system
RAKEL which is used by Swedish organisations and institutions that provide vital
public services such as
emergency services and
public utility providers like power companies.
During the fiscal year 2019/2020 the company had a net revenue of 1 661 million
SEK, an operating profit of 295 million
SEK and 859 employees. The company is publicly registered on Nasdaq, OMX Stockholm.
The company originated from
Linköping, Sweden, where their headquarters are located. It is one of the larger technology companies in the city and has close connections to
Linköping University where the company was started.
In November 2019 the company was named as the preferred supplier for a ten-year radiology contract for a
picture archiving and communications system
A picture archiving and communication system (PACS) is a medical imaging technology which provides economical storage and convenient access to images from multiple modalities (source machine types). Electronic images and reports are transmitted ...
with eight
NHS trusts in
Greater Manchester.
References
External links
Official website
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Medical technology companies of Sweden
Swedish brands