Agfa Adds Medical Equipment to Renewed Agreement with Shared Services Healthcare

Business Wire, July 19, 2001

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GREENVILLE, S.C.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 19, 2001

Agfa Corporation announced today that Shared Services Healthcare, Inc., has renewed its contract to offer Agfa's medical imaging products to Shared Services' 960 members. Shared Services is a group purchasing organization (GPO) based in Atlanta, GA that serves healthcare institutions based primarily in the southern part of the US.

"We are pleased that Shared Services has expressed its confidence in Agfa by renewing and expanding our agreement," stated Bruce Gower, General Manager, Corporate Healthcare, Agfa Medical Imaging. "In addition to film products, Agfa's full family of imagers, ADC(TM) computed radiography (CR) systems and IMPAX(R) Picture Archiving and Communications Systems (PACS) are now available to Shared Services' members. Significantly, the addition of our PACS line endorses Agfa to assist Shared Services' members in their transition from analog to digital imaging," he concluded.

Anita Fredricks, Director of Purchasing Program for Shared Services, noted her firm's longstanding, 10-year relationship with Agfa and stated, "In addition to offering our members Agfa's new line of capital equipment that was not previously available, this contract also offers them a greater savings in film and supplies."

About Agfa

Agfa Corporation is the U.S. subsidiary of the Agfa Group, which ranks among the world's leading imaging companies. Agfa develops, produces and markets analog and digital systems, primarily for the graphics industry, medical imaging, non-destructive testing, micrographics, motion picture film, consumer imaging and photography markets. Agfa has its headquarters in Mortsel, Belgium, employing about 22,000 people in 40 countries. Worldwide sales for 2000 were 5.26 billion Euro. In the U.S., Agfa is headquartered in Ridgefield Park, NJ, and employs nearly 4,000 people. Product and company information may be found on Agfa's home page on the World Wide Web at www.agfa.com.